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WCPA Best Prac-ce Protected Area Guidelines on transboundary conserva-on

Maja Vasilijević Chair

WCPA Transboundary Conserva-on Specialist Group

•  No ordinary publica-on •  The world’s authorita9ve resource for protected area managers •  One of the key WCPA products •  Global standards seAng guide •  Supports beBer implementa9on of conserva9on ac9on in the field •  Builds ins-tu-onal and individual capacity to manage protected areas effec-vely

Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group

What are WCPA Best Prac-ce Guidelines? www.iucn.org/pa_guidelines


WCPA Guidelines on transboundary conserva-on

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature

Conserva-on, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) through the Federal Agency for Nature Conserva-on (BfN)

MAVA Founda-on WCPA


Donors


Development of key concepts

An Interna'onal workshop on defining transboundary conserva'on principles 16-‐18 October 2013, Austria


The interna-onal workshop in Thayatal •  Gathered 24 experts from 16 countries,

including protected area staff, government officials, NGO representa-ves, academia and donors

•  Partnership with the Interna9onal Centre for Integrated Mountain Development established

Prinipal co-‐editors and co-‐authors: Maja Vasilijević, Kevan Zunckel, MaBhew McKinney, Boris Erg, Michael Schoon, Tatjana Rosen Michel Brahim Abou el Abbes, Rahimatsah Amat, Giorgio Andrian, Kenneth Angu Angu, Taïbou Ba, Tim Badman, Jitendra Bajracharya, Mar-n Barriteau, Diana Bedoya, Charles Besançon, Paul Bewsher, Florian Carius, Juan E. Bezaury Creel, Duan Biggs, Clara Bocchino, Grazia Borrini-‐Feyerabend, Alain Brandeis, Robert Brunner, Edgar Buhanga, Tony Bynum, Andy Bystrom, Zhao Chao, Olivier Chassot, Sunita Chaudhary, Nakul Chegri, Rusudan Chochua, Nguyen The Cuong, Jan De Winter, Askar Devletbakov, Emma Doyle, Nigel Dudley, Andrew Dunn, Dominique Endamana, Cris-na Eghenter, Wayne Freimund, Wolfgang Fremuth, Ewald Galle, Jean-‐Marc Garreau, Sonali Ghosh, Nick de Goede, Catarina Grilo, David Grossmann, Craig Groves, Chris-ne Guiness, Ely ould Mohamed el Hadj, John Hanks, Anne Katrin Heinrichs, Elaine Hsiao, Syed Ainul Hussain, Paul Insua-‐Cao, Boedhihartono Intou, Tilman Jaeger, Shawn Johnson, Harry Jonas, Orisha Joseph, Sanna-‐Kaisa Juvonen, Benjammin Kahn, Cheikh Tidiane Kane, Vadim Kiriliuk, Elizabeth Koch Ya’ari, Sabine Koenig, Rajan Kotru, Anna Kuhmonen, Kari Lah-, Annege Lanjouw, Michelle Lim, John Lambing, Alois Lang, Yan Lu, Kathy MacKinnon, Salifou Mahamadou, Neeraj Mahar, Marek Majerczak, Paul Mar-n, Daniela Marzo, Vinod Bihari Mathur, Volker Mauerhofer, Jamie McCallum, Edwin Meru, Stefan Michel, Li Migura, Peter Myles, Servi Nabuurs, Federico Niccolini, Aaron Nicholas, Krishna Prasad Oli, Marco Onida, Gisela Paredes-‐Leguizamón, Midori Paxton, Marko Pečarević, Fan Pengfei, Tomasz Pezold, Adrian Phillips, Irma Popović Dujmović, Nawraj Pradhan, Michael S. Quinn, Gopal S. Rawat, Johannes Refisch, Lenka Reiterova, Cris-an Remus-‐Papp, Kent Redford, David Reynolds, Tamar Ron, Pedro Rosabal, Patrizia Rossi, Tómaš Rothröckl, Tobias Salathe, Trevor Sandwith, Petra Schultheiss, Harald Schütz, Gabriel Schwaderer, Peter Shadie, Eklabya Sharma, Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Andrej Sovinc, Anna Spenceley, Robert Stejskal, David Tiku Okon, Amir Tolouei, Hernán Torres, Yongyut Trisurat, Mar-n Valašek, Alan Valverde, Antonio Vasilijević, Maxim Vergeichik, Sally Walkerman, Arthur H. Wes-ng, Graeme Worboys, Dorothy Zbicz

Wide par-cipatory approach


Transboundary conserva0on is a process of coopera0on to achieve conserva0on goals across one or more interna0onal boundaries


Defining transboundary conserva-on

Type 1: Transboundary Protected Area Type 2: Transboundary Conserva9on Landscape and/or Seascape Type 3: Transboundary Migra9on Conserva9on Area Special designa-on: Park for Peace


WCPA typology of Transboundary Conserva-on Areas


Models of coopera-on in TBC

Model of coopera9on Example

Communica9on or Informa9on sharing

•  Occasional or regular communica-on on ac-ons, problems, opportuni-es or other relevant issues

•  Sharing of informa-on

Consulta9on •  Seeking opinion, feedback or advice from each other •  Coopera-ve process with the aim to harmonize management

Coordinated ac9on

•  Jointly coordinated management ac-ons implemented within the sovereign areas of each party, that contribute to the conserva-on goals of the en-re transboundary ecosystem, e.g. monitoring of species and ecological processes occurs as regular ac-vity on the territory of each party, but the results contribute to conserva-on of species or ecosystems in the whole shared ecosystem

•  This is a form of coopera-ve management

Joint implementa9on of decisions

•  Jointly coordinated and implemented management ac-ons across the sovereignty boundaries, e.g. joint law enforcement patrols, joint fundraising and project implementa-on, the produc-on of marke-ng material that profiles the TBCA as a single en-ty, etc.

•  This is a form of coopera-ve management

•  Ecological •  Socio-‐economic •  Cultural •  Enhanced efficiency of day-‐to-‐day management of common issues •  Harmonisa-on of legal and policy frameworks •  Enhanced poli-cal rela-ons and stability


Making the case for transboundary conserva-on


Transboundary conserva-on governance

•  Varia-ons of transboundary conserva-on governance involving mul-ple actors and ranging from informal to formal arrangements

•  There is no single model but several key characteris-cs that define good TB governance


Common stages of a transboundary conserva-on process

WCPA’s Framework

CONTEXT AND PLANNING INPUTS AND PROCESSES OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

Stages DIAGNOSE DESIGN TAKE ACTION EVALUATE Goals Determine the need for

transboundary conserva9on Match the process to the

situa9on Secure resources

and implement ac9ons

Learn and adapt

Step 1 Iden-fy if there is a compelling reason to act

Determine who should lead the effort

Assess the capacity to implement plans Assess progress and outcomes

Step 2 Determine if there is a cons-tuency for change

Mobilize and engage the right people

Develop an ac-on plan

Determine if there is a need to con-nue

Step 3 Es-mate the scope of the issue Define the geographic extent Secure financial sustainability Adapt the management and ac-on plans

Step 4 Es-mate the capacity to work across boundaries

Nego-ate a joint vision and develop management objec-ves

Implement the plans

Communicate progress


Best prac-ce examples

33 best prac9ce examples drawn from different geographical regions and ecosystems around the world, and involving different protected area management categories, models of coopera-on and transboundary arrangements

•  Pre-‐launch event in Sydney on 18 Nov 2014 •  Speakers: Dr. Uwe Riecken (BfN) Dr. CharloBe Karibuhoye (MAVA Founda-on) Dr. Jeff Mow (Glacier Na-onal Park) Maja Vasilijević (WCPA, Guidelines co-‐editor) Dr. MaBhew McKinney (WCPA, Guidelines co-‐editor) Kevan Zunckel (WCPA, Guidelines co-‐editor) Moderator: Boris Erg (IUCN, Guidelines co-‐editor) •  The concepts in the Guidelines endorsed by the audience


IUCN World Parks Congress 2014


Side event, IUCN World Parks Congress 18 Nov 2014

•  Transla-on to French and Spanish •  Wide dissemina-on •  Training modules & capacity building •  Address the gaps detected in the

Guidelines and backed up by Sydney outcomes


Next steps

•  UNEP/CMS/COP11/CRP18 (2014) called all Par-es to the CMS and relevant organiza-ons to apply IUCN WCPA Best Prac9ce Guidelines on transboundary conserva9on


Support to the WCPA Guidelines by the Conven-on on Migratory Species (CMS)


Thank you

Maja Vasilijević www.tbpa.net [email protected]

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