Options For Guaranteeing the Effective Management of the World's Protected Areas

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIGEL DUDLEY ◽  
MARC HOCKINGS ◽  
SUE STOLTON
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Effective Management

scholarly journals ANALYZING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT PLANS OF FEDERAL PROTECTED AREAS IN BRAZIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 846-854
Author(s):  
Alessandro Ribeiro Morais ◽  
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Mariana Nascimento Siqueira ◽  
Roniel Freitas-Oliveira ◽  
Daniel Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Group B

Protected areas are the most frequently used tool for the mitigation of threats to biodiversity. However, without effective management, the creation of new protected areas may be ineffective. In Brazil, protected areas must have both a governing body (consultative or deliberative council) and an official management plan. Here, we analyzed general trends and patterns in the approval of the management plans for Brazilian federal protected areas. We considered all federal protected areas, and compiled data on (i) the year the area was created, (ii) the type of protected area (integral protection vs. sustainable use), (iii) year its management plan was approved, (iv) year in which the management plan was revised after its approval, (v) total area (in hectares), and (vi) the biome in which the area is located. We stablished three groups of protected area: 1) Group A: protected areas created prior to 1979, 2) Group B: protected areas created between 1979 and 1999, and 3) Group C: protected areas created between 2000 to the present time. Finally, we tested whether time for the approval of the management plan suffered a simultaneous effect of the type of biome and type of categories of protected area (strictly protected vs. sustainable use areas). We found 211 (63.17% of the 334) protected areas with management plan. On average, the time taken for the creation and approval of a management plan far exceeds the deadlines (5 yrs.) defined under current Brazilian law. All Brazilian biomes are poorly covered by protected areas with effective management plans, with the highest and lowest value observed in the Pantanal (100%) and Caatinga (46.42%), respectively. Our results suggest that the effectiveness of many federal protected areas in Brazil can be reduced considerably by the lack of a management plan, with deleterious consequences for the country’s principal conservation strategies.

scholarly journals Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gazi Md Nurul Islam ◽  
Shzee Yew Tai ◽  
Mohd Noh Kusairi ◽  
Shuib Ahmad ◽  
Farhana Mohd Noh Aswani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Community Perspectives

PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: A REVIEW

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Abdulaziz ◽  
Foziah Johar ◽  
Mohammad Rafee Majid ◽  
Nasiru Idris Medugu
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
International Union ◽  
Hybrid Framework ◽  
Area Management

Nigeria like other countries has experienced rapid increase in number and sizes of protected areas in the last century. As a result, a number of policies, agencies and departments were established to ensure proper protection and management of these areas. To ensure management effectiveness, frequent evaluation is necessary. This paper is a review of relevant literatures on protected area management effectiveness and collaboration in management. The findings of the review indicated that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) framework is the most widely used for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas. However, a limitation of the framework is its deficiency to integrate collaboration and motivation. These factors play vital roles in effective management of protected areas through promoting wildlife conservation particularly in developing world. Therefore, this paper proposes a hybrid framework for evaluating protected area management effectiveness, consisting of the IUCN framework, collaboration and motivation to be used in subsequent assessment of protected areas. 

Operationalising ecosystem services for effective management of protected areas: Experiences and challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uta Schirpke ◽  
Davide Marino ◽  
Angelo Marucci ◽  
Margherita Palmieri ◽  
Rocco Scolozzi
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Effective Management

Financing Protected Areas: The Social and Environmental Impact Bond's Role in Terrestrial Protected Area Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise O'Flynn ◽  
Stephen Schweinsberg ◽  
Stephen Wearing
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Alternative Finance ◽  
The Impact

Insufficient funding for terrestrial protected areas is a global challenge, and the ability of a protected area management agency to secure sustainable financing is an obstacle in the effective management of these important areas. While the role of public sector agencies in establishing, financing, and managing protected areas, and in providing a supportive legislative and policy environment will remain essential into the future; the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recommends that alternative finance mechanisms be adopted to help achieve financial sustainability. With this recommendation in mind, one approach is to look to other policy areas which traditionally rely on governments as their primary funding source, to understand the alternative finance mechanisms they have adopted and appraise the suitability of these mechanisms for terrestrial protected areas. One alternative finance mechanism is the social and environmental impact bond which is a subset of impact investment and an example of a pay for success or results-based contract. This paper reviews literature on the social and environmental impact bond with a view to assessing its potential applicability to assist in the effective management of terrestrial protected areas that fall within the management categories defined by the IUCN. Three examples of existing and proposed impact bonds with an environment focus are explored, including the world’s first environmental impact bond in Washington D.C., the publicly offered Atlanta environmental impact bond and the proposed wildlife conservation bond in South Africa. The selected impact bonds will help to illustrate the establishment, operation, and evaluation of impact bonds in a real-world context. It will be argued that the social and environmental impact bond can be a useful finance model for a range of uses in a variety of social sectors and conservation settings, including terrestrial protected areas. The paper further considers how the impact bond might result in both improved social and/or environmental outcomes as well as the perceived challenges associated with this alternative finance mechanism. While the focus of this paper is on terrestrial protected areas, the lessons discussed may also be applicable to marine protected areas.

Marine Protected Areas in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drankier Petra
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Regional Interaction ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Balance Of Interests ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
One Step

Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are embedded in a number of multilateral frameworks. The present report discusses how various global and regional conventions deal with MPAs in their regulatory frameworks, such as their processes and guidelines for the identification and designation of MPAs in ABNJ, and cross-sectoral issues. It is concluded that the designation of MPAs is one step, but it needs to be followed by effective management measures in order to prevent that MPAs, especially multi-purpose MPAs, only exist on paper for many years. Such measures are mostly sector-specific and thus often fall under the competences of various organizations that have their own individual criteria and balance of interests. The report concludes by providing recommendations to overcome obstacles in cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination, as well as on how to combine global and regional interaction.

scholarly journals Environmental diagnoses and effective planning of Protected Areas in Brazil: Is there any connection?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0242687
Author(s):  
Ana Rafaela D´Amico ◽  
José Eugênio Cortes Figueira ◽  
José Flávio Cândido-Jr. ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Drumond
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Conservation Targets ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Status ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Extractive Reserves ◽  
Definition Of

Protected Areas (PAs) are essential to maintaining biodiversity, while effective management plans (MPs) are essential for the management of these areas. Thus, MPs must have relevant data analyses and diagnoses to evaluate ecological conditions of PAs. We evaluated the environmental diagnoses of 126 Brazilian federal PAs, the methods used to collect data and defined the diagnostic level of PMs according to the type and number of analyzes performed for each PA category. We found a low level of diagnosis in MPs. Primary field data or research programs resulted in environmental diagnostics of higher levels. Participatory workshops and secondary data, most used in Extractive Reserves, were related to low levels of diagnoses. The most frequent analysis was the identification of threats (97% of MPs), while the least frequent were the definition of conservation targets and future scenarios for management (1.6% of MPs). Our results show that the diagnoses of the MPs need to be more analytical to generate useful information for decision-making. MPs should prioritize data analysis and specific management studies, focused on the use of natural resources, the status of conservation targets, future scenarios, and key information to planning.

scholarly journals A burning question: Can natural climate solutions and carbon financing save the lion from extinction?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Tear ◽  
Nicholas H. Wolff ◽  
Geoffrey J. Lipsett-Moore ◽  
Mark E. Ritchie ◽  
Natasha S. Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Panthera Leo ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Single Method ◽  
Avoided Emissions ◽  
Natural Climate ◽  
Funding Gap ◽  
Potential Carbon

AbstractLions (Panthera leo) in Africa have lost nearly half their population in just the last two decades, and effective management of the protected areas where lions live will cost an estimated USD $1 B/year in new funding. We explore the potential for natural climate solutions to fill this funding gap by introducing early dry season fire management programs to generate carbon credits. Potential carbon revenue from a single method (avoided emissions) or from multiple sequestration methods could provide annual revenue of USD $59.6-$655.9 M (at USD $5/ton) or USD $155.0 M–$1.7 B (at USD $13/ton). The top twenty PAs with lions and the greatest PCR could generate annually between USD $2.0–$57.5 M per PA, and PAs with the greatest potential for lion numbers between USD $1.5–$44.4 M per PA. We highlight priorities for investments and pilot projects to realize this potential in Africa.

scholarly journals Governing marine protected areas in an interconnected and changing world

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Individual Behaviors ◽  
Changing World

Marine protected areas are a useful tool for conserving biodiversity and managing fisheries. However, effective governance of marine protected areas (MPAs) is increasingly challenging in a busy, interconnected and changing world. Governance is an umbrella term that refers to the structures, institutions (i.e., laws, policies, rules and norms), and processes that determine who makes decisions, how decisions are made and how and what actions are taken and by whom. While the umbrella of governance facilitates (or undermines) effective environmental management, it can be differentiated from management as the resources, plans and actions that result from the functioning of governance (Lockwood 2010). The objectives of both environmental governance and management are to steer, or change, individual behaviors or collective actions and, ultimately, to improve environmental and societal outcomes. Without good governance combined with effective management, MPAs are unlikely to succeed socially or ecologically (Bennett & Dearden 2014a).

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