# SCB Impact Evaluation Working Group (IEWG)

> SCB Impact Evaluation Working Group (IEWG)


## Posts

- [IEWG - Research Briefing #2 (December 2025)](https://scb-impact.org/iewg-research-briefing-2/): Dear Counterfactual Enthusiasts, Welcome to the second edition of the bi-annual SCB IEWG Research Briefings, where we explore the latest insights in conservation impact evaluation. Our featured studies reflect the growing potential of counterfactual approaches to improve conservation. This edition has been timed to arrive shortly before the holidays, with the aim of sparking reflection on the year, and the hope of inspiring you with new ideas to bring forward into 2026. Enjoy! Fire management for climate resilienceRising from the ashes: treatments stabilize carbon storage in California’s frequent-fire forests estimates the climate mitigation impact of forest thinning. This paper uses […]
- [IEWG - Research Briefing #1 (June 2025)](https://scb-impact.org/iewg-research-briefing/): Dear Counterfactual Enthusiasts, Welcome to the first edition of the bi-annual SCB IEWG Research Briefings, where we explore the latest insights in conservation impact evaluation. Our featured papers highlight both the promise and the challenges of applying robust counterfactual impact evaluation approaches to conservation policy and practice. This edition has been timed to arrive shortly before ICCB 2025, with the aim of sparking reflection and dialogue ahead of the conference. We hope it encourages you to engage with these ideas – and with each other – as we collectively advance the science and practice of conservation evaluation.Enjoy! Protected Areas: Mixed […]

## Pages

- [Methods Briefings](https://scb-impact.org/methods-briefings/): Methods Briefings Methods Briefings This page is a work in progress, and will be periodically updated with individual chapters over the upcoming months.
- [What is impact evaluation?](https://scb-impact.org/what-is-impact-evaluation/): Introduction
- [2025 seminars](https://scb-impact.org/seminars-2025/): Past & upcoming seminars – 2025 December 2025 Conservation Impacts, Hidden Actions & Insights for Adaptive Management from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Marine Pay-to-Release Program Hollie Booth Bangor UniversityUniversity of OxfordYayasan Kebersamaan Untuk Lautan November 2025 The role of “Gold-Standard” vs “Aluminium Standard” Impact Assessments in Conservation Practice Nick Salafsky Foundations of Success October 2025 The Impact of Overlapping Environmental Policies in Tropical Rainforests Ben Groom University of Exeter May 2025 Discovering and Advancing What Works: IPA’s Approach and its new Climate and Environment Program Gonzalo Pons Innovations for Poverty Action April 2025 Show me the money! Understanding […]
- [2024 seminars](https://scb-impact.org/seminars-2024/): Past seminars – 2024 December 2024 Conservation Science and Practice:Special Issue on Bridging the Impact Evaluation Research-Practice Gap in Conservation Alex Pfaff Duke University Rebecca Young Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Monique Borgerhoff Mulder University of California, Davis Diogo Veríssimo University of Oxford November 2024 PhD to Practitioner: Practical approaches to impact evaluation – lessons from Madagascar and beyond Rachel Neugarten Wildlife Conservation Society October 2024 Community sawmills save forests: Forest regrowth and avoided degradation due to vertical integration of wood production in Mexican community forests Daniela Miteva Ohio State University September 2024 What drives and stops deforestation, reforestation, and forest […]
- [2023 seminars](https://scb-impact.org/seminars-2023/): Past seminars – 2023 December 2023 Failing fast, falling forward – learning in an era of data Jyotsna Puri International Fund forAgricultural Development November 2023 Predicting Deforestation with Neural Networks Kathy Baylis University of California, Santa Barbara September 2023 Conservation Impact Evaluation Using Remotely Sensed Data Robert Heilmayr University of California, Santa Barbara May 2023 Machine Learning for Impact Evaluation: Environmental effects of land tenure formalization Luke Sanford Yale School of the Environment April 2023 Theory-based Approaches to Impact Evaluation Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek South Dakota State University Gabby Salazar University of Florida March 2023 Moderated Panel from Academia and Practice: […]
- [2022 seminars](https://scb-impact.org/seminars-2022/): Past seminars – 2022 December 2022 Panel on Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation Science in Conservation Sara Carlson USAID Sheila Reddy The Nature Conservancy Jeannicq Randrianarisoa Conservation International Lina Salazar Inter-American Development Bank November 2022 Harmonized Implementation Experiments in Conservation (metaketas) Sabrina Eisenbarth University of Exeter October 2022 Synthetic Control Methods in Conservation Science Erin Sills North Carolina State University September 2022 Multiple Outcomes from Multiple policies: Insights on multidimensional sustainability from policy mixes Johan A. Oldekop University of Manchester June 2022 Does conservation work, and how can we know? Julia P. G. Jones Bangor University &University of Utrecht May […]
- [Interactive Methods Selection](https://scb-impact.org/methods-selection/): Interactive Methods Selection Interactive Methods selection This page is a work in progress by our volunteer Annabel Lim Jia Yi, and will be updated in the near future.
- [Mentoring](https://scb-impact.org/mentoring/): IEWG Mentoring Program
- [Virtual Seminar Series](https://scb-impact.org/seminar-series/): Virtual Seminar Series
- [ECCB 2018 - Finland](https://scb-impact.org/eccb-2018/): ECCB 2018 – Jyväskylä, Finland
- [ECCB 2022 - Czech Republic](https://scb-impact.org/eccb-2022/): ECCB 2022 – Prague, Czech Republic
- [ICCB 2023 - Rwanda](https://scb-impact.org/iccb-2023/): ICCB 2023 – Kigali, Rwanda
- [ICCB 2025 - Australia](https://scb-impact.org/iccb-2025/): ICCB 2025 – Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia
- [Blog](https://scb-impact.org/blog/)
- [News](https://scb-impact.org/news/): Latest News
- [SCB Membership](https://scb-impact.org/scb-membership/): Society for Conservation Biology Membership Membership is NOT required to interact with the SCB-IEWG, however, it is HIGHLY encouraged.
- [Networking](https://scb-impact.org/networking/): Networking Extraordinary Experiences Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Our Core Values Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
- [SCB-IEWG's Email Group](https://scb-impact.org/iewg-group/): SCB-IEWG’s Email Group
- [Volunteer](https://scb-impact.org/volunteer/): Volunteer
- [Get Involved](https://scb-impact.org/get-involved/)
- [Home](https://scb-impact.org/): Goals & Objectives
- [Contact](https://scb-impact.org/contact/): Contact Us Wish to contact us directly? Kindly fill in the form or send us an email. Contact Info Email Us teamcounterfactual@gmail.com
- [About](https://scb-impact.org/about/): Meet the board Current Board Tanya O’Garra President Tanya is an environmental economist with over fifteen years’ experience conducting research on the valuation of ecosystem services and the collective management of shared natural resources. Her current research uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods to estimate the causal impacts of community-based resource management and climate adaptation projects. Tanya is particularly interested in identifying the mechanisms through which interventions lead to impact (as well as those that weaken impact) – and to use this information to develop robust theories of change to guide conservation and natural resource management decisions. Elías Cisneros Mentoring Program […]


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