Experts reflection meeting on the state of World Heritage properties: Theme 2: Management „issues“ Rapporteur: Birgitta Ringbeck Dakar, 15. April 2011

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Case studies Senegal - Niokola Koba National Park - Island of Goree - Island of Saint Louis - Stone Circles of Senegambia DCR -- Virunga National Park, Kahuzi Biega National Park, Garamba National Park DCR / Uganda -- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Mauritius - Apravasi Ghat

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Case studies; common threats Illegal logging Poaching Agricultural enchroachment Developement and infrastructure (roads, dams etc.) Errosion Climate change and severe wheater events Management and legal issues Lack of funding Lack of conservation

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Success stories Success stories are based on different levels by establishing effective management systems, organizing employment in and outside the sites, funding, ecotourism, settlements for the local communities outside sensitive areas, special conservation programmes, capacity building convincing politicians, stakeholders, donnors, getting international assistance, guidance, access to networks.

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Information sharing on management approaches A management plan for a World Heritage site is an integrated planning and action concept that lays down legal instruments, goals and measures for the protection, conservation, use and development of WH sites. Essential modules of a management plan (§ 49 OP) are: legislative, regulatory and contractual measures for protection, boundaries for effective protection, buffer zones, management systems, sustainable use.

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Information sharing on management approaches An effective management system involves a cycle of long-term and day-to-day actions to protect, conserve and present the property. The system will depend on the type, characteristics and needs of the property and its cultural and legal context. A system could include traditional practices and knowledge, existing urban or regional planning instruments and other planning and control mechanisms, both formal and informal.

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Information sharing on management approaches Essential elements of a management system are –a shared understanding of the property by all stakeholders, – a cycle of planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and feedback, – involvement of partners and stakeholders, – capacity building; – an accountable transparent description of how the system works

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Guidance to assist State Parties to mitigate threats Special WHC-webpage on management with - link to publications (WHC, AB´s and others) - presentation „best-practise-example of the month“, - link to funding programmes, - link to conferences, expert meetings etc.

Theme 2: Management „issues“ Policy appoaches to common threats to properties Common threats needs common approaches, that means i.e. - trends of conservation had to be countinously evaluated and assessed by the AB´s, - international surveys of international crimes as organized poaching and illegal logging, - a fund (as compension, filled by the global mining industrie resp.by x % of each license-amount) for the integrity and conservation of areas with OUV