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Use the information to identify gaps
Northern Madagascar
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Prioritise gaps to be filled
Kinabatangan River, Malaysia
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Agree strategy and take action
Valle des Baobabs: Madagascar
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Increasingly these processes are expected to involve a wide range of
stakeholders…
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Filling the gaps
• All gaps can’t be filled at once, so
PRIORITIZE.
• Prioritize based on threat,
leverage, opportunity,
irreplaceability, feasibility
• Consider early wins to build
momentum, enthusiasm for
protected areas locally and
nationally
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Options for filling gaps
• Create new protected areas
• Expand boundaries of
existing protected areas
• Improve management of
existing managed areas
• Consider other conserved
areas
Elements of a
gap analysis
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Creating NEW protected areas
Elements of a
gap analysis
• New federal lands – consider issues of
compensation, land and water
purchase/acquisition
• Consider supporting creation of state
and municipal reserves as part of
national PA network (e.g. Bolivia)
• Consider aligning with other socioeconomic-cultural opportunities, e.g.
ecosystem services, cultural sites,
recreational sites
• Use a variety of different management
purposes (categories) and governance
types to meet goals.
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Other managed areas as
seeds for protected areas
• Forest Reserves (state, community,
indigenous –owned)
• Riparian or wetland protection policies
• Fisheries regulations
• Recreational areas
• Other Conventions (e.g. Ramsar)
Elements of a
gap analysis
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
IUCN has a definition and six categories of protected
areas, defined by their management objective
• An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection
and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and
associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other
effective means
Managed mainly for science or wilderness protection
Ia
Managed mainly for wilderness protection
Ib
Managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation
II
Managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features
III
Managed mainly for conservation of species and habitats
IV
Managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation or recreation
V
Managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural resources
VI
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Need for restoration?
• Restoration may be necessary to have
functional sites that will meet
conservation, protection goals
• May be passive succession,
designation of only partially degraded
lands (e.g. shaded agriculture), or
active restoration efforts
• Important to identify best locales where
restoration can be successful (e.g. with
sources of plants, wildlife)
Elements of a
gap analysis
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
Consider Other Forms of
Reserves and Governance
• Promoting Private
Reserves
• Supporting Indigenous
Managed Lands
• Looking at comanagement options
Elements of a
gap analysis
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
IUCN increasing sees protected areas being defined by both
management objectives (category) and governance type
Governance
type
B. Co-managed protected
areas
C. Private protected areas
D. Indigenous
and Community
conserved areas
I – Strict nature
reserve or
wilderness areas
II – Ecosystem
protection
and
recreation
III
–
Natural
monument
IV – Protection of
habitats
and
species
V – Protection of
landscapes
or
seascapes
VI – Protection and
sustainable
resource use
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Declared and run by
local communities
Declared and run
byindigenous peoples
Declared and run by forprofit individuals
Declared and run by
non-profit organisations
Declared and run by
private individual
Collaborative
management (pluralist
management board
Collaborative
management (various
pluralist influences)
Transboundary
protected area
Management delegated
by the government (e.g.
To an NGO)
Local ministry or agency
in charge
Federal or national
ministry or agency in
charge
IUCN category
(management
objective)
A. Protected areas
managed by the
government
Improved management of
existing protected areas
• Improved management
effectiveness to make paper parks
functional.
• Adjust and expand boundaries to
capture biodiversity representation
and ecological needs
• Changes in governance and
protected area category
Elements of a
gap analysis
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008
The gap analysis should also at least consider well-managed land and water
outside protected areas
Bamburi quarry: Kenya
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Thank you
Gap analysis presentation: November 2008