Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing Management Effectiveness of Protected Areas

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IUCN, 2006 - Business & Economics - 105 pages

The Framework for management effectiveness developed by the IUCN World Commission for Protected Areas was published in the first version of this Best Practice Guideline. It is further explained and interpreted, although not substantially altered, in this version. A number of key guidelines for good practice in evaluation are presented from many practitioners around the world, and important needs and directions for the future are identified.

 

Contents

Purposes and applications of management effectiveness evaluation
5
The adaptive management project cycle
6
A Framework for evaluating management effectiveness
11
The relationship between management demands and management inputs
21
Applying the Framework
31
Analysing and communicating results of evaluation
37
Examples of strategies to ensure recommendations are implemented
43
guidelines needs and directions
45
Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management
57
Countries where RAPPAM assessments have been conducted by December 2005
58
Evaluation of the protected area system of Catalonia Spain
63
Management effectiveness evaluation of Finlands protected areas
73
Protected areas in Finland January 2005
74
reporting conservation progress at protected area sites
79
New South Wales Australia
85
Summary of Findings
87

Case studies
51

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