Compact - Engaging Local Communities in Stewardship of Globally Significant Protected Areas
Since the year 2000, the Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation (COMPACT) initiative of the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) and United Nations Foundation (UNF) has been working with communities near eight current/proposed World Heritage Sites in Africa, Asia, Meso-America and the Caribbean. Through extensive on-the-ground experience, and a participatory methodology that integrates a scientific approach, COMPACT is demonstrating that community-based initiatives can significantly increase the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation in globally significant protected areas while helping to improve local livelihoods.
Area of work: Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Sustainable Forest Management, International Waters, Chemicals, Climate Change Mitigation; Priority Group: Indigenous Peoples; Partnerships: COMPACT, South China Sea; Theme: Protected Areas, Landscape/Seascape, Fisheries, Agriculture and Food Security; Type: Report/Publication 
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