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MANAGEMENT PROCESS Processes 5 4 3 2 1 0 Management plan Inventory of resources Strategy for threats and pressures Work plan MANAGEMENT PLANNING Managemen t of means Business Plan DECISION MAKING Interna l organisation Transparency Report Collaboration Interna l communication Communicati on wi th loca l communities Communit y participation Framew ork for cooperatio n of actors Sufficient data Means for collecting data Means for processing data Monito ring impacts Ecological research Social research Access to earch Research needs identified Traditiona l knowledge RESEARCH Management planning Management plan for all PAs is outdated, except for Mole, Kyabobo, for which it will run until 2010; management plans for Bia and Ankasa are currently being revised. Management plans exists for the other parks, but need to be reviewed. In all the PAs evaluated there is a comprehensive inventory of natural and cultural resources as well as detailed maps of the PA, but it needs to be updated. In Bui, the inventory is on-going. In Mole, the inventory available is relatively old (15 years) and needs to be reviewed. The cultural inventory of the park was undertaken through stakeholders' consultative forum in 2007. An aerial survey was undertaken in 2006. There is Satellite Imagery (2008) of the Park for habitat assessment, which looked at community resource management areas. Except in Bui, there is an analysis of, and strategy for addressing, PA threats and pressures in all the PAs. In Kyabobo, there is Park GIS data base that monitors pressures and threats. In Mole, threat and pressures were discovered through the development of the operational manuals relating to Invasive species, and problems with animals (crop raiding). In Bomfobiri, the operational manual provides guidelines on how to handle threats and pressure in the PA. There is no business plan for Kyabobo, Bui, and Bomfobiri. In Kakum it is skeletal and only for tourism, and was drafted a long time ago. All other PAs have a business plan. Except in Shai Hills where it needs revision, in Mole, Ankasa and Bia, it was finalised in 2009 and covers a period of 10 years. 45
Decision making There is clear internal organisation in all PAs. Organisation charts, reporting lines, roles and responsibilities, or job description for all staff and positions are well defined. Management decision making is transparent; there are monthly or regular management meeting and staff meeting. In Mole, decisions are made on consultations when necessary. Staff in all PAs regularly collaborate with different partners such as NGOs (World Vision, Concern Universal, A Rocha Ghana, Netherland Development Organisation (SNV)), public and private organisations such as Ghana Education Service, Zoom Lion Co. Ltd, WADEP – Women and Development Project (Kyabobo), Universities, Tourism Operators, District Assembly Wildfire Management Project, Ghana Fire Service, National Disaster Management Organisation, National Commission for Civic Education etc. There is effective communication between all levels of PA staff and administration through various meetings where visions are shared and/or reviewed, quarterly Staff debates to address pertinent issues; there is also flow of communication from management to all staff and also feedback from staff to the management. There is effective communication with local communities of the PAs concerning the management of the PAs through a Collaborative Resource Management Unit (CRMU) and/or PAMAU/B which regularly interact with communities. The CRMU particularly carries out conservation/environmental education and outreach programmes, law enforcement and community related issues. In Shai Hills, however, managers have recorded that outreach needs to be more effective. In Bui, some communities appear to be suspicious always. Local communities participate in decisions that affect them, through the same scheme as above. All activities are communicated to the communities; their opinions and assistance to get things done are sought. The exception is in Bomfobiri where there is no management structure that involves the community. There are processes to make sure that groups such as women and youth are consulted for the management of the PA, as structures mentioned above have it in their constitution to get women, and youth representation, especially, constitution of the PAMAB gives a special place to representation of women. Women are also particularly involved in the establishment of CREMAs, schools' wildlife clubs and programmes. In Shai Hills they consider women in concessions for exploitation of the neem tree in the reserve; in Kakum they ensure that women are involved in volunteerism. In Bomfobiri such processes to involve groups such as women and youth do not exist. Research In general, the information on ecological and socio economic data needs to be reviewed; in some PAs there is no ongoing research, and part of the existing ecological and socio economic data are from the surveys before the management plan was written. In Mole, there is community profile for most of the communities. Bomfobiri is the only park where there are no current ecological and socio economic data. Collecting new data may be difficult, even though in most PAs, skilled staff, field equipments, etc are in place. In Bui, skills for collecting new socio-economic data is lacking; and in some PAs like Kyabobo the fact that there is no research unit, may make it difficult to collect new data. However, in Mole (and so is in Kyabobo), there is no research unit either but all field staff are trained to collect data which is fed into the Management Information System (MIST) for 46
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Page 3 and 4: The designation of geographical ent
Page 5 and 6: Acronyms and abbreviations CBD CBWM
Page 7 and 8: Appropriate resource allocation mec
Page 9 and 10: Le mécanisme approprié d'attribut
Page 11 and 12: ANKASA CONSERVATION AREA (50 900 HA
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Page 33 and 34: CONTEXT There were four possible re
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Page 49 and 50: PROTECTED AREAS POLICY PA Policy 5
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