Protected Area Management

Tool - World Bank and WWF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

The World Bank/WWF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool has been developed to help track and monitor progress in the achievement of the World Bank/WWF Alliance worldwide protected area management effectiveness target. It is also hoped that the tracking tool will be used more generally where it can help monitor progress towards improving management effectiveness; for example it is being used by the Global Environment Facility. To download this tool and to learn more about the Alliance goto {http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/80ByDocName/WBWWFForestAlliance}

link to - Coral Reef Field Perspectives - Xcalak Marine Protected Area, Quintana Roo, Mexico — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-20 14:58

Coastal Resources Center. 2001. Fact Sheet. Coral Reef Field Perspectives: Xcalak Marine Protected Area, Quintana Roo, Mexico. University of Rhode Island, Coastal Resources Center. Narragansett, Rhode Island USA.

IUCN: Indigeous & Local Communities, Equity, and Protected Area (CEESP) — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-04-05 13:33

The Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity, and Protected Areas (TILCEPA), was set up in 2000 by the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) . The TILCEPA seeks the full and effective recognition of the rights and responsibilities of local communities in the development and implementation of conservation policies and strategies that affect the lands, waters and other natural and cultural resources that they relate to.

World Bank Report - Brazil - Amzazon Protected Areas Project - GEF - Resettlement Action Plan — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 14:50

The Amazon Protected Areas Project aims to create a mosaic of protected areas in the Amazon Region, where the design of protected areas (PA) responds to the specific needs of each environmental and social conditions of each area. PAs are categorized into 2 types: 1) Strict protection, such as national parks, and 2) sustainable use, such as extractive reserves. One of the principles is that PAs will not be established where traditional people exist. In case of establishing new PAs, compensation and resettlement will be the alternatives for non-traditional people. Owners with titles over the land affected will be compensated at market value of the land. Moving allowances will be granted to tenants and other temporary dwellers with less than two years ' residence in the land affected, fishermen and hunters with permanent residence outside the area, gold diggers, and lumberjacks. However, as the goal is to avoid resettlement as much as possible, affected population is estimated to be very small or even nonexistent. Full report avaialble at this site.

World Bank Report - Brazil - Amazon Protected Areas Project - GEF - Environmental Impact Assessment — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 14:50

The Amazon Protected Areas Project aims to create a mosaic of protected areas in the Amazon Region, where the design of protected areas responds to the specific needs of each environmental and social conditions of each area. The project will not support any activities that could seriously harm the environment. Under the first component, the identification and creation of new protected areas will not have any impact on the environment. Under the second component, the management of the buffer areas around the parks and reserves will support some of sustainable use reserve activities for the communities living around the parks. These activities will be screened for environmental impacts. Under the third component, two major activities will be implemented: pilot projects to test income-generating activities for the protected areas, and endowment fund to support the recurrent activities of the protected areas. Screening procedures will be conducted to ensure that the recurrent activities and pilot sub-projects do not violate any of the Bank safeguard policies. No environmental impact is expected to result from these activities. Full EIA report available at this site.

Tool - WWF Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-22 19:48

WWF's Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) methodology was created by the Forests for Life Programme to provide policy makers and park managers with an appropriate tool to assess the management effectiveness of protected area systems. Among other, the RAPPAM identifies management strengths and weaknesses, analyses the scope, severity, prevalence, and distribution of a variety of threats and pressures, and identify areas of high ecological and social importance and vulnerability

Tool - WWF Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-08-20 22:09

WWF's Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) methodology was created by the Forests for Life Programme to provide policy makers and park managers with an appropriate tool to assess the management effectiveness of protected area systems. Among other, the RAPPAM identifies management strengths and weaknesses, analyses the scope, severity, prevalence, and distribution of a variety of threats and pressures, and identify areas of high ecological and social importance and vulnerability.

World Bank Report - Brazil - Amazon Protected Areas Project - GEF - Indigenous Peoples Plan — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 14:50

The Amazon Protected Areas Project aims to create a mosaic of protected areas in the Amazon Region, where the design of protected areas responds to the specific needs of each environmental and social conditions of each area. The project takes into account the possibility of people living within the boundaries of the protected areas (PA), and for such reason, the project will guarantee the right of the traditional and indigenous people during the process of establishing and managing the PAs. The project will benefit indigenous people in the vicinity of the PAs, as the PAs will act as buffer zones for frontier encroachment or illegal activities Besides, the project will benefit conservation of waterways, vegetation and wildlife in the neighborhood of the indigenous land. The indigenous people will participate in project management through its representatives in the Project Committee and/or through the PAs Management Councils established in the surroundings of the indigenous people. For unresolved cases of PA consolidation, the Conflict Resolution Mediation Committee will be called upon to investigate the particular situations. Full report available at this site.

International Forest & Protected Area Training Courses — by webadmin — last modified 2006-02-23 19:08

 

Link to - NRIC host - Seminar - USAID Poverty Reduction and NRM — by webadmin — last modified 2006-12-01 04:01

USAID EGAT Bureau Office of Natural Resources Management hosted a cross-sectoral seminar series, in October 2005 to explore the links between natural resource management and poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries. Experts from both within and outside USAID shared their knowledge and tools for understanding the complex role that wise natural resource management plays in reducing poverty. The seminars explored the conflicts and barriers to improving the livelihoods of the poor, and ways of assisting them with both improving their immediate standard of living and ensuring a sustainable future. The series presented eight seminars organized around the following topics: (1) Links beteen NRM & Poverty? (2) Power and Social Dimensions; (3) Assests, Poverty Traps & Rights; (4) Markets, Trade and Poverty Reduction; (5) Migrations and Marginal Lands; (6) Macro/National Level Issues; (7) Programmatic Issues & Tools; and (8) Conflict, Corruption, NRM & Poverty Reduction. MOVED TO THE FOLDER "NATURAL RESOURCES, PROTECTED AREA AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT" UNDER "ENVIRONMENT" IN THE NEW LIBRARY