Archives: Adaptive Management and Learning
Ripple Effects: Strengthening Water Fund Sustainability in the Andean Region
In the misty forests of Colombia’s Andes Mountain region, the world seems... Read more » Continue Reading
From Knowing To Doing: Building Skills to Improve Evidence Use
March 24, 2022
The conservation sector is flush with information, but at times faces a... Read more » Continue Reading
Protecting East Africa’s Natural Capital in a Changing Climate Context: The Cost of Inaction
November 2, 2021
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EI Joins EnCompass on USAID’s TOPS
July 27, 2021
Photo by USAID Energy We are pleased to share we will be... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID/ESC Announces Virtual Climate Change Symposium
June 10, 2021
Photo by Kadir van Lohuizen for NOOR. U.S Embassy Guyana | June... Read more » Continue Reading
A Foundation’s Perspective on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Welcome to the second installment in our MEL Blog Series. Revisit our... Read more » Continue Reading
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support for the Walton Family Foundation
EI is serving as thinking-and-doing partners around monitoring, evaluation, and learning for the Walton Family Foundation’s Environment Program. EI is supporting staff to ask targeted questions, manage information, evaluate performance, and make more informed decisions to guide adaptive management of initiatives and investments.
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Beyond Bean Counting: Insights from Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Frameworks
Welcome to the first installment of our MEL Blog Series. Learn more... Read more » Continue Reading
How Can We Address Mismatches in Conservation Research and Practice?
This blog, coauthored by Natalie Dubois and Rebecca Jarvis, originally appeared on... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Joins Banyan Global on USAID’s EVAL-ME II IDIQ
February 5, 2021
Photo by Tanya Martineau, Prospect Arts, Food for the Hungry, for USAID.... Read more » Continue Reading
New Paper Highlights Lessons Learned from Locally Managed Marine Area in Madagascar
November 2, 2020
Traditional fishermen on Madagascar's west coast near Andavadoaka. Photo by Shawn Peabody... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID’s Program Cycle Mechanism
August 5, 2020
Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID Environmental Incentives (EI) has been awarded the Program Cycle Mechanism (PCM) by the... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Program Cycle Mechanism
August 4, 2020
PCM supports the efforts of USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning (PPL) to cohesively implement the Program Cycle and encourage adaptive management across the Agency and its programs.
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New Paper Looks at How Practitioners Can Strengthen Decision-Making in Conservation Practice
December 5, 2019
Environmental Incentives Senior Research Specialist Natalie Dubois co-authored a paper published today in the... Read more » Continue Reading
What are collective action approaches anyway?
By Laura R. Brunson (Millennium Water Alliance), Shawn Peabody (Environmental Incentives), Daniel... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID HA ADJUDICADO A ENVIRONMENTAL INCENTIVES EL CONTRATO DE SERVICIOS DE APOYO AL MEDIO AMBIENTE PARA AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
November 5, 2019
Environmental Incentives (EI) ha ganado el “Contrato de Servicios de Apoyo al... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID’s Latin America and the Caribbean Environment Support Services Contract
Environmental Incentives (EI) has been awarded the USAID Bureau for Latin America... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes with Kelsey Schueler
July 31, 2019
We sat down for five minutes with Kelsey Schueler, a Senior Associate... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Recognized for Evidence Excellence
We are thrilled to learn that the United States Agency for International... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Measuring Impact II
November 13, 2018
Measuring Impact II (MI2) will support USAID thought leaders, mission staff, and Washington bureaus to apply evidence-based adaptive management across USAID’s $265 million annual biodiversity portfolio.
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Measuring Impact Final Report
November 8, 2018
The Measuring Impact (MI) Final Report highlights six years of designing and… Read more »
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Getting Women in the Room: Lessons in Gender and WASH
October 30, 2018
What does it mean for a project to be “sustainable”? Most fundamentally,... Read more » Continue Reading
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Supporting & Improving Adaptive Management in Mozambique
What does it really mean to collaborate, learn, and adapt? How can... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID Measuring Impact II
September 13, 2018
Photo by Jason Houston for USAID Environmental Incentives has been awarded the... Read more » Continue Reading
Lessons from 6 Years of Learning & Adapting with USAID
Change management. Increased effectiveness. Continuous Learning. These are the themes that animate... Read more » Continue Reading
Without Evidence, Conservation is a Guessing Game
We make decisions every day. We like to think that we use... Read more » Continue Reading
Evidence in Action, Unit 4: Building the Evidence Base
June 6, 2018
Evidence in Action, Unit 4: Building the Evidence Base highlights ways in… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 3: Generating Evidence
Evidence in Action Unit 3: Generating Evidence identifies Program Cycle processes that… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 2: Using Evidence
Evidence in Action, Unit 2:Using Evidence focuses on the critical review and… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 1: Understanding an Evidence-Based Approach
Evidence in Action-Unit 1: Using an Evidence-Based Approach provides an introduction to… Read more »
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Sitka Technology Group Partner Spotlight
March 5, 2018
Sitka Technology Group is a leading software development provider with decades of… Read more »
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Nevada Conservation Credit System Improvement Recommendations Report
December 22, 2017
Key to the long-term success of a conservation program is the adoption of well-supported improvements to the program. Improvements can ensure policies, procedures, and tools continue to support the program’s goals and objectives. The Nevada Conservation Credit System undergoes an annual process to evaluate successes and potential improvements. This report synthesizes the recommended improvements, along with the achievement and challenges of the program, and was adopted by the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council in December, 2016.
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Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership Fact Sheet
November 22, 2017
The Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership (SWS) is a global U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cooperative agreement with the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) and a consortium of nine partners. It is aimed at developing, demonstrating, learning about, and sharing evidence on systems change approaches in order to improve the sustainability of WASH services and to demonstrate the ways in which such approaches can be incorporated effectively into future WASH sector activities. As the learning partner, Environmental Incentives supports consortium members to test systems-strengthening actions.
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What Do Declining Elephant Populations & Failed Hand Pumps Have in Common?
More than you might think. The conservation and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)… Read more »
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How Do You Know Adaptive Management When You See It?
Environmental policies and programs that lack the ability to demonstrate results are... Read more » Continue Reading
Performance-Driven Conservation Embraced by New Federal Policies
October 21, 2016
Two draft policies recently released by the US Fish & Wildlife Service,… Read more »
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Environmental Incentives wins USAID Video Contest
May 20, 2016
On October 1, 2015, the video storyboard entry by Environmental Incentives (EI)… Read more »
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Tahoe – Lake Clarity Crediting Program Version 2.0
August 26, 2015
The Lake Clarity Crediting Program represents the foundation of Environmental Incentives’ performance… Read more »
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Jeremy Sokulsky
July 5, 2016
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Chad Praul
July 20, 2016
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Liz Lauck
July 25, 2016
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Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership
November 30, 2017
The Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership seeks to improve the sustainability of USAID investments in water, sanitation, and hygiene services and share successful systems change approaches that will improve sustainability of the sector overall.
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Maria Celes Abragan
May 30, 2019
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USAID Sharing Environment and Energy Knowledge
November 30, 2018
Sharing Environment and Energy Knowledge (SEEK) aims to strengthen USAID’s capacity for greater efficiency, learning, and adaptive management.
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Brittany Ajroud
November 29, 2016
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Making Use of the Portfolio: Organizational Learning at USAID
August 25, 2016
This technical analysis explores previous and ongoing social learning efforts, best practices, challenges, and lessons in USAID as a foundation for improving the implementation and design of the Agency’s forestry and biodiversity programs. This analysis is particularly relevant as USAID begins to develop a Biodiversity Cross-Mission Learning Program under the Measuring Impact project. The findings reported in this document can help inform the overall design and structure of the Learning Program and provide insight into possible challenges and best practices.
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Erik Anderson
July 20, 2016
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Jenny Baca, Ph.D.
April 30, 2020
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Mule Deer Habitat Quantification Tool
August 20, 2019
We’re working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a Mule Deer Habitat Quantification Tool that will support mule deer conservation in the state.
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Jared Berenter
September 29, 2021
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Melissa Bevins
July 8, 2020
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USAID Measuring Impact
June 27, 2016
Measuring Impact (MI) aims to increase USAID’s capacity to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve the impact of biodiversity conservation and natural resource management programs around the world.
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Nav Bhattarai
September 29, 2021
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Gabrielle Boutemy
December 9, 2020
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Lake Tahoe TMDL Management System Handbook
August 24, 2016
Describes the adaptive management system implemented by the Lahontan Water Board and NDEP to guide successful implementation of the Lake Tahoe TMDL Program.
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Anne Boyle
March 12, 2021
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Nevada Conservation Credit System User’s Guide v1.1
August 24, 2016
The User’s Guide describes the detailed steps necessary to calculate credits and credit obligations for credit and debit sites, respectively, for the Nevada Conservation Credit System.
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Tyler Breen
April 18, 2022
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Akugizibwe Byenkya (Tina)
February 15, 2021
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Megan Chery
June 18, 2019
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Yair Cohenca
February 15, 2021
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Caroline Cook
July 25, 2016
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Marzia Faraz
January 11, 2022
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Kathleen Flower, Ph.D.
September 27, 2017
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Amy Gambrill
July 25, 2016
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Samuel Gerstin
July 20, 2021
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Joe Grange
January 18, 2022
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Jacob Gray
June 16, 2021
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Matt Griffith
October 27, 2021
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Lexine Hansen
April 1, 2019
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Shelly Hicks
July 25, 2016
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Takah Kapikinyu
March 8, 2021
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Gabriel Kiritz
April 5, 2022
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Kyia Leeper
June 21, 2021
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Flora Lindsay-Herrera
March 4, 2022
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Meegan March
July 20, 2021
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Elizabeth Motolinia
June 3, 2020
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Kamweti Mutu
December 8, 2020
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Tiffany Myers
August 27, 2021
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Linda Nico
September 9, 2020
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Nicholas Oguge, Ph.D.
April 29, 2020
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Caroline Achieng Ouko, Ph.D.
September 15, 2020
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Shawn Peabody
July 25, 2016
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Emma Perez
October 8, 2020
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Perry J. Pockros
February 14, 2022
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Andrea Procopio
January 27, 2022
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Jessica Reilly
September 14, 2020
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Katie Riley
July 20, 2016
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Katie Safford
January 11, 2022
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Ariel Schindler
April 18, 2022
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Sarah Schmidt
May 3, 2022
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Kelsey Schueler
November 14, 2017
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Tamia Souto, Ph.D.
August 27, 2021
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Richard Spencer
July 20, 2020
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Sushmita Srikanth
April 18, 2022
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Kyla Tripp
October 9, 2020
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