The guide Risk and Negative Side Effect Assessment in Conservation Projects R+NSE is now available in French. It offers a practical way to address risks and side effects.
Conservation projects are designed to create positive change, but even well-intentioned actions can have unexpected consequences for people, communities and nature. The guide Risk and Negative Side Effect Assessment in Conservation Projects R+NSE offers a practical way to identify and address such risks and side effects.
Through a five-step process, practitioners can:
- identify potential risks and negative side effects
- assess their probability and magnitude
- develop mitigation measures
- integrate them into project design, and
- establish indicators for monitoring
The new French version is paid for by SwAM, the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, and made by Oscar Iván Maldonado Conservation Planning & Adaptive Management.
First use of the French version will be at a certification training in Madagascar, where conservation professionals will be certified as Conservation Coaches, that is, skilled facilitators who can guide teams in applying the Conservation Standards, a structured approach to analysis, strategy, monitoring, and adaptive management.
By combining facilitation skills, hands-on practice, and the R+NSE guide, the certification training equips participants to support effective, equitable and evidence-based conservation efforts across the Western Indian Ocean region.
This work is supported by SwAM’s international work with partners in SwAM Ocean to reduce poverty through improved management of marine resources and a sustainable blue economy.
Visit SwAM Ocean www.havochvatten.se/swam-ocean
- English Guide R+NSE Risk and negative side effect assessment in conservation projects (pdf)
- French Guide R+NSE Évaluation des risques et des effets collatéraux négatifs dans les projets de conservation (pdf)
