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Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, 555587192.
The project will address the following priority needs:
The project will facilitate the procurement of a marine vessel to enhance the capacity of the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park to conduct patrols, execute marine biodiversity surveys, facilitate greater education and outreach, and improve the management of the marine space of the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park.
This grant will provide funding to procure the required products and personal protective equipment for staff to undertake their duties safely and reduce the spread of COVID-19. The vessel will be custom built to suit the specific needs of the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, with specific considerations given to enforcement and monitoring of the marine environment. Additionally, the vessel has been chosen to allow for activities within the entire boundaries of the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, and to facilitate awareness and outreach activities such as educational tours.
The vessel is being manufactured in Ecuador for shipment to Antigua. Standard equipment and additional safety and navigational equipment will be installed. The commissioning of the vessel will include licensing by the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Marine Services. After the relevant inspections have been carried out the vessel will be launched. Once the operationalization of the vessel, is completed the NPA will immediately commence marine monitoring activities. The initial monitoring will include training activities for Park Wardens.
The Small Technical Grant project is expected to result in improvements in management, monitoring and enforcement of the marine and coastal ecosystems within the Nelson’s Dockyard National Park. In terms of management, the vessel is expected to facilitate regular patrols and allow the NPA staff to record and document human activities, challenges and threats within the marine boundaries of the Park.
The documentation is expected to be used as part of the information inputs towards the development of a Natural Resource Management Plan for the Park. The boat will also be used for additional ecosystem activities, inclusive of: sea turtle monitoring (including management of nesting beaches), Coral Nursery program, educational tours for schools, and environmental awareness activities. The boat will allow for enforcement of existing fisheries and marine management rules outlined in legislation. Currently, there are not marine patrols being conducted due to the lack of a vessel.
The NPA recently added a Marine Ecologist to its staff and will be embarking on developing and implementing a comprehensive marine and coastal monitoring program as part of its mandate to manage ecosystems in the Park. The boat will facilitate the implementation of the program and the work of the marine ecologist.
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The National Parks Authority (NPA)
Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area (PSEPA), 555593009; Pigeon Island National Landmark (PINL), 11846.
The project will address the following priority needs:
The project aims to improve the Saint Lucia National Trust’s monitoring and management capacity to continue key conservation initiatives during this period of economic downturn.
Project activities include the recruitment of rangers and a programme officer for the Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area (PSEPA) as well as the procurement of surveillance and monitoring equipment for conservation activities within the target areas. Appropriate staff training will be provided in the use of equipment to ensure the conservation of key resources in the PSEPA. Increased monitoring activities and surveys will be conducted for the offshore islands, marine turtles and other endangered wildlife.
National COVID-19 response protocols require increased sanitization of the Pigeon Island National Landmark (PINL) amenities and availability of sanitisation products for use by visitors. This grant will provide funding to procure the required products and personal protective equipment for staff to undertake their duties safely and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
This project will directly support the management of two protected areas managed by the Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT), namely PINL and PSEPA. The PSEPA is a wide area and with limited human resources, the SLNT is unable to monitor the entire area as frequently as required. As such, the increased capacity to use remote monitoring devices provided by this project will enable more frequent monitoring and capturing of changes within the area.
The project will also facilitate more frequent monitoring of offshore islands and their species to enable early detection and eradication of threats. The increased monitoring of the PSEPA will improve turtle nesting data collection, reduce illegal poaching and improve the hatchling survival rate of sea turtles, especially the leatherback, hawksbill and green turtles.
PINL is the main income generation site managed by the SLNT. The revenue generated from PINL is used to maintain PINL and other protected areas managed by the SLNT. This project will improve the monitoring capacity on PINL and offset some of its COVID-19 related operating costs, thereby helping the SLNT to weather the financial downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and indirectly contributing to the conservation of other protected areas in Saint Lucia.
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Saint Lucia National Trust
https://southofficer.wixsite.com/biopama
The project site is Kiritimati island in Kiribati, Central Pacific region.
The project is designed to carry out four major key activities that includes but not limited to, the development of a management plan for the 9 protected areas and undertake to provide key equipment and tools required to carry out effective and well-coordinated patrolling, protection and monitoring of the sea birds breeding and nesting sites and habitat not only in within the closed areas but along surrounding areas and generally around the whole island which is Government state owned land. The project is also expected to implement control of invasive species using cat traps in particular the leg held cat traps and live cat cages. Rat traps known as snapper traps and introduction of rat baits known as broadifacoum 2OR will be used in the control activities. In addition to these core activities the project is expected to carry out community awareness programs to communities, stakeholders Government departments and private sectors and the education sector in particular Primary and Secondary school children. The awareness program will highlight the IAS, the importance of biodiversity and certain laws and legislation in place and applicable to Kiritimati island and the PAs which have been designated as Wildlife conservation and environment protected areas under the Environment Act 1999 and the Wildlife Ordinance. The activity will also involve the establishment of educational and awareness mediums such as billboards and signboards showcasing important conservation messages to the public and visitors into Kirtimati island.
The protected areas of Motu Upua, Dojin, Tanguoua, Koil, Toyota, Mouakena and the three islets protected areas of Cook Islands, Motu Tabu and Ngaontetaake are located very far from the main villages hence the monitoring of these protected areas is very difficult without the monitoring vehicles such as cars and boat. The provision of monitoring vehicles and all the monitoring equipment to be provided in this project will enable the conduction of regular and efficient monitoring activities that will enhance the management of the protected areas.
The project will also improve and strengthen governance on the management of the protected areas through enhancing the support and participation of the local communities on the management of the protected areas, promotion of community awareness on the importance of protected area and biodiversity conservation and enforcement of rules for the management of the protected areas
Protection of the environment in the protected areas will also enhance the protection of the important birds population that are nesting at the nine protected areas on land and islet protected areas so the population of birds species will be increasing and prevent the extinction of the endangered species.
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Department of Environment, Tuvalu
n/a
Reduction of coastal erosion and sand stabilisation through tree planting and acquiring necessary equipments and funding support the augmentation of the management of conservation areas.
This Project will actually focus on purchasing tools that will be needed to monitor the salinity and temperature on conservation areas which data will be useful to inform decision makers. The installation of beacons and bouys in one of the conservation area is a priority to ensure that proper demarcation. In addition, as climate change is one of the main issues that Tuvalu is facing at the moment; the Project focuses on trying to re-plant trees on degraded sites.
Proper demarcation of conservation areas and deployment of beacons and buoys will ensure that the public will be aware of the site and we will be able to ensure that illegal hunting of species is controlled and also for better protection and long term management of conservation areas.
Purchasing of tools use for monitoring of salinity and temperature is also important as we will be able to have available data and information which will be used for policy making.
Re-planting of degraded trees especially on the coastal areas will also assist in ensuring that we tackle climate change impacts (coastal erosion)
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Department of Environment, Tuvalu
The TMRCA is currently not a legally protected area but a proposed PA
Priority for action identified is the Protected Area has inadequate materials based on the METT analysis. The report recommended the following on page 153:
The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) has 16 Project Officers, 16 Research Officers and 100 Rangers on staff. This grant will enable all of those staff with the necessary equipment and training they need to map the Torricelli Mountain Range Conservation Area (TMRCA) using Global Information System (GIS) technology.
Technical equipment such as phones and computers will be purchased. The engagement of all landowners to identify the special management areas (no-go zones) and areas for sustainable land use will lead to the inclusion of women, an increase of local leadership and improve community awareness of the benefits of the TMRCA.
Three TCA staff will participate in GIS mapping training with the University of Papua New Guinea to lead in the production of printed maps for villages and Government Agencies to use in the management of forests.
TCA Staff will also participate in training to use various phone applications such as Lukim Gather, SMART and Cybertracker to enhance the level of engagement, monitoring effectiveness and increased knowledge of biological assets and indigenous knowledge of the TMRCA. All of these activities will help TCA increase capacity in using technology and enable TCA to deliver tangible results in terms of mapping the TMRCA.
We expect that this grant will help the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) to achieve its capacity building goals which is to improve local staff capabilities in using technology – smart phones, computers, GPS and GIS mapping. These skills will improve the land use plans we have already created with more detailed maps produced. These maps and relevant local knowledge included in those maps and land use plans will directly inform local level, Provincial and National Governments of land boundaries and assets within the Torricelli Mountain Range Conservation Area (TMRCA). This will improve Forest Governance and protection from exploitation and illegal activity.
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Tenkile Conservation Alliance
Waisali Rainforest Reserve, Yadua Taba Crested Iguana Sanctuary, Nakanacagi Bat Sanctuary – Wildlife Sanctuary, Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park, Garrick Reserve – Nature Reserve, Sovi Basin Protected Area
WDPA IDs: 555592856, 9637, 15132, 9640, 555592859
This project is an excellent opportunity for the NTF to properly resource and equip NTF protected areas, as well as undertake research to improve the management of protected areas.
The NTF will purchase field equipment and Ranger Kits, for distribution to Rangers at all sites. At the same time NTF GIS Officer will provide in-house training to all Rangers in the use of SMART Tools and GPS. The new equipment will be used for site monitoring and critical management activities.
NTF will purchase media and other equipment for the NTF Site Visitor Information Centres. These new equipment will be used for community and visitor awareness, and for the NTF Heritage and Young Hands Program (HIYH). The HIY program is implemented throughout the year with school children in the region.
A protected Area Management Effectiveness study of six protected areas managed by the NTF, will be undertaken by a consultant working closely with the NTF project team. The team will work closely with the key stakeholders including the provinicial administrators of site areas with traditional presentations, and participatory approaches of focus group discussions and meetings.
Quality data and information are essential to inform sound decision making for the NTF PAs. Through the provision of field equipment the NTF will improve field data collection and management of data by NTF Rangers. NTF rangers will expand the use of GIS as a tool for data storage, analysis and presentation and implement the use of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) as a monitoring and data tool. This will enable the NTF able to better monitor site indicators across the NTF PAs and provide management with good data analysis.
At the NTF Visitor Information Centres, the NTF will now be able to improve the provision of awareness and communication resources through panels, guides, brochures, and media.This will generate more interest in the site, expand educational information especially through the NTF’s Heritage in Young Hands Program, and increase opportunities for the visitor (both international and local) to experience and understand the conservation needs of the site.
The evaluation of Management Effectiveness of the six NTF Protected will lead to the design of proactive management of the NTF sites.
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National Trust of Fiji
Faleaseela watershed and rainforest sanctuary
Vailoa mangrove ecosystem conservation
Malaemalu mangrove conservation
Manono Coral gardening and mangrve conservation
Letogo-Vailele watershe management
Lotosoa Saleimoa mangrove conservation
Siufaga Falelatai mangrove conservation
Lalomauga Biodiversity conservation
Uafato conservation area
Malololelei Recreation Reserve
Sili Biodiversity conservation
Aopo Upland conservation area
Falealupo coastal forest conservation
Taga conservation area
Matavanu crater ecosystem conservation
Tafua crater conservation
Satoalepai wetland conservation area
Lefagoalii marine conservation area
Saipipi marine conservation area
Salelologa lowland coastal forest
Positive outcomes are anticipated from the implementation of activities under the project, especially in improving the quality of our services on sustainable management and conservation of both terrestrial and marine PAs. Outcome of the PAME assessment will obtain data and information on the management and ecological status of at least 20 terrestrial PAs. Furthermore, it provides opportunity to improve knowledge and awareness as well as strengthen support and engagement of communities for conservational works such as restoration of heavily degraded areas, control of invasive species and biodiversity monitoring.
With the provision of well-equipped equipment and tools, this ensures improved operation through efficient and effective maintenance services and landscaping of terrestrial PAs in order to enhance ecosystem services and maintain environmental scenery beautification. The fully-equipped marine survey boat will help improve management of marine and coastal ecosystems/biodiversity conservation through; (i) regular research and monitoring/surveys/restoration activities (ii) management/conservation of species of interest and conservation concern including invasive operations, and (iii) effective surveillance and enforcement of marine PAs in order to improve compliance with existing regulatory mechanisms and measures.
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment – Samoa
Palau Protected Area Network (555645482, 555645476, 555645489, 555645470, 555645464, 555645490, 555645471, 555645465, 555645478, 555645466, 555645479, 555645492, 555645473, 555645467, 555645480, 555645461, 555645499, 555645474, 555583351, 555583342, 555584966, 555583317, 900813, 555583344, 555585897, 555583325, 555585976, 555583335, 555583346, 555583156, 555583347, 555583370, 555583310, 555586416, 220010, 18256, 4247, 220009, 220005)
The PAN Office, on behalf of the network, aims to achieve the following outcomes:
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Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, and Tourism, Republic of Palau;
Protected Areas Network, Republic of Palau
Portland Bight Protected Area, 220101; 902859
The project will address directly the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA). The grant supports the following activities:
The project will help to maintain enforcement and monitoring operations in the PBPA at usual levels despite COVID-19 and budget cuts. This will be achieved through the provision of training and equipment, including mobile phones and two-way radios, equipment maintenance, and the installation of signage which will improve the team’s capacity for protected area management. The involvement of community monitors, volunteer game wardens and partner agency representatives in the training aims to improve the overall management of the protected area while ensuring stakeholder buy in and collaborative monitoring with community members seeks to ensure project sustainability. Making C-CAM’s offices COVID-19 adapted which will ensure safe space for staff and visitors which facilitate continued working operations.
The strategic and funding plans will be updated to include COVID-19 implications which will improve sustainability planning to look at long term support for protected areas management. The financial audit report for 2020 will allow C-CAM to maintain transparency in managing the Portland Bight Protected Area to include reporting to stakeholders and donors.
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The Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation
Pointe à Larrée Special Reserve, Madagascar
To reduce poverty-driven exploitation of wood from within the forest of the Pointe à Larrée Special Reserve.
Previously Missouri Botanical Garden has enjoyed a trusting relationship with the fishing communities adjacent to the Pointe à Larrée Special Reserve – an area of rare littoral forest on Madagascar’s East Coast. However, markets for the sale of fresh fish have been impacted travel restrictions, introduced in an attempt to control the pandemic, leading the fisher folk to seek wood from the forest to dry their fish and timber to sell to supplement their income. To reduce this pressure on the forest, this project will to engage the fisher-folk in a mutually beneficial relationship in which the fishing families will obtain improved livelihoods while conserving the protected area. This will be done by creating a competent interface of fisher-folk with which we can work to reduce the collection of wood from the protected area without negatively impacting their already precarious livelihoods. This outcome will be achieved by: a) providing conservation-orientated, alternative sources of income from fishing; b) supporting the use of solar fish driers and more efficient wood driers consuming fuel derived from invasive alien plants; and c) supporting improved surveillance of the forest through paid daily patrols of the forest by fisher-folk trained as rangers.
The overall objective of this project is that the livelihoods of local fisher-folk living adjacent to the Pointe à Larrée Special Reserve are maintained whilst they contribute to the effective conservation of the protected area. This objective will be achieved through three major changes: 1) the creation of a functional association of a local fisher-folk association; 2) much improved surveillance of protected area through intervention of local people; and 3) improved subsistence for local fisher folk based on employment in conservation related-activities and support to dry fish using wood of alien invasive trees and shrubs.
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Mampita
Missouri Botanical Garden
