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Title: Management effectiveness evaluation in protected areas of southern Ecuador
Authors: Rosado Alcarría, D.
Lopez Rodriguez, F.
Keywords: Economic growth
Management effectiveness
National park
Protected areas
Southern Ecuador
Sustainable development
Tourism
metadata.dc.date.available: 2017-06-16T22:02:12Z
Issue Date: 1-Apr-2017
Publisher: Journal of Environmental Management
Abstract: Protected areas are home to biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem as well as a critical component of human well-being and a generator of leisure-related revenues. However, management is sometimes unsatisfactory and requires new ways of evaluation. Management effectiveness of 36 protected areas in southern Ecuador have been assessed. The protected areas belong to three categories: Heritage of Natural Areas of the Ecuadorian State (PANE), created and funded by the State, Areas of Forest and Protective Vegetation (ABVP), created but no funded by the State, and private reserves, declared and funded by private entities. Management effectiveness was evaluated by answers of managers of the protected areas to questionnaires adapted to the socio-economic and environmental characteristics of the region. Questions were classified into six elements of evaluation: context, planning, inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes as recommended by IUCN. Results were classified into four levels: unsatisfactory, slightly satisfactory, satisfactory and very satisfactory. The PANE areas and private reserves showed higher management effectiveness levels (satisfactory and very satisfactory) than ABVP areas, where slightly satisfactory and unsatisfactory levels prevailed. Resources availability was found as the main reason behind this difference. The extension, age and province of location were found irrelevant. Outputs, inputs and processes require main efforts to improve management effectiveness. Improving planning and input in the PANE areas and inputs and outcomes on ABVP areas is necessary to obtain a similar result in all areas. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
metadata.dc.identifier.other: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.043
URI: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18693
ISBN: 3014797
Other Identifiers: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.043
Other Identifiers: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.043
metadata.dc.language: Inglés
metadata.dc.type: Article
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