Main
idea of this step:
Go back with your research group colleagues
and decide together what you all think
are the most important conservation
initiatives on the table. You will have
100 points to assign to the ideas that
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Assign someone to lead this process. That person's
job will be to canvass the group and find out how
to allocate 100 points to big-ideas or themes that
emerged in the previous step.
The leader should go through the different elements-between
6 and 10--of the plan and suggest points. The group
should approve that allocation of points or argue
for more or less.
The goal is to consider all the needs of jaguars
and make well-reasoned decisions based on both your
general and specific knowledge. This is the real
world of conservation, in which resources -- such as
people, money, information -- are limited.
The secret to reaching consensus is to focus on
the things everyone agrees about first. After you've
built that foundation, deal with issues where there
is less agreement.
If you believe strongly in something, work hard
to get it accepted; but also keep the larger picture
in mind.
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Explain Your Decisions |
Main
idea of this step:
Teams go back to the full workshop and report how their points are allocated and why. |
Start by nominating someone to keep a tally of how points
are distributed as the teams make their presentations.
After the last presentation, that person should assess
the number of points received by each action.
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Discuss |
Staying in your full-class forum, assess the point totals and discuss whether you feel those totals reflect the true priorities in jaguar conservation.
Make sure to discuss how a conservation action may be critically important in one region even if it is less important in others.
Discuss how actions that received fewer total points are
not necessarily less important everywhere jaguars live.
Something
to Think About...
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you think we'll be able to create enough reserves
to protect the jaguar throughout its range and
in all of its habitats? |
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If we did create many reserves, would the jaguars
be likely to stay inside them? |
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Is
there a way to protect the jaguar that would go
beyond the boundaries of reserves and national
parks? |
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