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Programme Element 4:
Standards, assessment, and monitoring |
Goal 4.1 - To develop and adopt minimum standards and best practices for national and regional protected area systems
Target: By 2008, standards, criteria, and best practices for planning, selecting, establishing, managing and governance of national and regional systems of protected areas are developed and adopted.
Goal 4.2: To evaluate and improve the effectiveness of protected areas management
Target: By 2010, frameworks for monitoring, evaluating and reporting protected areas management effectiveness at sites, national and regional systems, and transboundary protected area levels adopted and implemented by Parties
Goal 4.3: To assess and monitor protected area status and trends
Target: By 2010, national and regional systems are established to enable effective monitoring of protected-area coverage, status and trends at national, regional and global scales, and to assist in evaluating progress in meeting global biodiversity targets.
Goal 4.4: To ensure that scientific knowledge contributes to the establishment and effectiveness of protected areas and protected area Systems
Target: Scientific knowledge relevant to protected areas is further developed as a contribution to their establishment, effectiveness, and management.
