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OVERVIEW
Strengthening the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area
System
Background
The first Forest Reserves (Blue Mountains, Clydesdale and Hardware Gap) were declared in 1950.
Jamaica's first Marine Park (Montego Bay Marine Park) was established in 1991.
The first National Park (Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park) was established 1993.
Background
Over eighty locations are currently conserved under approximately seventeen different land use categories.
Jamaica generally recognizes only thirty-two distinct protected areas as members of the National System of Protected Areas (NSPA)
Background Terrestrial protected areas within the NSPA
currently cover over 200,000 hectares or approximately 18% of Jamaica’s lands.
The NSPA covers approximately 180,000 hectares or 15% of the archipelagic waters
Four organizations are principally responsible for Jamaica's NSPA: the Forestry Department, the Fisheries Division, the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, and NRCA/NEPA.
Background
Protected areas provide important ecosystem functions and services
Tourism depends directly on the quality of protected areas not only for ecosystem services (e.g. good coastal water quality provided by healthy forests and wetlands), but also as a tourism product
Background
Every dollar invested in the protected area system would generate $100 additional dollars to the Jamaican economy (PASMP).
And yet, tourism invests very little in protected area management
The Problem
Jamaica's biodiversity is threatened on a variety of fronts.
The cumulative impacts include the accelerated loss of vulnerable habitats and associated species, the reduction of ecological functionality and the growing insecurity of ecosystem services.
The Solution
Consolidated NSPA supported by a unified institutional framework equipped with the legislative mandate, management capacity and financial support required to ensure protected area conservation
Purpose of Project Build upon and facilitate the implementation of the
PASMP
The PASMP is intended to serve as a road map to
improve management effectiveness, support sustainable financing, and increase protected area system coverage
The Project also represents a significant advancement towards fulfilling the agreements made at the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD
Project Preparation
The preparatory phase of the project placed strong emphasis on stakeholder participation.
In depth discussions were held with a host of stakeholders, including national and regional government agencies, NGOs, donors and, most importantly, local stakeholders in the pilot areas
Project Preparation
Activities included: Holding several workshops with stakeholders
(innovative participatory METT scoring exercise)
Facilitating logical framework workshop to generate in-depth discussions and agreement regarding project strategy
Project Preparation
PAC was heavily involved in the process
Final project document was designed with stakeholders' full involvement and thorough vetting by representatives of key organizations
(PIOJ, IOJ, Forestry etc.)
PROJECT GOAL & OBJECTIVE
Goal Safeguard Jamaica's globally significant
biodiversity
Objective Consolidate the operational and financial
sustainability of Jamaica’s national system of protected areas
Duration – 6 years (2010-2016)
COMPONENTS
Strengthening of financial planning and revenue generation
Rationalizing and integrating the national system of protected areas
Increasing the effectiveness of protected area management
Strengthening of Financial Planning and Revenue Generation
Establish Protected Area Trust Fund (PATF) and Revolving Fund
Develop model site-level business plans
Develop revenue generation mechanism in five (5) key PAs
Create operational plan for PA system financial strategy
Rationalizing and Integrating the National System of PAs
National Protected Areas Legislation and supporting Legal Framework
New and expanded PA network
Increasing the Effectiveness of PA Management
New and updated PA management plans
Monitoring and evaluation system for PA management
Conservation-based economic development established in or near 5 PAs
Communication strategy to raise key stakeholder awareness and build national constituency
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
harmonize management practices to secure cost-effective conservation
build capacity for strategic conservation and financial planning
create new protected areas to serve as replicable models for improved practices
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
establish additional income sources for protected area management
PROJECT BUDGET
Total budget - US$ 7,820,585
PROJECT BUDGET
PROGRESS
2010 – 2011
- Setting up of the Project Management Unit
- Engagement of Project Manager
- Preparation & submission of reports
- Expenditure - J$945,484
PROGRESS
2010 – 2011- Project initiation meeting with UNDP- Caribbean Challenge Initiative & Proposed
Caribbean Biodiversity Fund meeting- Plan and implement Project Inception
Workshop- Presentation of project to PIOJ- Plan first PSC meeting
The Way Forward