COMPACT (Community Management of Protected Areas for Conservation)
Initiative I0036
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| Implementing org | Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Conservation organisations (UN)) United Nations (UN) Foundation (Development organisation) |
Summary
In 1999, the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme joined efforts with the United Nations Foundation to launch a partnership initiative entitled ‘Community Management of Protected Areas for Conservation’ (COMPACT). The main objective of COMPACT is to demonstrate how community-based initiatives working with local and indigenous groups can significantly increase the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation in globally significant protected areas including natural World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves, Ramsar sites, and globally important marine coral reefs.
The programme began with a pilot initiative carried out between 2000-2004. The goal of this pilot phase was to trial the community-based approach in a range of different ecological, socio-economic and institutional settings. In 2004, the pilot phase of the COMPACT initiative was reviewed and, in recognition of its numerous positive outcomes, phase II of the initiative was launched, to be carried out between 2005 and 2010. This second phase aims to build on the success of the pilot phase and to work more closely with the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Outputs
Between 2000 and 2004 the COMPACT initiative has implemented six different projects at natural World Heritage sites:
1. Fisher-folk monitoring of marine natural resources, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize
2. Community innovations in a landscape context, Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
3. Tourism and agriculture in the buffer zone, Morne Trois Pitons, Dominica
4. Leveraging donor attention, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya
5. Mobilizing government support, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
6. Political ecologies in action, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines
Geographic coverage
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
People
Terence Hay-Edie
E-mail: terence.hay-edie@undp.org
Phone: +1 (212) 906 5079
Web URL
http://sgp.undp.org/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&s=compact_1
Related records above this one:
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Organisation O0026)
- United Nations (UN) Foundation (Organisation O0136)
Related records below this one:
- Fisher-Folk Monitoring of Marine Natural Resources, Belize (Case study C0187)
- Mobilizing Policy Support, Mt Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania (Case study C0191)
- Political Ecologies in Action, Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines (Case study C0192)
- Tourism and Agriculture in the Buffer Zone, Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica (Case study C0189)
- Community Innovations in a Landscape Context, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico (Case study C0188)