Open Standards
Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (OS) were developed through the collaboration of many international environmental organizations working together. They aimed to create a common vocabulary in order to share experiences and implement adaptive management. The OS have developed a software program (Miradi https://www.miradi.org/about-miradi/) for nature conservation practitioners to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their projects to more effectively. The advantages that have been observed with the OS include: the definition of what reality looks like: understanding the cause – effect relationships, design strategies focusing on the abatement of prioritized threats; prioritization of strategies and actions, and the identification of alternative development opportunities. The targets in Open Standards can also allow Natura 2000 sites to move beyond the limits of habitats or species, and include ecological process and habitat fragmentation. The Open Standards provide opportunities for stakeholders to come together to more clearly define the management vision and goals. Additionally, the incorporation of conceptual models in the planning process develops the consequential sequence linking cause and effects.
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