Ecosystems, Protected Areas and People

The overall goal of the project is that protected areas in developing countries that contain biodiversity of high global value will be managed adaptively to cope with the threats and capture opportunities from global change factors. This project will consist of a cooperative program with local stakeholders for the purpose of articulating, analyzing, and sharing lessons being learned from work already funded and in progress through a Protected Areas Learning Network (PALNet). The project Ecosystems, Protected Areas and People (EPP) therefore will not initiate, develop or finance projects per se. The purpose of the project is to unable PA managers, policymakers, NGOs and local communities (as "primary stakeholders") to develop their capacity to manage their areas in the face of global change factors.