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 Presentation

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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

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20

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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

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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

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10

20

30

40

50

60

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Main Threats

Number of responses

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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

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100

200

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14 22 31 40 46 47 52 54 57 61 64 69 83

Score

Nu

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of

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ff

Permanent+Temporary

Permanent

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Correlation between time of gazettment and score

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1914

1932

1956

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1995

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2002

Year

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Correlation between budget and score

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20

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90

Budget, thous$

Sc

ore

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Correlation between scoring law enforcement and total score

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10

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70

80

90

100

0 1 2 3

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Correlation between scoring education and awareness

and total score

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10

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90

100

0 1 2 3

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Correlation between local communities involvement

and total score

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10

20

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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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