Evaluating Management Effectiveness Maintaining Protected Areas for Now and the Future Welcome to Workshop Stream 5 Session 2a IUCN WCPA/CEESP Theme on indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas

Chair: Hanna Jaireth (TILCEPA) Our focus:  To share experience and lessons learned about the evaluations of management effectiveness, particularly with respect to meeting the needs of indigenous and local communities  To explore the concepts and principles of cultural and community indicators from the perspectives of indigenous and local communities SESSIONS 2a AND 3a

To discuss the :  draft Durban Accord and Action Plan  Durban Accord: action 2 (p.2), action (p.4)  Durban Action Plan Outcome 4 & 5  draft WPC draft recommendations with respect to the evaluation of management effectiveness in meeting the needs of indigenous and local communities  WPC 5.1, 5.18, 5.19, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26 Our focus cont’d…..

 To explore the concepts and principles of cultural and community indicators from the perspectives of indigenous and local communities, and to discuss:  Is further research and development needed on indicators and methodologies for assessing PA management effectiveness?  Should IUCN develop and endorse minimum standards for assessing management effectiveness?  Should we have a certification scheme for management effectiveness of PAs and CCAs WPC Rec 5.18 (9)? Our focus cont’d…..

 Input to the management effectiveness chapter in Managing Protected Areas in the 21 st Century  Input to State of Knowledge Report on Management Effectiveness Evaluation  Input to the Durban Accord and Action Plan, WPC recommendations and Congress message to the CBD  Input to the TILCEPA cross-cut theme contribution to the report of the Congress Outputs

Liz Alden Wily Indicators for Community Tenure and Protected Area Management  Independent land tenure and natural resources management adviser, U.K.  Will propose 10 indicators for determining the extent to which community level interests are recognised in protected forest area management ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

indigenous representatives  Phillip Rist, Executive Officer, Girringun Elders and Reference Group, Aboriginal Corporation, north Queensland, Australia  Claude Beeron, Girramay elder and Director, Girringun Elders and Reference Group,  Syb Bresolin, Dulgulburra Yidindji elder and Cultural Ranger, Centre for Tropical Restoration, north Queensland, Australia ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Dermot Smyth  Consultant and Honorary Research Fellow, James Cook University, North Queensland, Australia  Will explore and critique the concept of global or universal indicators concerning the management of culture in protected areas ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Perspective from the indigenous Peoples Ad Hoc Working Group  Victorino Saway, Philippines  Will reflect on his experiences with evaluating the effectiveness of PA management from the perspective of indigenous peoples in the Philippines ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Levi Sucre Evaluation of participatory management of forest areas in Costa Rica  indigenous leader from the BRIBRI indigenous Group in Talamanca, Costa Rica with experience of agroecological production of cocoa and who has worked with Acicafoc to realise indigenous peoples’ aspirations for the region  Will evaluate participatory management of forest areas in Costa Rica ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Neil Jens Effective Management of Volunteers  President, Conservation Volunteer Alliance and Principal, Jens-Gaunt Real Estate Pty Ltd, Ballarat, Victoria  Will discuss the Alliance’s accreditation program for conservation volunteer organisations ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Vaijay Jadhari  With translation by Seema Bhatt  Will evaluate participatory management of forest areas in Jardhar Gaon in Uttaranchal, India ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS

Tea break followed by questions and panel discussion ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS