This is the fifth and final episode in a project management series I set up to help leaders like you with the terminology and applications of project management for conservation research and projects. Project management is a lot like the scientific process is similar to… instead of having a hypothesis to test you have a set of objectives to accomplish. The best part of project management is that there is an end to the project. It’s the defining feature of a project - All projects have a final due date. If you are one of those people who love accomplishing something then project management might be for you because as you know finishing something feels really good! You can find the project management series by going to episodes 023, 029, 036, and 038 on the projects for wildlife.com website. I created this series because to address a fundamental flaw of conservation research and something that holds us back from accomplishing what we are trying to achieve and this is it.. … it’s that recommendations from conservationist research get stuck in papers and never find their way out of a paper and actually implemented. As you may already know, many times these research papers are full of amazing mitigation recommendations that were proposed and agreed upon by all the stakeholders... and then nothing happens after the paper is published. There are lots of reasons why, and really this area is not well studied… although it happens ALL the time. It’s my belief that we can use project management techniques and tools to take those recommendations out of the paper and implement them in a way that will benefit humans and wildlife. Instead of creating the dream… let’s make the dream reality and we can do it with project management. This series focused on human-wildlife conflict, coexistence, and projects that have taken different mitigations and applied them for the benefit of both humans and wildlife. From lions, to wolves, bears, and now elephants you have seen how a large variety of people from government to academia and from rancher to advocate there are a lot of people involved in finding solutions. It’s my hope that over the course of the last four episodes that the use of project management tools and strategies can easily be used take recommendations in a paper and apply them and grow ideas and collaborations. This is my favorite phase of project management, the closure. All projects should end with a celebration!
Episode 057 - Suzie Marlow trains dogs for wildlife conservation research
Episode 056 - How to become a conservation project manager
Episode 055 - Leif Cocks protects orangutan populations around the world
Episode 054 - Dr. Shermin de Silva protects wild asian elephants in Sri Lanka
Episode 053 - How and why to hire a project manager
Episode 052 - The Best of 2019 & The Lessons Learned
Episode 051 - Rachel Henry saves the California Tiger Salamanders through collaborations with landowners
Episode 050 - Dr. Liz McHuron studies fur seals and the pollock fish they eat
Episode 049 - Dr. Nathan Walworth finds solutions & partnerships within the OceansSOS organization he co-founded
Episode 048 - Clay Bolt fascinates the world by highlighting the smallest animals
Episode 047 - Sandesh Kadur shares how he uses video and photography storytelling to protect India's wildlife and wild spaces
Episode 046 - Dr. Jennifer Brandon studies impacts of microplastics and microfibers
Episode 045 - Doug Gimesy shares how conservation photojournalism shapes our view on living with wildlife in urban cityscapes
Episode 044 - Stephanie Arne shares how South African penguins are using man-made nests to increase their population
Episode 043 - Creating 2020 Wildlife Conservation Project Goals
Episode 042 - 10 tips to strategically engage stakeholders
Episode 041 - Dr. Lora Kim Joyner protects parrots in Honduras and beyond
Episode 040 - Dr. Nathan Robinson pulls the most famous straw in the world out of a sea turtle nose
Episode 038 - Case Study - Phase 4 Monitor and Control - Grizzly Bear Project
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