English - Global Environment Facility

GEF-4 Tracking Tool for Biodiversity Focal Area Strategic
Objective One:
Catalyzing Sustainability of Protected Area
Issue Criteria Score: Tick only one box
per question
Comment/Explanation Next steps
enforcement
There are major deficiencies in staff capacity/resources to enforce protected 1 protected area has the capacity
area legislation and regulations (e.g. lack of skills, no patrol budget, lack of
to implement environmental
Can staff (i.e. those institutional support)
regulations within the protected
with responsibility for
managing the site)
enforce protected area
rules well enough?
The staff have acceptable capacity/resources to enforce protected area
legislation and regulations but some deficiencies remain
The staff have excellent capacity/resources to enforce protected area
legislation and regulations
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3
2 area, the resources are limited.
Currently, the staff is not
sufficient to monitor the area, so
great efforts had been made to
Input
control illegal activities in the
area.
Issue Criteria Score: Tick only one box
per question
4. Protected area
objectives
Is management
undertaken according
to agreed objectives?
Planning
5. Protected area design
Is the protected area the
right size and shape to
protect species,
habitats, ecological
processes and water
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Comment/Explanation Next steps
No firm objectives have been agreed for the protected area 0 The management plan is a tool
The protected area has agreed objectives, but is not managed according to
these objectives
The protected area has agreed objectives, but is only partially managed
according to these objectives
The protected area has agreed objectives and is managed to meet these
objectives
Inadequacies in protected area design mean achieving the major objectives of
the protected area is very difficult
Inadequacies in protected area design mean that achievement of major
objectives is difficult but some mitigating actions are being taken (e.g.
agreements with adjacent land owners for wildlife corridors or introduction of
appropriate catchment management)
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of support to the management
of the park that establishes the
objectives, norms and
guidelines, the possible uses
and strategies. To improve,
the common participation, the
protection, conservation and
sustainable management of the
ecosystem and its zone of
neighborhood.