The funded protected area managers were invited to a training workshop on December 14, 2021. As FAPBM will have to monitor its impacts more closely, the funding tools, in particular the terms of the grant agreements, will be strengthened in order to ensure an efficient management of each protected area, of the conservation of biodiversity, and especially to safeguard the local communities.
With regard to the efficiency of management, the reform of the funding tools frames all the funding in the Development and Management Plan (PAG) of the protected area. From now on the granting any fund will be conditional on updating this document which defines the strategic axes of the protected area over 5 years.
With regard to the activities planned , including those related to the ecological integrity of the protected area, incentive or penalty guidelines will be put in place to ensure the effectiveness of the funded activities. Thus, the control, monitoring and evaluation system of the Foundation will be strengthened to this end.
With regard to safeguarding local communities, managers will now be required to comply with the ethical commitments and the provisions set out by the Foundation in terms of the environmental and social safeguard.
These reforms are aligned with the IUCN new standards on nature-based solutions, as well as the implementation of an environmental and social safeguard plan at the protected area level.
