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Public-Private
Partnerships for Tourism
Management in Protected
Areas
Jim Barborak
Director, Center for Protected Area Management and Training
Colorado State University
Member, IUCN/WCPA Tourism Working Group
Cantareira State Park, Sao Paolo, Brazil:
An example of the challenges we face
Background
Success in conservation requires public and political support and people support what they know and love
Governments, NGOs, and communities often lack entrepreneurial know-how, tourism know-how and capital needed to successfully manage PA tourism
There is pressure by communities, businesses, and governments for PAs to generate more economic benefits and more revenue to fund PA management
Many PAs, particularly in developing regions, do not fulfill tourism’s potential to generate employment and income and build public awareness and support
Number of national and international tourists to PAs and economic importance of the sector increasing
Institutional Options for
PA management
PAs managed/owned by regional, local governments, intergovernmental authorities
PAs managed/owned by local, regional, natl, intl. NGOs
PAs managed/owned by indigenous tribes
PAs managed/owned by communities
PAs managed/owned by private businesses/companies
PAs managed or owned by universities, research centers
Global tendency: hybrid and comanagement approaches!
Ownership, management authority, service provider, and management category are separate but related concepts!
Partnerships: Key to PA success
• Larger, more complex PAs increasingly use a wide range of institutional options, including permits, contracts, concessions, cooperative agreements and co-management accords
• Partnerships can lead to investments in PA tourism infrastructure and programs
• Successful partnerships can stimulate more public support for conservation, financial benefits for PA agencies and economies, and improved livelihoods for local communities
• Successful partnerships can privatize costs and risks but socialize benefits of tourism in PAs
Values of Tourism Public-Private Partnerships Long Recognized!
• Tourism concessions in US parks for +/- a century! • Partnerships was a theme as long ago as the 1992 World Parks Congress
(Venezuela) • The tourism sessions at the Last World Parks Congress agreed that more
work on the subject is warranted • Major donors (IFC in Mozambique, Indonesia), IDB in Brazil, World Bank,
GEF, UNDP, USAID, interested in topic and increasing investment • CBD specific has more equitable distribution of costs and benefits of
biodiversity conservation as a goal and poverty alleviation is a global development priority
• CBD partnering with Semeia Institute of Brazil for a global study on the subject and a workshop at the CBD COP in Hyderabad
• Tourism to PAs is growing in many parts of the world • Demand for PAs to generate revenue for their own budgets and to
produce more tangible economic benefits locally and nationally is growing
Some challenges
Local actors often lack the entrepreneurial
expertise and capital to successfully participate in
co-management such as concessions
There is no substitute for strong government
institutions; they help guarantee success of
innovative private and community conservation
There is widespread distrust of the private sector,
NGOs and among key actors and stakeholders—
building trust difficult and time-consuming
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,
Costa Rica: Private-Private
Partnerships!
Owned/managed by NGO
Nearly 100K visitors/yr
Endowment and robust business plan
Restaurant managed by local restaurateur
Guiding managed by local guide association
Gift shop generates much revenue—NGO now manages gift shops at several national parks!
Results of Ongoing Studies on Concessions
Identified key components to ensure success in tourism concessions and agreements in protected areas:
Qualifications of bidders
Legal responsibilities of responsible entities
Financial responsibilities of entities
Environmental responsibilities of entities
Social responsibilities of organizations
Ongoing monitoring and evaluation
Moving towards best practices in tourism
PPPs in PAs
Qualifications
What type of legal entity is created or involved: a private company, consortium, trust, individual, etc.?
How can you ensure that the potential concessionaire/permitee has sufficient experience and capital?
Legal aspects?
Who owns the land and the infrastructure?
Who retains control and stakes in improvements ?
How are risks and unforeseen events managed?
Who is responsible in case of complaints/ accidents?
How are transactions controlled and audited?
What are the consequences of rescinding agreements?
Financial/legal aspects
How long does the agreement last? Can it be amended/extended?
What payment does the partner make? Based on income, # users?
If there is competitive bidding how do we ensure that the best offer wins?
How do we ensure that the partner fulfills the terms of the agreement?
What are the consequences of environmental damage caused by the concessionaire or lack of fulfillment of key clauses in the agreement?
Under what conditions can agreements be rescinded?
Environmental Aspects
How to ensure that infrastructure and its operation comply with environmental standards?
What are the consequences when this does not happen?
Who monitors what when where why and how?
Social Aspects and Equity
How can we ensure benefits for local communities?
How can we ensure that initial benefits are maintained and expanded and monitor this?
Some key lessons learned to date
Partnerships can encourage capital investment , improve visitor services and generate increased revenue flows to PA agencies and economies
PPP can expand tourism and recreation opportunities for national and international visitors leading to greater public and decision maker support for PAs and more environmental awareness
Partnerships between concessionaires and local communities can lead to gradual transfer of ownership, build local capacity and responsibility and reduce PA-community conflict
PAs with greater public use and expanded stakeholder base and public tend to resist threats better than areas off the “mental map” of the public, press and decision makers
What have we achieved since Barcelona four years ago?
– Global Review published (Wyman et al)
– Creation of a PA Tourism Partnerships Bibliography: laws, policies, tenders, case studies
– Global workshop in California sponsored by USNPS and CSU with IUCN/WCPA and UNESCO-WH support
– Regional workshop Southern Africa (Maputo)
– Brazil workshops Sao Paolo and Curitiba
– New policies, laws and tenders in many nations (Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile)
Looking forward
• Best practices manual on PA tourism published
• Best practice manual on PPPs for IUCN WCPA published
• More regional training and best practice workshops
• Use major conferences to discuss progress, challenges
World Wilderness Congress Spain 2013
World Parks Congress Australia 2014
National and regional PA conferences
• Promotion in Europe by PanParks
• Technical assistance missions (USNPS, USFS,
south-south)
• Incorporate training materials in PA training centers
and online
• Implement pilot projects funded by major NGOs,
bilateral and multilateral development banks,
tourism enterprises
• Work with UNESCO, other partners to incorporate
strengthen PPS at WH sites
• Produce and disseminate case studies, best
practice documents, bibliographies
• Key area of activity for IUCN WCPA Tourism
Working Group
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