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PPPs in Protected Area Management - Recently Updated Pageshttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comSun, 13 May 2007 15:37:42 CDTSun, 13 May 2007 15:37:42 CDTwetpaint.com60PPPs in Protected Area Managementhttp://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.comSupu Forest Reserve and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Malaysiahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Supu+Forest+Reserve+and+Kinabatangan+Wildlife+Sanctuary%2C+MalaysiaAnonymoushttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Supu+Forest+Reserve+and+Kinabatangan+Wildlife+Sanctuary%2C+MalaysiaSun, 13 May 2007 15:37:42 CDTSite: Sabah, Malaysia:
Type of Partnership: community development
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Description: The Batu Puteh community has developed a creative solution to the loss of access to traditional resources resulting from the creation of Sabah's Supu Forest Reserve and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary. Since 2000, the NGO they created - MESCOT - has operated a series of successful ecotourism ventures including a home-stay program, boat and guide service, and handicraft production scheme. Their efforts have also restored over 50 hectares of forest in important freshwater swamps.

Since April 1997, WWF Malaysia has been working in collaboration with the state government, to help the local community develop sustainable community based tourism in the Lower Kinabatangan.

A number of development and business plans have been prepared and a particularly successful component, the Miso Walai Homestay programme, was established in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism Development, Environment, Science & Technology. Miso Walai means 'together as one house' in the language of the Orang Sungai (the indigenous people of this region). Miso Walai combines plans for transport services, a boat service, handicraft cottage industries and recreational activities to provide a tourism core business.

Sources: Equator Initiative and WWF

]]>Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Malaysiahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Kuala+Selangor+Nature+Park%2C+MalaysiaAnonymoushttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Kuala+Selangor+Nature+Park%2C+MalaysiaSun, 13 May 2007 15:14:46 CDTCountry: Selangor, Malaysia
Site: Kuala Selangor Nature Park (KSNP)
Website(s): http://www.mns.org.my/article.php?sid=84
http://www.wildlife.gov.my/webpage_bm/printed_material/misc/Milky_Stork_Report.pdf
http://hydec.com/ksnp/
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Address: The Park Manager, Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Jalan Klinik, 45000 Kuala Selangor, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Description: The Kuala Selangor Nature Park is a joint project of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) and the State Government of Selangor.
Comments: “KSNP as a ecotourism attraction serves the local economy by complementing the historical town and fireflies, and also acts as a buffer to protect the important prawn and cockle farming operations. There was an unsuccessful reintroduction of the rare and endangered Milky Stork due to the lack of expertise and funding. Other challanges include funding and maintaining the naturalness of the protected area and fireflies population which is surrounded by rapid development and increasing human population.”

]]>Caribbean and MesoAmerican Partnershipshttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Caribbean+and+MesoAmerican+PartnershipsAnonymoushttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Caribbean+and+MesoAmerican+PartnershipsThu, 25 Jan 2007 10:12:49 CST

Trinational Alliance for the Conservation of the Gulf of Honduras

MesoAmerican Reef Alliance Project

Galeta Point Marine Laboratory, Panama

InBio, Costa Rica

Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica

Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
Loreto Bay National Marine Park, Mexico

]]>Corcovado-Matapalo Biological Corridor, Osa Peninsula, Costa Ricahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Corcovado-Matapalo+Biological+Corridor%2C+Osa+Peninsula%2C+Costa+RicaAnonymoushttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Corcovado-Matapalo+Biological+Corridor%2C+Osa+Peninsula%2C+Costa+RicaWed, 24 Jan 2007 16:12:20 CST

Friends of the Osa, a US-based nonprofit organization, in conjunction with Costa Rican partners, Fundacion Corcovado and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, MINAE, works jointly with landowners and eco-lodge operators on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to designate and manage a network of private lands in the Corcovado-Matapalo biological corridor. This forest and wildlife corridor supplements nearby Corcovado National Park by serving as a de-facto extension of the park. The private lands within the corridor provide crucial habitat for key wildlife species with large home-range requirements that naturally extend across park boundaries. Friends of the Osa’s program pools the resources of landowners, lodge operators, and private donors to support MINAE government wildlife law enforcement officers in the corridor. These officers not only ensure the conservation management of the area but also educate community members about wildlife and natural resource use laws and pursue violations through the court system. This partnership has been in application since 2003, and has been applauded as a model of private-public partnership in land stewardship and law enforcement at the 7th Congreso Tierras Privadas in Columbia in 2006.

]]>Multi-tenure reserve networks, Australiahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Multi-tenure+reserve+networks%2C+AustraliaAnonymoushttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Multi-tenure+reserve+networks%2C+AustraliaMon, 01 Jan 2007 19:41:59 CSTCountry: Australia
Site: Multi-tenure reserve networks
Website(s): http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au/adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050817.103606/
Contact Name: Fitzsimons, James
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Description: PhD thesis on multi-tenure reserve networks (e.g. Biosphere Reserves, Conservation Management Networks)
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]]>Homehttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Homewaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/HomeWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:49:06 CSTPublic/Private Partnerships in Protected Area Management
This site is under construction by a network consisting mainly of members and friends of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.

A wiki is a tool for collective content management.

It is meant to function as a tool to organize and advance knowledge of effective approaches to partnerships between managers of public lands for conservation and the business community. The bulk of the content will consist of pages on individual projects and sites where such partnerships have been developed. We encourage you to contribute your own knowledge to this site by adding or editing pages.

For ease of navigation the site is organized regionally. The navigation pane to your left will help you to move to regions and sites. The keyword feature (also in the left pane, under "browse by keywords") will help you to navigate to partnerships sharing common features, including specific types of partnerships.

Don't forget to bookmark this site; the web address is fairly long and may be hard to remember.

]]>*Types of Partnerships*http://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/*Types+of+Partnerships*waugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/*Types+of+Partnerships*RenameWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:47:18 CST
The major challenge facing protected areas worldwide is inadequate resources to meet the conservation mission. Even where the connection between conservation and societal benefits is clear, conservation often takes a back seat to immediate and pressing needs. For better or worse, it is often unrealistic to depend exclusively upon official sources to secure the critical habitats, ecosystem functions, and non-material values that are contained in parks and other types of protected areas. Increasingly, protected area managers seek to harness the power of the private sector to meet their conservation objectives.

And the private sector is responding. Sometimes the motivation is not, strictly speaking, a business case. People in business may elect to support conservation for personal and ethical reasons not linked to the "bottom line". The same leadership that can translate to success in business translates to success in many endeavors, including conservation. Visionary leaders can be expected to understand that investment in conservation is investment in the future.

But there is also a business case for investment in conservation. For some businesses, profitability may be directly linked to the quality of a place. The tourism industry has, for example, a direct self-interest in the quality of their destinations. The outdoor recreation industry may not have an interest in a particular site, but in protected areas in general.

Protected areas may also receive support for the amenity values that they provide to the communities in which the businesses are located. Protected areas may improve the quality of life, making it easier for businesses to attract and retained valued employees.

Sometimes, support for conservation is tied to marketing strategies where the business strengthens its own brand identity through links with other organizations and ideas associated in the public mind with positive attributes. These are often not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations. Occasionally, a business will link with a popular non-profit brand in a joint marketing campaign, in which proceeds from a sale are shared with the charity for a good cause.

Support for conservation may also be a function of a corporate social responsibility strategy linked less to direct business benefits and more to how the business contributes to a greater social good. While there may be no direct material benefits, it is often the case that businesses with a strong social ethos are also highly competitive and are viewed as good business risks, and may be rewarded with lower insurance premiums and more favorable financial terms.

In the end, the case studies we have collected may only rarely be linked to a single motive. In most cases, strong public/private partnerships will be a blend of personal and/or corporate altruism and a nose for what makes sense for business.

Here are a few of the mechanisms by which businesses and protected areas can work together.

Direct financial support by business to protected area (corporate or personal giving)
In-kind support (donation of staff time, services, equipment, staff training, etc.)
Co-management (businesses shares a management responsibility)
Joint ventures (cobranding of products, joint investment in a business venture, etc)
Enabling activity for small business development in support of conservation.
Indirect support for the protected area (e.g., through income generation for adjacent communities)
Normative partnership to set standards and build capacity to meet standards

]]>*World Heritage Partnerships*http://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/*World+Heritage+Partnerships*waugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/*World+Heritage+Partnerships*RenameWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:45:44 CSTSangay NP, Ecuador
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Colombia
Cape Floristic Province, South Africa
Ha Long Bay (Cat Ba NP), Vietnam
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Thailand
Komodo NP, Indonesia
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
Te Wahipounamu, New Zealand
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia
Global Partnership: The World Heritage Alliance

]]>South American Partnershipshttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/South+American+Partnershipswaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/South+American+PartnershipsWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:34:37 CST

]]>Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Colombiahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Malpelo+Fauna+and+Flora+Sanctuary%2C+Colombiawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Malpelo+Fauna+and+Flora+Sanctuary%2C+Colombiato correct spelling errorWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:33:55 CST Country: Colombia
Site: Colombian Coast
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Address: “The Malpelo Foundation has been able to get going three fairly large projects in conservation and research for Malpelo FFS (Fauna and Flora Sanctuary). These projects are being sponsored by UNESCO, Conservation International, Walton Family Foundation, the Colombian Navy and the Colombian National Parks, Environmental Fund for Nature (FPAA), the European Union, as well as by the Whitley Laing Foundation Award.”
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]]>Sangay National Park, Ecuadorhttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Sangay+National+Park%2C+Ecuadorwaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Sangay+National+Park%2C+EcuadorWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:09:34 CSTSite: Sangay National Park, Ecuador
Type of Partnership: community development
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Since 1999, the indigenous and campesino communities that comprise the Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos San Rafael - Tres Cruces - Yurac Rumi (ASARATY) have taken on the responsible management of 8,000-hectares of páramos, the montane grassland ecosystem of the Andes. To counter the degradation of habitat adjacent to Sangay National Park - a UNESCO World Heritage site - ASARATY has developed a unique participatory planning process to sustainably raise Alpacas, market products from Alpaca wool, increase food security, and develop an income-generating ecotourism venture.

Source: Equator Initiative

]]>Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone, Peruvian Amazonhttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Tambopata-Candamo+Reserve+Zone%2C+Peruvian+Amazonwaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Tambopata-Candamo+Reserve+Zone%2C+Peruvian+AmazonRenameWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:08:29 CST Site: Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone, Peruvian Amazon
Type of Partnership: Community development
Website(s): Rainforest Expeditions
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Description: Rainforest Expeditions (RFE) is a model ecotourism project, with investment co-financed by EcoEnterprises Fund and the project principals, Conservation International and EcoLogic Finance. It offers comfortable, low-impact lodging in the Peruvian Amazon. The company incorporates local sustainable development and environmental education and research into its rainforest experience, including the protection of macaw nurseries and harpy eagle nests. RFE also has a unique relationship with the indigenous Ese’eja community of Infierno. Ese’eja owns one of RFE’s two lodges and receives 60 percent of the profits from the lodge, generating almost US$ 250,000 for this indigenous community since 1998. The community receives additional benefits from its partnership with RFE, including employment, training, and sale of goods. The lodges are located in the buffer zone of the Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone, part of a biological corridor that is one of CI’s hotspots. The area also features a significant diversity of plant life. Tourism has increasingly become an important economic livelihood for the local peoples, mitigating the threats from illegal logging, hunting, and slash and burn agriculture. RFE was a winner in the World Resources Institute’s New Ventures Business Plan Competition in October 2001. In 2003, the company was selected by Outside Magazine as one of the World’s Best Ecolodges, and has received similar accolades in prior years. The Nature Conservancy honoured the Ese’eja community in 2002 as one of the Equator Prize finalists for outstanding achievement in sustainable development.

]]>Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Guatemalahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Mayan+Biosphere+Reserve%2C+Guatemalawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Mayan+Biosphere+Reserve%2C+GuatemalaWed, 15 Nov 2006 15:02:33 CSTSite: Petén, Guatemala
Type of Partnership: Community development, comanagment
Website(s): ACOFOP
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Phone: +(502) 79263572
Email: webmaster@acofop.org
Address: 4ta. Avenida 11Calle, zona 1,
San Benito, Petén, Guatemala, Centro América

Description: ACOFOP is an organization of community-based groups covering 30 rural villages in the buffer zone of the Mayan Biosphere Reserv e, a 2.1 million hectare region of international biological importance. The most innovative aspect of this initiative is that, through ACOFOP, these communities have assumed responsibility for sustainable management of resources within the biosphere reserve. Currently, the communities have 437,597 hectares of forests under management plans, of which 241,448 hectares are internationally certified by the Forest Stewardship Council - the world's largest certified forest area under community management. As well, the critical work of ACOFOP helps to limit uncontrolled migration and reduces conflict over natural resources. ACOFOP also provides badly needed jobs in local communities and vocational and skills training in the region. Ultimately, the work of ACOFOP has reduced local poverty, limited deforestation, and replaced a regime of unsustainable exploitation of biodiversity with an era of sustainable use.

Source: Joshua Bishop, IUCN

]]>Loreto Bay Marine Park, Mexicohttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Loreto+Bay+Marine+Park%2C+Mexicowaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Loreto+Bay+Marine+Park%2C+MexicoWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:58:13 CSTSite: Sea of Cortés, Baja California, Mexico
Type of Partnership: Philanthropy
Website(s): Loreto Bay Foundation
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Description: The Loreto Bay Foundation (LBF) was established to support and fund local projects in the community of Loreto, Baja California Sur and in the Loreto Bay National Marine Park. It represents a partnership between the town of Loreto, the Loreto Bay Company, a developer, the Ocean Foundation, and the park authority.

The town of Loreto is located on the eastern side of the peninsula of Baja California, facing the Sea of Cortés. A picturesque colonial town founded in the 18th century, Loreto has been designated a prime tourism development location by FONATUR, Mexico's tourism development agency.

The Loreto Bay Marine Park was created in 1996. It is part of the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California World Heritage Site. This World Heritage site is home to a large number of fish species (891) including 90 endemic fishes. Thirty-nine percent of the world’s total number of marine mammal species and a third of the world’s total number of marine cetacean’s species occur here. The Sonora desert ecosystem, one of the richest deserts in the world in biodiversity terms, complements the rich biodiversity of the marine park.

The Loreto Bay Company was established to develop a sustainable resort destination using the principles of sustainable development and the new urbanism movement. The Villages of Loreto Bay, located on 8,000 acres on the shores of the Sea of Cortés, is designed to be a seaside community of approximately 6,000 homes with mixed-use buildings, narrow, walkable streets and authentic Baja architecture that exists in harmony with its surroundings. The Loreto Bay Company and the residents of Loreto Bay are the principal benefactors in the Loreto Bay Foundation.

Projects supported by the foundation must be "organized and operated for charitable purposes" (i.e. not a for-profit venture). Project staff are allowed to earn a fair salary for their work on the project, but investors are not allowed to make a profit from the project.

The Loreto Bay Foundation and its parent, the Ocean Foundation, mobilized quickly to respond to the floods and storm damage from Hurricane John (August-September, 2006), enlisting the support of major corporations to support relief efforts. They enlisted airlift support from Alaska Airlines and AeroMexico, food supplies from Wal-Mart, and the donation of money and in-kind resources from a host of civil society organizations. Communities and the park benefited from the rapid mobilization, demonstrating the power of partnerships.

Sources: Loreto Bay Company, Loreto Bay Foundation, Unesco World Heritage Centre

Other resources: Grupo Ecologista Antares AC

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com

]]>Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Ricahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Gandoca-Manzanillo+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+Costa+Ricawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Gandoca-Manzanillo+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+Costa+RicaWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:56:44 CSTSite: Talamanca region, Costa Rica
Type of Partnership: community development
Website(s): Talamanca Initiative
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Description: A collaborative partnership of three community-focused organizations - Associacion ANAI, APPTA, and CBTC - the Talamanca Initiative has worked since 1983 to integrate biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development in the Talamanca region of Costa Rica. The initiative's biodiversity conservation efforts include establishment of Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, a last sanctuary for the endangered Manatee, and development of Central America's only permanent raptor migration monitoring program. To encourage sustainable socio-economic development, the initiative has promoted crop diversification and organic agriculture, with APPTA's processing system becoming the largest volume producer and exporter of organic products in Central America. Since 1991, the initiative has also run a Regional Training Center and has helped establish 13 local ecotourism ventures. As an example of the gains that have been made through the initiative's work, income in villages has risen up to six-fold and communities have been able to engage in sustainable income generating pursuits that also work to protect their natural environment.

Source: Equator Initiative

]]>Galeta Point Marine Laboratory, Panamahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Galeta+Point+Marine+Laboratory%2C+Panamawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Galeta+Point+Marine+Laboratory%2C+PanamaWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:53:19 CSTSite: Galeta Point, Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
Type of Partnership: philanthrophy, community support for protected area
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Description: Galeta Point Marine Laboratory is a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute field station on the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. Research is carried out on coral reefs, mangrove forests, sea grass beds, and the marine fauna of coastal tropical ecosytems of the Caribbean coast of Panama. In 2000 STRI started a marine environmental education program to build bridges between its research and the Panamanian school system. 200 children from an orphanage visiting Galeta that year. In 2005, 7000 students from all over the country visited the Lab. STRI has trained a corps of 10 marine nature guides, mostly college students from the neighboring port city of Colon. Much of the credit for the success of the educational program goes to the private sector of the city of Colon which has funded such improvements as new aquaria and touch pools, an observation deck and telescopes, a seaside promenade, public bathrooms, a floating dock, a 300 meter long mangrove boardwalk with bilingual spanish-english signs, large screen television sets for our auditorium and educational posters. A scholarship program is also provided for students lacking funds to carry out field work for their dissertations.

Supporters include:

the business community of the Colon Free Zone
the Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) in nearby Coco Solo, operated by a large US based port operator
Hormigon Express, a local cement company
Ocean Pollution Control, an environmental cleanup and marine services company
Agua Aseo, a waste management company in Colon

STRI also works with IPAT, Panama's Institute of Tourism in outreach aimed at the fishermen of Colon to develop nature tourism in the mangroves of Galeta so they can have an income in the dry season when the sea is rough and they cannot go to sea.

With IPAT STRI also train taxi drivers from local hotels. And the Melia Panama Canal Hotel hosts a montlhy lecture series talks by STRI scientists called the "The Smithsonian Talk of the Month, in Colon."

]]>Khao Yai NP, Thailandhttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Khao+Yai+NP%2C+Thailandwaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Khao+Yai+NP%2C+ThailandWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:49:47 CSTSite: Khao Yai, NP, Thailand
Type of Partnership: microcredit
Website(s): CBIRD Center
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Description: For many years, residents of Sub Tai village, Thailand were forced to supplement their incomes by poaching in nearby Khao Yai National Park, a repository of rare species and Thailand's oldest national park. This all began to change in 1985 when the Population and Community Development Association of Bangkok launched CBIRD Center in Sub Tai to deal with issues of economic indebtedness and poaching. In this participatory project, villagers signed a commitment not to cut trees or hunt in the park in return for low-cost loans. To ensure that the rich biodiversity of Khao Yai National Park is protected, loans are disbursed for ecological income generating activities such as tree-planting and trekking services. As a result, income in Sub Tai has nearly doubled and many community members are free from debt. Through greater community involvement in park management, illegal logging in the park has fallen by 75% and the many rare species of Khao Yai National Park, including the Asian elephant and tiger, now have a more secure future.

Source, Equator Initiative

]]>Partnership for Community-Run Marine Protected Areas in Madagascarhttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Partnership+for+Community-Run+Marine+Protected+Areas+in+Madagascarwaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Partnership+for+Community-Run+Marine+Protected+Areas+in+MadagascarWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:47:33 CSTSite: Southwest coast of Madagascar, in vicinity of Andavadoaka
Type of Partnership: community based development partnership
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Description: The Partnership for Community-Run Marine Protected Area in Madagascar seeks to combat coral reef and marine life degradation, whilst sustaining the livelihood of the local fishing communities. NGOs, research institutes, a fish export company and local fishermen have come together to implement a regenerative no-tackle zone, to devise strategies for marine conservation and to build the foundations for eco-tourism.

Some successes of the partnership include

Improved quality of life of local community whilst maintaining the biological diversity;
1,200 people in Andavadoaka benefiting from no-catch zone and replenished marine life and potential eco-tourism;
Regular workshops and meetings that empower locals and communities - attendance as high as 300 people per session;
Average weight of octopi caught more than doubled from 0.5 to 1.1 kg;
Average catch per unit effort increased from 2.2 to 4 kg per fisher per trip;
Seed provided funding for a socio-economic adviser that assists partners in planning their socio-economic programmed and develop coastal resource management capacity at local community associations in the region;
Established a trilingual tourism information board in Andavadoaka (English, French and Vezo);
Assisted in training 5 young villagers to become professional tourist guides in August 2005;
Assist with the conceptualisation and implementation of a village-owned and operated hotel;
Assisted villagers to manage MPA independently and assist local community to develop a sustainable environmental strategy;
Assisted directly with the change in perception and behaviour of people and promoted wide-spread support for conservation in a short period of time;
Success prompted three further no-take zones to be undertaken and a permanent MPA to be established;
Replication of the model is highly likely elsewhere.

Source: The SEED Initiative

Further information:

http://www.blueventures.org/Project%20Summary.pdf
http://www.globalpublicpolicy.net/fileadmin/gppi/SEED_CASE_Madagascar_MPA_eh.pdf

]]>Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project, Zambiahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Luangwa+Integrated+Resource+Development+Project%2C+Zambiawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Luangwa+Integrated+Resource+Development+Project%2C+ZambiaWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:39:41 CSTSite: South Luangwa National Park
Type of Partnership: Community Development partnership
Website(s): Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project
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Description: The Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project (LIRDP) arose out of efforts to reduce elephant and rhino poaching in the Luangwa Valley, in Zambia. Originally designed as an integrated development project, the LIRDP evolved during the 1990s into an initiative combining management of the South Luangwa National Park (SLNP) with a community-based natural resource management programme for 40-50,000 people in the Lupande Game Management Area. The SLNP is Zambia’s premier wildlife tourism attraction and is known internationally for its abundant wildlife and charismatic large animals such as elephants, leopard, lions, hippos, buffaloes, giraffe, and antelope. A key feature of the project in its later stages was the transition from managing wildlife for local people to managing wildlife by the people, driven by fiscal empowerment and democracy. In its later stages, the project focused particular attention on cutting costs and increasing revenues from tourism. Although total financial independence remains elusive, the project increased cost recovery from 7% to 60% in a period of four years, while at the same time improving park management and increasing local community participation in wildlife protection and sustainable use.

Source: Joshua Bishop, IUCN

]]>Flower Valley, South Africahttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Flower+Valley%2C+South+Africawaugh2khttp://pppsinprotectedareamanagement.wetpaint.com/page/Flower+Valley%2C+South+AfricaWed, 15 Nov 2006 14:36:49 CSTSite: Flower Valley, South Africa
Type of Partnership: joint business venture
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Description: South Africa’s Cape Floral Kingdom is the world’s most botanically rich habitat and nearly 70 percent of the plant species there are found nowhere else on Earth. It is home to the heath-like fynbos vegetation type, the global record holder for floral diversity. However, the flowers of the fynbos are at gr eat risk from agricultural (e.g. vineyards), urban development and other threats. Between 1999 and 2002, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) purchased 1,338 ha of globally important fynbos land (and the associated flower harvesting operation – Flower Valley Farm) that would have otherwise been developed as vineyards. The Flower Valley Conservation Trust (FVCT) was then established to promote by FFI to take on ownership and assess opportunities to link conservation and local economic development through the sustainable use of natural resources.

Starting in 2002 FFI engaged Shell South Africa and Shell to work with FVCT to develop a business model that utilised Shell’s retail stations in South Africa and the UK for flower sales. Shell Foundation also contributed US$240,000 to enable FVCT to hire an Executive Director and purchase farm equipment. In 2003, a new commercial entity, Fynsa, was created to manage the commercial operations and sold to investors, leaving FVCT to focus on non-profit activities. The Shell Foundation then assisted Fynsa to develop an innovative partnership with Marks & Spencer (M&S) – as part of the Shell Foundation’s Sustainable Communities Programme – to facilitate access to a much larger retail market. The Foundation has also funded some 20 neighbouring farms to meet international labor standards and supply Fynsa with flowers for M&S, thereby helping to ensure the continued use and protection of the natural flora versus conversion to other agricultural uses.

Management plans are based on available field data, with harvesting rates and patterns dictated by scientific criteria. Surplus income is re-invested in alien species clearance, the purchase of harvested wild flowers from local landowners and farmers, the development of marketing plans, support for micro-enterprise activities based on fynbos products and the creation of an Early Learning Centre and adult education facilities. South African National Parks (SANP) is using the Flower Valley project as a model to support fynbos conservation through the establishment and development of the Greater Agulhas National Park. FFI is building collaborative links with local, national and international agencies (including the Botanical Society, Kirstenbosch, the Institute for Plant Conservation and WWF) and has already formed partnerships with SANP, Cape Nature Conservation and Grootbos Private Nature Reserve.

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