Building Capacity on Protected Areas Law & Governance Module 2 Governance Principles & Approaches Exercise 1 Understanding the Nature & Relationship Between “Governance”, “Protected Areas” & the Law

Background  Purpose  Build learners’ knowledge of the definition of “protected areas”  Create awareness of the concept of “governance”.  Enable learners to critically explore the relationship between the concepts of “protected areas”, “governance” and the law.  Structure  Introduction to Exercise (10 minutes)  Small Group Work (60 minutes)  Joint Class Discussion (40 minutes)  Consolidation (10 minutes)

Key Definitions  “Protected Area”  “A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long- term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.”  Governance  “The interactions among structures, processes and traditions that determine how power and responsibilities are exercised, how decisions are taken and how citizens or other stakeholders have their say.”  Law  “The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.”

Understanding the intersection Governance Law Protected Areas

The Matrix Who exercises authority in a PA and how Rules that deal with who exercises authority in a PA and how Elaboration of particular element of PA definition

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