Transcript Managing our protected natural areas

MANAGEMENT
EFFECTIVENESS
Stream Workshops Overview
N. Ishwaran, World Heritage
Centre, UNESCO
Overview and status at WPC
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History of the Evaluation of Management
Effectiveness as an issue – Adrian Phillips
WCPA Work on Management Effectiveness
– Introduction by Marc Hockings;
Number and diversity of papers generated
in the workshops of the next 3 days;
Stream workshops organized around 4
main themes
Lessons Learnt
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sessions 1, 2b & 3b, 2e, 5d.
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Distilling experiences
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Guidelines for good evaluation
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Using evaluation findings
Key Indicators
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(sessions 2a & 3a, 2c, 2d, 3c & 4c, 3d &
4d)
Local community and indigenous aspects
Social, economic and managerial aspects
Ecological integrity
Marine protected areas and arid lands
Threats
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sessions 4a & 5a, 4b & 5b, 4e
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Climate change
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Alien and invasive species
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Unsustainable levels of resource use
Future Directions
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Categories
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Standards
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Certification
Interactions with Cross Cuts
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World Heritage – throughout the programme but
strong in sessions 1, 2b & 3b, 4d and 5d
Marine PAs – papers in various sessions;
specially well represented in 3d and 4d
People and Equity - in sessions 2a and 3a plus
additional papers in 2d, 3e, 4a and 5a
Final Plenary (13th afternoon)
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Conclusions and recommendations
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WPC Recommendation – session 3b
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WPC Recommendation – session 3e
World Heritage issues/questions
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Trend in World Heritage areas – single PAs to multiple
PAs
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What is ME applied to World Heritage area in contrast to
individual PAs?
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Lessons learned from UNESCO/IUCN/UNF Project and
other experience (e.g. Tasmanian Wilderness)
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What would be needed if World Heritage is to become a
standard setting (certification?) approach in practice?