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Commentary: On the Use of Goal-Oriented Project Planning for Protected Area Management in Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Joel T. Heinen  and
Santosh Rayamajhi
Joel T. Heinen*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Santosh Rayamajhi
Affiliation:
Santosh Rayamajhi, Institute of Forestry Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal
*
Joel T. Heinen, Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199; (e-mail) [email protected].
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As a result of increased awareness about the nature and extent of park-people conflicts in Nepal in the 1980s—and the liberalization of protected area management worldwide—great strides have been made in-country that have liberalized protected area management and allowed for some local control of resources. A new category of protected area and a comprehensive buffer zone policy are hallmarks of the government's efforts at involving local people in protected area management during the 1990s. As with many other least-developed nations, however, Nepal has lacked resources for the formulation of comprehensive management plans for its protected areas. The Park People Programme, a multiyear project of the United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Nepal, has recently instituted Goal-Oriented Project Planning as an inexpensive way to plan managerial activities needed to conserve resources within protected areas and buffer zones. The technique relies on the use of management planning workshops that include representatives of important interest groups, and follow-up workshops for implementation. Here we describe the approach and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. Strengths include the fact that the approach is efficient and cost-effective given limited financial and human resources in the conservation sector typical of most developing countries. Weaknesses include the very short duration of meetings and lack of budgetary information needed to implement plans over the entire planning period. The method shows potential for expansion in Nepal and adoption by other nations, but several improvements and follow-up activities are needed based on this assessment and on qualitative information gathered from workshop participants. These include longer workshops, more facilitators, and long-term assessments of the use of the method, as well as implementation of management plans generated by the method.

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Environmental Practice , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 2001 , pp. 227 - 236
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Copyright © National Association of Environmental Professionals 2001

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