Transboundary Biosphere Reserves - Naturpark Pfälzerwald

Results of the ‘Open Space’ - Workshop in Edesheim
•Elaborate and implement a common
management plan and a monitoring system;
•The partner countries involved in the TBR
should continue ratifying the main
international conventions that could
strengthen the implementation of wise
transboundary management objectives.
■ How to manage arising conflicts?
•Promote local negotiations between the
partners of the TBR (use the TBR as a
framework for discussion of problems);
•Involve the National MAB Committees in
order to jointly develop solutions to the
conflict;
•Ask UNESCO to act as a mediator in the
partners’ discussions (negotiations);
•Involve international organizations and their
relevant conventions for reminding the
governments of their commitments
concerning the protected areas, by recalling
the ratified conventions to be applied.
Discussion-Group 9: ‘Network
establishment’
Key points of discussion and results
•Cooperation
•Implementation of joint projects
•Fundraising
•Supporting each other
•Exchange of knowledge
•Transfer of experience
•Conflict resolution
•Communication
•Training and exchange visits
•Economic visibility
How this can be achieved:
. Select focal persons for the TBR
. Seek UNESCO’s assistance in the TBR
network establishment
Tools: website, exchange of publications, joint
meetings, etc..
Discussion-Group 10:
‘How TBRs contribute to the regional
development’
Key points of discussion and results
•Relationships between TBR territories and
the surrounding areas
•Importance of initiating a dialogue between
the local communities (inside the TBR) and the
surrounding populations (outside the TBR)
•Discussions of TBRs should be in line with
regional development
•Involvement of local communities in the
decision-making process
•Cultural knowledge exchange
•Promoting benefits through the creation of
public-private partnerships
•Development of an innovative management
model that could be exported outside TBRs
•Influence of the TBRs on the surrounding
land-use planning
Examples of different tools identified for economic
development:
•Common legal framework
•INTERREG III
•Labelled/certified TBRs products
•Revolving funds
•Ecotourism
•Integrated services, integrated and larger
markets, and products marketing
Discussion-Group 11: ‘Which kind of
structure for TBRs?’
Key points of discussion and results
■ What would be an efficient structure for
managing a TBR?
■ Are there examples of successful structures and
good practice?
● The structure should comprise a
coordinative and an administrative element.
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