COMPACT: Engaging Local Communities in Stewardship of World Heritage, first published in 2013, has been translated to Thai as SGP and its ICCA-GSI partners strengthen the technical knowledge and skills of staff Thailand's National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.   The objective of the capacity builiding support is to enhance the the effectiveness of World Heritage sites and protected areas (PA) by engaging indigenous peoples and local communties in the management and governance systems.

The publication covers the following topics:  

(i.) Designing a working model to engage local communities in the stewardship of World Heritage Sites; (ii.) Key planning frameworks for COMPACT’s landscape and seascape approach; (iii.) COMPACT in the Sian Ka’an landscape: Working with indigenous peoples and local communities in key thematic areas; (iv.) Incorporating new methodologies and techniques into COMPACT’s work at landscape level: The Mt. Kenya World Heritage Site; (v.) Building capacity: Helping grantees develop and manage their projects in a demand-driven programme; (vi.) Bringing communities into the management of protected areas: Experience from COMPACT Mt. Kilimanjaro; (vii.) COMPACT Madagascar: Conservation at the landscape scale across a mosaic of different governance regimes; (viii.) Working with indigenous peoples in the conservation and management of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines; (ix.) Community engagement in the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary and World Heritage site within the governance of a Transboundary Biosphere Reserve; (x.) Building the capacity of local small and medium-sized enterprises through business development services; and (xi.) Looking ahead: potential new opportunities for COMPACT to support the World Heritage Convention