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Category: Parks and protected areas
Project: Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Information Module
Organization: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC); World Conservation Union – World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA)
Language: English
Country/Region: Global
Summary: The United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC) and the World Conservation Union – World Comission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA) have launched the Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Assessments Information Module, which features information about assessing protected areas management effectiveness; available assessment studies; and which protected areas have been assessed in terms of management effectiveness. The site is linked to the World Database on Protected Areas, and allows users to submit and request related information about experts, publications, and other protected areas management resources.
Project: Parks in Peril
Organization: The Nature Conservancy, US Agency for International Development, various partner NGOs
Language: English, Spanish
Country/Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Summary: The Parks in Peril (PiP) program seeks to strengthen local partner NGOs at selected protected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean, by providing support in administration, monitoring and evaluation, and fundraising skills. The PiP Web site features detailed information about TNC's Conservation Area Planning methodology for setting priorities, developing strategies, and measuring success of conservation projects at parks, reserves, and other conservation areas; the Site Consolidation Scorecard, which consolidates the resources that a "paper park" needs to become a fully functioning park; the Systems and Analysis page features resources in sustainable financing, The Nature Conservancy's ecoregional planning methodology, marine biodiversity protection strategies, private lands conservation, protected area systems, gender and conservation, and institutional development.
Organization: ParksWatch
Languages: English, Spanish
Country/Region: Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
Summary: Through partnerships with in-country conservation organizations and individuals, ParksWatch sponsors on-site evaluations of parks and protected areas in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil. Their Web site features background information on each country's geography and parks system, including information tables and maps of protected areas. Particularly useful is the "Park Profile Database", which features detailed information for every park the project is involved with, including photographs, geographic information, biodiversity, management, human influence, conservation and research, an overview of the park's threats, recommended solutions, and conclusions.
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