CBD survey: habitat. A resilience measure based on questions 153(a,b,c,e,g) and 158(a,b,c,f,g,h) from The Convention on Biological Diversity country questionnaire (Third National Report to the CBD, from 2005).
Question 153: Do your country's strategies and action plans include the following:
a) Developing new marine and coastal protected areas;
b) Improving the management of existing marine and coastal protected areas;
c) Building capacity within the country for management of marine and coastal resources, including through educational programmes and targeted research initiatives;
e) Protection of areas important for reproduction, such as spawning and nursery areas;
g) Controlling excessive fishing and destructive fishing practices?
Question 158: Which of the following statements can best describe the current status of marine and coastal protected areas in your country:
a) Marine and coastal protected areas have been declared and gazetted;
b) Management plans for these marine and coastal protected areas have been developed with involvement of all stakeholders;
c) Effective management with enforcement and monitoring has been put in place;
f) The national system of marine and coastal protected areas includes areas managed for purpose of sustainable use, which may allow extractive activities;
g) The national system of marine and coastal protected areas includes areas which exclude extractive uses;
h) The national system of marine and coastal protected areas is surrounded by sustainable management practices over the wider marine and coastal environment?
For more details on the variable construction, see the original sources:
Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD (http://www.cbd.int/reports/search/default.shtml).
When using this variable, please cite both the OHI project and the original source.
Type of variable: Continuous
Last updated by source: 2023-12-03