A guide for planners and managers - IUCN

42 MARINE AND COASTAL
PROTECTED AREAS
Table I-1. Model Outline for MPA Site Management Plan
Executive Summary
Introduction
A. Purpose and scope of plan
B Legislative authority for the action
Management Content
A. Regional setting: location and access
B. Resources (facts pertinent to management; other data in an appendix
or separate document)
1. Physical: beaches, dunes, shoals, bars, reefs, currents, bathymetry, hydrology
2. Biological: ecosystems (coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, dunes, forests,
Grasslands); critical habitats (nesting, feeding, spawning, roosting); species
(endangered, commercial, showy)
3. Cultural: archaeological, historical, religious.
C. Existing uses (description, facilities, etc.)
1. Recreational
2. Commercial
3. Research and education
4. Traditional uses rights, and management practices
D. Existing legal and management framework
E. Existing and potential threats and implications for management (i.e., analysis
of compatible or incompatible uses, solutions)
F. The plan
1. Goals and objectives
2. Management tactics
a. Advisory committees
b. Interagency agreements (or agreements with private organizations,
institutions or individuals)
c. Boundaries
d. Zoning plan
e. Regulations
f. Social, cultural, and resource studies plan
g. Resource management plan
h. Interpretive plan
3. Administration
a. Staffing
b. Training
c. Facilities and equipment
d. Budget and business plan, finance sources
4. Surveillance and enforcement
5. Monitoring and evaluation of plan effectiveness
G. Appendices
H. References