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Bale Mountains National Park - Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt

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Table of Contents<br />

Foreword........................................................................................................................................... iii<br />

Approval page....................................................................................................................................v<br />

Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... vii<br />

Table of Contents............................................................................................................................ xiii<br />

Acronyms .........................................................................................................................................xv<br />

Plan Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1<br />

Background Context..............................................................................................................3<br />

Function of the GMP .............................................................................................................3<br />

Principles underlying this GMP ............................................................................................. 4<br />

GMP Structure ...................................................................................................................... 4<br />

The Planning Process ........................................................................................................... 7<br />

<strong>Park</strong> Purpose, Significance and Values.......................................................................................... 11<br />

<strong>Park</strong> Purpose ...................................................................................................................... 13<br />

<strong>Bale</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Park</strong> Significance ........................................................................ 14<br />

Exceptional Resource Values of BMNP.............................................................................. 15<br />

BMNP in the International Context...................................................................................... 23<br />

IUCN Protected Area Category........................................................................................... 24<br />

BMNP Zonation Scheme..................................................................................................... 25<br />

Ecological Management Programme.............................................................................................. 31<br />

Ecological Management Programme Strategy.................................................................... 33<br />

Ecological Management Programme 10-Year Objectives .................................................. 39<br />

Objective 1: Human associated threats to BMNP Principal Ecosystem Components and<br />

Key Ecological Attributes mitigated through active management ....................................... 40<br />

Objective 2. Management-orientated monitoring and research of Principal Ecosystem<br />

Components and Key Ecological Attributes carried out ...................................................... 46<br />

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Programme .............................................................. 51<br />

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Programme Strategy .................................... 53<br />

Sustainable Natural Resource Management Programme 10-Year Objectives ................... 54<br />

Objective 1: Human, institutional and legal capacities established for the operation of<br />

sustainable natural resource management systems in BMNP............................................ 56<br />

Objective 2: The potential for sustainable utilisation of natural resources in BMNP realised<br />

and equitable sharing of benefits ensured .......................................................................... 57<br />

Objective 3: Human settlement, cultivation and land use in BMNP planned, controlled and<br />

reduced ............................................................................................................................... 61<br />

Tourism Provision and Management Programme .......................................................................... 67<br />

Tourism Provision and Management Programme Strategy ................................................ 69<br />

Tourism Provision and Management Programme 10-Year Objectives ............................... 71<br />

Objective 1: Diverse ecologically and culturally sensitive tourism opportunities provided in<br />

BMNP in partnership with local communities, the private sector and government.............. 72<br />

Objective 2: Efficient, effective and adaptive tourism management systems that provide an<br />

enhanced visitor experience, devised and maintained ....................................................... 76<br />

Objective 3: Community participation and benefit sharing opportunities in BMNP tourism<br />

developed and established as core part of BMNP tourism provision and management ..... 80<br />

Table of Contents xiii

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