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
Process Indigenous and traditional peoples directly participate in all relevant decisions 3 structures exist designed with
relating to management, e.g. co-management
that purpose. The participation
is indirect and as an example, it
can be cited that native leaders
of different communities
participated in the workshops of
elaboration of the Management
Plan (2004) for the discussion of
the different themes of
24. Local communities Local communities have no input into decisions relating to the management of 0
management of the park, but
after that fact, there is not
evidence of access in it to make
of decisions
Interest groups participate in
the protected area
certain management decisions.
Do local communities Local communities have some input into discussions relating to management 1 1
resident or near the but no direct role in management
protected area have
input to management
decisions?
Process
Local communities directly contribute to some relevant decisions relating to
management but their involvement could be improved
Local communities directly participate in all relevant decisions relating to
management, e.g. co-management
2
3
Additional points Local communities/indigenous people
24 a. Impact on
communities
24b. Impact on
communities
24c. Impact on
communities
25. Economic benefit
Is the protected area
providing economic
benefits to local
communities, e.g.
There is open communication and trust between local and/or indigenous
people, stakeholders and protected area managers
Programmes to enhance community welfare, while conserving protected area
resources, are being implemented
Local and/or indigenous people actively support the protected area
The protected area does not deliver any economic benefits to local
communities
Potential economic benefits are recognised and plans to realise these are
being developed
There is some flow of economic benefits to local communities
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+1
+1
+1
0
1 1
2