Protected areas

Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

Using the category system in force (IUCN, 1994), this document analyses the bestowal of IUCN category statuses and proposes a systematic procedure for making such assignments. A number of selected pilot cases from around the world where this procedure has been used are discussed.

These guidelines address one of the most critical issues which protected area planners and managers face in the East Asia region: obtaining the funds needed to ensure the survival and success of protected areas. The publication explains how protected areas can generate more finance to help meet their needs, and contains brief case studies. It also includes a list of potential funding sources in the region.

This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia. It has been designed to help them think about the influx of tourism to natural protected areas, and to urge them to consciously plan for management of the interactions of tourists and the natural and cultural environment.

The link between protected areas and tourism is as old as the history of protected areas. Though the relationship is complex and sometimes adversarial, tourism is always a critical component to consider in the establishment and management of protected areas. These guidelines aim to build an understanding of protected area tourism, and its management. They provide both a theoretical structure and practical guidelines for managers.

A Management Plan is a document which sets out the management approach and goals, together with a framework for decision making, to apply in a specific protected area over a given period of time. Critical to the plan is the widest possible consultation with stakeholders and the development of objectives that can be agreed and adhered to by all who have an interest in the use and ongoing survival of the area concerned.

A system plan is the design of a total reserve system covering the full range of ecosystems and communities found in a particular country, identifying the range of purposes of protected areas and the relationships among the system components (i.e. individual areas, protected areas and other land uses), and different sectors and levels of society.

En Afrique de l'Ouest, les Aires Protégées sont rarement gérées selon des principes prenant pleinement en compte l'équité entre les hommes et les femmes. Dans les processus de décision, la participation de toutes les tranches de la population est souvent illusoire et, quand elle existe, « la prise en compte de l'équité » se traduit généralement par des actions basées sur des modèles traditionnels de répartition sexuelle des tâches.

L’étude porte sur l’analyse des différents sites, les problèmes rencontrés sur chaque site en passant en revue tous les aspects de leur gestion, l’intérêt du statut actuel (ou prévu) en fonction des objectifs de conservation assignés à ces aires protégées, l’analyse de l’adéquation de la législation de chacun des pays concernés par rapport aux propositions et aux recommandations faites. Au total, l’efficacité des modes de gestion dans l’ensemble des réserves apparaît faible.