Protected Area Management Enhancement (PAME) in the Philippines
Project Duration: October 1, 2012 – December 31, 2017
Contractor/Grant Recipient: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Berthold Schirm- Principal Advisor
The proposed action of the program aims to enhance the management of 60 existing Protected Areas (PAs), and establish at least 100 new terrestrial or marine PAs under different management regimes (nationally-designated or through local legislation) in selected Key Biodiversity Areas.
The project is in line with the Philippine Strategy on Climate Change Adaptation developed by multi-stakeholders together with the DENR. Likewise, it also follows the Philippine National Plan of Action of the Coral Triangle Initiative. Both plans provided the basis for developing the Philippine Medium Term Development Plan 2011-2016, which calls on the improved administration and expansion of Protected Areas.
Key elements of PAME’s assistance are:
- Institutional capacity development of DENR BMB (formerly PAWB)
- Comprehensive spatial planning in KBAs involving local governments, adjacent communities and indigenous people; thereby identification of new and confirmation of existing Protected Areas and buffer zones
- Assessment and improvement of the Protected Area management effectiveness;
- Strengthened communication, education and awareness; and
- Promotion of equity and benefit sharing
Project Objective : Improve the management and protection of key biodiversity areas in the Philippines
Project Components:
- Improving management and technical capacities of relevant Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) staff at all levels, including needs-based reorganization of competencies.
- Supporting the improvement of PA management in existing terrestrial and marine Protected Areas in defined key biodiversity areas through introduction of improved plans, legal frameworks, financial and monitoring systems.
- Facilitating the establishment of additional Protected Areas under innovative conservation management systems. (e.g. involving local governments and communities)
- Supporting the implementation of an improved knowledge management through PAWB and awareness-raising for PA management and value of biodiversity conservation.
The Project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) under its International Climate Initiative. The BMUB supports this Initiative based on a decision of the German Parliament.
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