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3.0 CONCEPTUAL MAPS:INTERVENTIONS ANDOUTCOMES OF INTERESTThe assessment design drew from the CAIMAN and PSUR conceptual maps. The conceptual mappingexercise served two purposes: (a) to characterize each project’s LTPR intervention-to-outcome relationshipsas conceived in project design; and (b) to pinpoint higher-level expected outcomes against which impactwould be assessed. The following provides an overall description of this process within each initiative.3.1 CAIMAN PROJECTImplemented from 2002–2007, the CAIMAN project possessed the overarching goal of conservingbiodiversity in Ecuadorian indigenous territories. Activities were implemented under three thematic areas:territorial consolidation, financial sustainability, and institutional strengthening. While all themes areinterconnected, the assessment focused upon territorial consolidation and the crosscutting area ofinstitutional strengthening.CAIMAN’s approach to territorial consolidation involved a chain of mutually supporting LTPRinterventions designed to enable indigenous groups to control (via support for legal rights to ancestral land),defend (via mechanisms to protect legal rights), and conserve their associated land and resources. Complementingthis area was institutional strengthening of indigenous representative organizations, which helps theirconstituent communities secure and defend territorial rights among other duties.Between these two CAIMAN themes, seven key LTPR-related interventions were identified: (a) Legal andPolicy Dialogue; (b) Communal Titling; (c) Conflict Mitigation/Resolution; (d) Co-management Agreements;(e) Delimiting and Demarcating Boundaries; (f) Patrolling Borders; and (g) Institutional Strengthening.As part of the conceptual mapping process, key anticipated outcomes for each CAIMAN LTPR interventionwere identified from project documentation and interviews from executing agencies. Stemming from eachintervention, a series of low-level outcomes (or outputs) as well as mid- and high-level outcomes wereidentified. As the assessment was most concerned with determining impact, the following five outcomes ofinterest were selected:• Mid-level: (i) Effectively interacting with external actors regarding territorial rights;• High-level: (ii) Indigenous groups with adequate legal rights, (iii) territorial rights of indigenouscommunities respected, and (iv) indigenous communities honor legal obligations; and• Strategic Objective Level: (v) Biodiversity conservation.As a next step, indicators corresponding to each of these outcomes were identified as proxies forcharacterizing change. The indicators drove the methodology in assessing the outcome-side of CAIMAN’simpact and are highlighted in the CAIMAN Conceptual Map (see Annex C).INDIGENOUS TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN ECUADOR: RAPID IMPACT ASSESSMENT 7