Data Sheet : Reporting Progress at Protected Area Sites
Please indicate your answer here
Notes
Name, affiliation and contact details for person responsible for completing the METT (email etc.)
Date assessment carried out
Name of protected area
WDPA site code (these codes can be found on www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/)
Designations(please choose 1-3)
1: National
Country
Location of protected area (province and if possible map reference)
Date of establishment
Ownership details (please choose 1-4)
1: State
Management Authority
Size of protected area (ha)
Number of Permanent staff
Number of Temporary staff
Annual budget (US$) for recurrent (operational) funds ? excluding staff salary costs
Annual budget (US$) for project or other supplementary funds ? excluding staff salary costs
What are the main values for which the area is designated
Management objective 1
Management objective 2
No. of people involved in completing assessment
Including:
1: PA manager
Data Sheet 2: Protected Areas Threats
1.1 Housing and settlement
0: N/A
1.2 Commercial and industrial areas
0: N/A
1.3 Tourism and recreation infrastructure
0: N/A
2.1 Annual and perennial non-timber crop cultivation
0: N/A
2.1a Drug cultivation
0: N/A
2.2 Wood and pulp plantations
0: N/A
2.3 Livestock farming and grazing
0: N/A
2.4 Marine and freshwater aquaculture
0: N/A
3.1 Oil and gas drilling
0: N/A
3.2 Mining and quarrying
0: N/A
3.3 Energy generation, including from hydropower dams
0: N/A
4.1 Roads and railroads (include road-killed animals)
0: N/A
4.2 Utility and service lines (e.g. electricity cables, telephone lines,)
0: N/A
4.3 Shipping lanes and canals
0: N/A
4.4 Flight paths
0: N/A
5.1 Hunting, killing and collecting terrestrial animals (including killing of animals as a result of human/wildlife conflict)
0: N/A
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants or plant products (non-timber)
0: N/A
5.3 Logging and wood harvesting
0: N/A
5.4 Fishing, killing and harvesting aquatic resources
0: N/A
6.1 Recreational activities and tourism
0: N/A
6.2 War, civil unrest and military exercises
0: N/A
6.3 Research, education and other work-related activities in protected areas
0: N/A
6.4 Activities of protected area managers (e.g. construction or vehicle use, artificial watering points and dams)
0: N/A
6.5 Deliberate vandalism, destructive activities or threats to protected area staff and visitors
0: N/A
7.1 Fire and fire suppression (including arson)
0: N/A
7.2 Dams, hydrological modification and water management/use
0: N/A
7.3a Increased fragmentation within protected area
0: N/A
7.3b Isolation from other natural habitat (e.g. deforestation, dams without effective aquatic wildlife passages)
0: N/A
7.3c Other ?edge effects? on park values
0: N/A
7.3d Loss of keystone species (e.g. top predators, pollinators etc)
0: N/A
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien plants (weeds)
0: N/A
8.1a Invasive non-native/alien animals
0: N/A
8.1b Pathogens (non-native or native but creating new/increased problems)
0: N/A
8.2 Introduced genetic material (e.g. genetically modified organisms)
0: N/A
9.1 Household sewage and urban waste water
0: N/A
9.1a Sewage and waste water from protected area facilities (e.g. toilets, hotels etc)
0: N/A
9.2 Industrial, mining and military effluents and discharges (e.g. poor water quality discharge from dams, e.g. unnatural temperatures, de-oxygenated, other pollution)
0: N/A
9.3 Agricultural and forestry effluents (e.g. excess fertilizers or pesticides)
0: N/A
9.4 Garbage and solid waste
0: N/A
9.5 Air-borne pollutants
0: N/A
9.6 Excess energy (e.g. heat pollution, lights etc)
0: N/A
10.1 Volcanoes
0: N/A
10.2 Earthquakes/Tsunamis
0: N/A
10.3 Avalanches/ Landslides
0: N/A
10.4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition (e.g. shoreline or riverbed changes)
0: N/A
11.1 Habitat shifting and alteration
0: N/A
11.2 Droughts
0: N/A
11.3 Temperature extremes
0: N/A
11.4 Storms and flooding
0: N/A
12.1 Loss of cultural links, traditional knowledge and/or management practices
0: N/A
12.2 Natural deterioration of important cultural site values
0: N/A
12.3 Destruction of cultural heritage buildings, gardens, sites etc
0: N/A
Assessment Form
1. Legal status: Does the protected area have legal status (or in the case of private reserves is covered by a covenant or similar)?
0: The protected area is not gazetted/covenanted
2. Protected area regulations: Are appropriate regulations in place to control land use and activities (e.g. hunting)?
0: There are no regulations for controlling land use and activities in the protected area
There is not an aproved management plan
3. Law Enforcement: Can staff (i.e. those with responsibility for managing the site) enforce protected area rules well enough?
0: The staff have no effective capacity/resources to enforce protected area legislation and regulations
4. Protected area objectives: Is management undertaken according to agreed objectives?
0: No firm objectives have been agreed for the protected area
5. Protected area design: Is the protected area the right size and shape to
protect species, habitats, ecological processes and water catchments of key conservation concern?
0: Inadequacies in protected area design mean achieving the major objectives of the protected area is very difficult
6. Protected area boundary demarcation:
Is the boundary known and demarcated?
0: The boundary of the protected area is not known by the management authority or local residents/neighbouring land users
7. Management plan: Is there a management plan and is it being implemented?
0: There is no management plan for the protected area
7.a Planning process: The planning process allows adequate opportunity for key stakeholders to influence the management plan
0: No
7.b Planning process: There is an established schedule and process for periodic review and updating of the management plan
0: No
7.c Planning process: The results of monitoring, research and evaluation are routinely incorporated into planning
0: No
8. Regular work plan: Is there a regular work plan and is it being implemented
0: No regular work plan exists
9. Resource inventory: Do you have enough information to manage the area?
0: There is little or no information available on the critical habitats, species and cultural values of the protected area
10. Protection systems: Are systems in place to control access/resource use in the protected area?
0: Protection systems (patrols, permits etc) do not exist or are not effective in controlling access/resource use
11. Research: Is there a programme of management-orientated survey and research work?
0: There is no survey or research work taking place in the protected area
12. Resource management: Is active resource management being undertaken?
0: Active resource management is not being undertaken
There is the need to have more investments in the management of the connections between the lagoon and the sea, as well as between the lagoon and the salina. The actual level of investments is not enough to ensure the protection of the habitat.
13. Staff numbers: Are there enough people employed to manage the protected area?
0: There are no staff
Additional staff needed
14. Staff training: Are staff adequately trained to fulfill management objectives?
0: Staff lack the skills needed for protected area management
This evaluation is based on the needs of RAPA, the staff changes and non-periodic trainings.
15. Current budget: Is the current budget sufficient?
0: There is no budget for management of the protected area
16. Security of budget: Is the budget secure?
0: There is no secure budget for the protected area and management is wholly reliant on outside or highly variable funding
The budget is insufficient, but salaries and core operating expenses are provided by AKZM
17. Management of budget: Is the budget managed to meet critical management needs?
0: Budget management is very poor and significantly undermines effectiveness (e.g. late release of budget in financial year)
18. Equipment: Is equipment sufficient for management needs?
0: There are little or no equipment and facilities for management needs
19. Maintenance of equipment: Is equipment adequately maintained?
0: There is little or no maintenance of equipment and facilities
20. Education and awareness: Is there a planned education programme linked to the objectives and needs?
0: There is no education and awareness programme
21. Planning for land and water use: Does land and water use planning recognise
the protected area and aid the achievement of objectives?
0: Adjacent land and water use planning does not take into account the needs of the protected area and activities/policies are detrimental to the survival of the area
21a. Land and water planning for habitat conservation: Planning and management in the catchment or landscape containing the protected area <br/>
incorporates provision for adequate environmental conditions (e.g. volume, quality and timing of water flow, air pollution levels etc) to sustain relevant habitats.
0: No
21b. Land and water planning for habitat conservation: Management of corridors linking the protected
area provides for wildlife passage to key habitats outside the protected area (e.g. to allow migratory <br/>
fish to travel between freshwater spawning sites and the sea, or to allow animal migration).
0: No
21c. Land and water planning for habitat conservation: "Planning adresses ecosystem-specific
needs and/or the needs of particular species of concern at an ecosystem scale (e.g. volume, <br/>
quality and timing of freshwater flow to sustain particular species, fire management to maintain savannah habitats etc.)
0: No
22. State and commercial neighbours:Is there co-operation with adjacent land and water users?
0: There is no contact between managers and neighbouring official or corporate land and water users
23. Indigenous people: Do indigenous and traditional peoples resident or regularly using the protected area have input to management decisions?
0: Indigenous and traditional peoples have no input into decisions relating to the management of the protected area
24. Local communities: Do local communities resident or near the protected area have input to management decisions?
0: Local communities have no input into decisions relating to the management of the protected area
24 a. Impact on communities: There is open communication and trust between local and/or indigenous people, stakeholders and protected area managers
0: No
24 b. Impact on communities: Programmes to enhance community welfare, while conserving protected area resources, are being implemented
0: No
24 c. Impact on communities: Local and/or indigenous people actively support the protected area
0: No
25. Economic benefit: Is the protected area providing economic benefits to local communities, e.g. income, employment, payment for environmental services?
0: The protected area does not deliver any economic benefits to local communities
Ther ewas a discussion for this evaluation, betwen score 1 and 2.
26. Monitoring and evaluation: Are management activities monitored against performance?
0: There is no monitoring and evaluation in the protected area
27. Visitor facilities: Are visitor facilities adequate?
0: There are no visitor facilities and services despite an identified need
28. Commercial tourism operators: Do commercial tour operators contribute to protected area management?
0: There is little or no contact between managers and tourism operators using the protected area
29. Fees: If fees (i.e. entry fees or fines) are applied, do they help protected area management?
0: Although fees are theoretically applied, they are not collected
30. Condition of values: What is the condition of the important values of the protected area as compared to when it was first designated?
0: Many important biodiversity, ecological or cultural values are being severely degraded
30a: Condition of values: The assessment of the condition of values is based on research and/or monitoring
0: No
30b: Condition of values Specific management programmes are being implemented to address threats to biodiversity, ecological and cultural values
0: No
30c: Condition of values: Activities to maintain key biodiversity, ecological and cultural values are a routine part of park management
0: No
TOTAL SCORE
