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IMET (the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool) was developed in the context of the BIOPAMA (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management)…
This tool guides an assessor through three steps to apply eight criteria which determine if a site qualifies as an OECM as set out under the…
This paper is designed primarily for coastal community members, leaders and supporting partner organizations to gain the knowledge and skills that…
The Green List Programme aims to recognise and increase the number of fair and effective protected and conserved areas. Using regionally and…
The MPA Resilience Self Assessment Tool (R-SAT) helps MPA managers better understand and prepare for emerging threats and change due to external…
The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or…
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Other useful resources
- Learning Exchanges are a method of capacity building that can be particularly successful in the Pacific Islands, where similar cultures bond island…
- There is a wealth of information that can be used by managers when designing individual protected areas and protected area networks. These guidelines…
- The resources outlined below are designed to assist practitioners in the challenging area of governing protected areas. This subject area is divided…
Protected Area targets have been set globally, regionally, and sometimes at a country level. During the last decade, the global protected area…
A collection of resources to assist marine planning processes.
The Pacific Islands are extremely vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate. However, incorporating climate change…
The objective of monitoring and evaluation is to determine if the management plan and annual work plans effectively contribute to achieving the…
Marine Resources provides a variety of documents and links to information on marine species, deep sea mining, coral reefs, fisheries, seamounts,…
- Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a place-based approach to natural resource use that aims to restore and protect the health, function and…
Presented here are examples of management plans for various kinds of protected areas from strict nature reserves to local village fisheries…
- There are various conservation processes which have been tried and tested in the Pacific Islands. These include, the Conservation Action Planning (…
- About Terms of Reference Action Plan 2014 – 2020 PAWG Presentation at Annual Meeting, Suva, Fiji, July 2015 Members American Samoa…
- Communicating science and management within the local culture and finding innovative ways to encourage people to alter their behaviour are possibly…
Most protected areas in the world are affected to some degree by invasive species. The spread of plants and animals across the world has been…
- Country-based and locally-based protected area partnerships are gradually becoming more wide-spread throughout the Pacific Islands. This is partly…
Community Based Management resources
Pollution and the growing volumes of solid and hazardous wastes are major threats to the environments and sustainable development of the Pacific…