Target vulnerable sites and sectors (not in high-potential areas only) in agriculture and natural resources
management, promote equity in the selection of sites and projects, and give priority to protecting and reclaiming
degraded lands specifically for poverty reduction.
Rationalize national protected area systems by preparing or updating and
implementing national protected area system plans. The plans should, at a minimum, address national inventories
of biological resources; assess current protected area systems; evaluate financial, institutional, and capacity
constraints; conform with international criteria and classification; and address community involvement. Coordinated
bioregional coverage will foster transboundary management coordination.
Consider the rights and concerns of indigenous peoples and local communities in making decisions and
performing activities related to protected area delineation and management.
Facilitate the flow of benefits to local communities from useful traditional knowledge.
Consider a global agreement that extends the Convention on Biological Diversity and that would lead to the
establishment of a global park management agency funded by public-private partnerships. This agency
could offer support to national park management agencies in high-priority national parks of global
significance and transfer advanced park management techniques.
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