Conserving AHPs Through Regional Cooperation docx

[...]... the ASEAN Declaration on Heritage Parks signed on 18 December 2003, the ASEAN Member Countries (AMC) agreed that “common cooperation is necessary to conserve and manage the AHPs for the development and implementation of regional conservation and management action plans as well as regional mechanisms complementary to national efforts to implement conservation measures.” The following pages (12 to 27)... / community management Conduct regional assessments for World Heritage Site (WHS) nominations Goal 1.3: Establish and strengthen regional networks of PAs Strengthen regional coordination in biodiversity data collection and management, particularly transboundary PAs Strengthen ACB support coordination among countries pertaining to PA management such as establishing the regional Clearing House Mechanism... management especially AHPs and WHS Goal 4.2: Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of PA management Enhance regional capacity to undertake site capacity at the regional level Develop work plans for effective MEEs of PAs at the local, national and regional levels Prepare proposals to undertake MEE for AHPs and natural WH sites Goal 4.3: Assess and monitor PA status and trends Adopt a common and participatory... and identification of sites of global/ regional significance (to preserve biodiversity); and coordination (to share information, combine resources and develop capacity building) Addressing these needs requires the development of a synergy between ongoing and past initiatives to optimize resources, particularly through the following process: • Policy formulation of regional guidelines to draw from larger... Asian countries Regional fisheries are significant in the context of food and nutritional security Estimates of the value of fisheries production indicate that the contribution of capture fisheries to GDP is more than 2.0 percent in majority of the countries bordering the South China Sea The Regional Working Group on Fisheries (RWG-F) of the South China Sea Project is establishing a regional system... ecosystems This nature of biodiversity requires a regional approach to conservation, and thus highlights the significance of the Kinabalu Action Plan Moreover, a regional approach is made more urgent considering that Southeast Asia’s (SEA) uniquely rich and diverse biological resources, not to mention the beautiful cultural heritage, could disappear if more cooperation and coordination is not done to protect... national regional cooperation network should be developed These concerns have to be addressed since Cambodia also plans to identify 30 potential PAs in partnership with BirdLife International There are also plans to extend the area coverage of the Ream National Park (seascape) and expand forest protection activities to Mondolkiry, Preah Vihear, and Kompongcham Measures for Addressing Threats to AHPs •... establishing the regional Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) for the ASEAN Strengthen regional cooperation for trans-boundary enforcement Call for cluster WHS nominations of important sites located in multi-countries Goal 1.4: Substantially improve sitebased PA planning and management Evaluate the effectiveness of managing ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) and PAs and translate these into adaptive management actions at... specific for PAs at the regional, national, and local levels Goal 4.1: Develop and adopt minimum best standard and best practices for national and regional PAs Identify the policies needed to support MEE ACB, and IUCN to be able to assist in developing and implementing MEE programs adaptable to the SEA situation Identify the best practice approaches for PA management especially AHPs and WHS Goal 4.2:... identified in 30 relevant regional and international publications Collate regional PA human resource development review and recommendations ASEAN Protected Area Skills Competences Identify potential role of occupational standards in addressing recommendations Edit skills into categories (250 skills in 17 Categories) Determine generic job levels (1-5) Add a level to each skill STAGE 2 Regional Review Review . back with the 4th Regional Confer- ence for Protected Areas in Southeast Asia on 23 – 27 April 2007 in Sabah, Malaysia. During the Conference, Conserving AHPs Through Regional Cooperation BRUNEI. I T Y • 3 Volume 6, Numbers 3 & 4  July-December 2007 From the Desk Conserving AHPs Through Regional Cooperation 4 Biodiversity News 5 Programme of Work on Protected Areas: Progress. that “common cooperation is necessary to conserve and manage the AHPs for the development and implementation of regional conservation and management action plans as well as regional mechanisms