Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe: A Review of Application, Methods, and Results
Publisher: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)
Author(s): Christoph Nolte, Fiona Leverington, Anne Kettner, Melitta Marr, Greta Nielsen, Bastian Bomhard, Sue Stolton, Susanne StollKleemann, Marc Hockings
Date: 2010
Topics: Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming, Renewable Resources
The European Study on protected are a management effectiveness (PAME) evaluation was conducted between May 2009 and March 2010. Its main purpose was to provide an overview of existing PAME evaluation in European countries, notably with respect to extent of application, methodologies and assessment results.The survey was led by the Universities of Greifswald and Queensland in partnership with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, EUROPARC Federation and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the latter of which also provided financial support. The study had three principal objectives:
Objective I: Generate a comprehensive and systematic overview of existing studies, evaluation methods and key indicators used in Europe.
Objective II: Synthesize results of European management effectiveness evaluations with respect to overall management effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses, threats and recommendations.
Objective III: Generate recommendations for best practice in European management effectiveness evaluation.