reporting progress in protected areas - a tracking tool
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Reporting Progress in Protected Areas - a Tracking Tool. Leonardo Lacerda, WWF International Kathy MacKinnon, The World Bank. World Bank / WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use. Formed in 1998, the Alliance draws on the comparative institutional strengths:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WORLD BANK / WWF ALLIANCE FOR FOREST CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE
Reporting Progress in Protected Areas - a
Tracking Tool
Leonardo Lacerda, WWF International
Kathy MacKinnon, The World Bank
WORLD BANK / WWF ALLIANCE FOR FOREST CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE
World Bank / WWF Alliancefor Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use
• the World Bank's access to policy, convening power, analytical capacity and financing operations
• WWF's strong field presence, private sector, public trust and forest conservation expertise
Formed in 1998, the Alliance draws on the comparative institutional strengths:
A Sum Greater than its Parts!
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WB / WWF Alliance Targets
Alliance Forest Protected Areas targets by 2005:
• 50 million ha of new forest protected areas• 50 million ha of protected areas secured under
effective management
Current situation:• over 30 million ha of new protected areas• working in over 40 million ha for improved
management
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A Site-Level Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool
Tool to collect data on WB / WWF Forest PA portfolio• Portfolio-wide• Quick, focused on sites• Relies on knowledge of WB / WWF staff and PA
managers
Limitations• Small amount of quantifiable data• Should be backed up by more detailed assessment
system• scoring system should not be used for comparison
between sites• limited evaluation of outcomes
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Aims of Tracking Tool
• Identifies progress on management effectiveness of WWF and World Bank PA Projects
• Provides baseline data on Alliance PA portfolio• Identifies global trends and priorities for the
development of tools and policies• Identifies key management issues in PA
management and how to resolve issues• Assists reporting and accountability• Identify appropriate follow-up steps
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Tracking Tool responses
122 Tracking Tools in 23 coutries
Africa (26), Asia (55), Europe (3), Latin America (38)
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Tracking Tool responses
Total Area 30 million ha• Africa (1.9 m ha)• Asia (8.5 m ha)• Europe (0.1 m ha)• Latin America (19.7 m ha)
Area equal the size of Italy
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IUCN categories
Total protected area per IUCN Category
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
Ia Ib II IV VI
Number of PAs
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Ia Ib II IV VI
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Average Number of Staff
Average Number of Staff per Region
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Africa andMadagascar
Asia-Pacific Europe and MiddleEast
Latin America andthe Caribbean
Nu
mb
er
of sta
ffPermanent Temporary
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Average budget
0.00
200.00
400.00
600.00
800.00
1000.00
Africa andMadagascar
Asia-Pacific Europe andMiddle East
LatinAmerica and
theCaribbean
Bu
dg
et,
th
ou
s $
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Number of hectares and budget per staff by Region
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
Africa andMadagascar
Asia-Pacific Europe andMiddle East
Latin America andthe Caribbean
Hectares Budget
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Critical Management ActivitiesNumber of responses
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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Main Threats
Number of responses
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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Higher scored questions
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
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Lower scored questions
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
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Correlation between number of staff and scoring for effectiveness
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
14 22 31 40 46 47 52 54 57 61 64 69 83
Score
Nu
mb
er
of
sta
ff
Permanent+Temporary
Permanent
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Correlation between time of gazettment and score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1914
1932
1956
1963
1966
1976
1979
1982
1985
1991
1991
1993
1993
1993
1995
1997
1999
2000
2001
2001
2002
Year
Sco
re
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Correlation between budget and score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Budget, thous$
Sc
ore
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Correlation between scoring law enforcement and total score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 1 2 3
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Correlation between scoring education and awareness
and total score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 1 2 3
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Correlation between local communities involvement
and total score
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
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Conclusions
• Threats: poaching, logging, encroachment
• Attention: tourism & infrastructure, indigenous & local communities,
• Effectiveness correlations: Education, Enforcement, Neighbours
Early analysis of results: limits
Value: build hypothesis, PA managers
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Next steps
• Conclude analysis for 200 TT• Recommendations & mgt responses• Dissemination of method: GEF, WCMC
Agree on minimum set of global PA management indicators to monitor progress worldwide?
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