Evaluación de la Efectividad de Manejo de la concesión de manglar de la “Asociación de Cangrejeros y Pescadores Balao”

Abstract

With the purpose of knowing the current situation of the management of the mangrove consession of the Association of Cangrejeros and Fishermen Balao, located in the Balao canton and evaluating the degree of fulfillment of its objetives for which it was craeted, was carried out the Evaluation of Management Effectivenes (EEM), based on the Hockings framework and tre Rapid Assessment and Priorization Methodology of Protected Areas Management (RAPPAM) of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) methodologies that were adapted to the objetives set out in the Sustainable Use and Mangrove Custody Agreements. The field that obtained the lowest score was Inpunt with 50%. The highest score is the Products range with 88.89%. The averages of the five areas evaluated gave an average of 72.92% of management effectiveness, placing the mangrove concession of the “Association of Crabs and Fishermen Balao” in the Category of Satisfactory Management. As a complement to this evaluation a Coverage analysis and a multitemporal analysis were made