Complex issues in endangered species conservation planning require creative solutions.

Our Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) workshop process – used around the world since the early 1990s – has been designed with this creativity in mind. 

A typical PHVA workshop features the scientific rigor of a population viability analysis (PVA) that helps wildlife biologists and managers more clearly understand the threats that influence populations. The PVA effort is combined with innovative methods for helping people organize and evaluate information across a broad range of disciplines and perspectives.

Through this integration, workshop participants create more effective actions for species conservation that also take into account the social, cultural, and economic needs of local people. When local stakeholders help create the action plan themselves, they are much more likely to implement it.

More about PHVA

Workshop planning
CPSG staff responds to the conservation planning needs of prospective partners with creativity and flexibility. Learn more.

The PVA process
The core element of any PHVA workshop is a quantitative assessment of the risk of species extinction – a process known as population viability analysis, or PVA. Learn more.

Workshop design and facilitation
CPSG’s approach to designing and facilitating species conservation planning workshops is all about getting the right science – and getting the science right. Learn more.

Workshop Summaries
The product of a CPSG-facilitated conservation planning workshop is a report with detailed recommendations for conservation actions determined and prioritized by the workshop participants. We summarize the recommendations in a one-page document which links to the full workshop report. Learn more.

If you would like to talk to us about your species conservation planning needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us.         

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