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Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories




CATEGORY IV


Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention



Definition


Area of land and/or sea subject to active intervention for management purposes so as to ensure the maintenance of habitats and/or to meet the requirements of specific species.


Objectives of Management



to secure and maintain the habitat conditions necessary to protect significant species, groups of species, biotic communities or physical features of the environment where these require specific human manipulation for optimum management;


to facilitate scientific research and environmental monitoring as primary activities associated with sustainable resource management;


to develop limited areas for public education and appreciation of the characteristics of the habitats concerned and of the work of wildlife management;


to eliminate and thereafter prevent exploitation or occupation inimical to the purposes of designation; and


to deliver such benefits to people living within the designated area as are consistent with the other objectives of management.


Guidance for Selection



The area should play an important role in the protection of nature and the survival of species, (incorporating, as appropriate, breeding areas, wetlands, coral reefs, estuaries, grasslands, forests or spawning areas, including marine feeding beds).


The area should be one where the protection of the habitat is essential to the well-being of nationally or locally-important flora, or to resident or migratory fauna.


Conservation of these habitats and species should depend upon active intervention by the management authority, if necessary through habitat manipulation (c.f. Category Ia).


The size of the area should depend on the habitat requirements of the species to be protected and may range from relatively small to very extensive.


Organizational Responsibility


Ownership and management should be by the national government or, with appropriate safeguards and controls, by another level of government, non-profit trust, corporation, private group or individual.


Equivalent Category in 1978 System


Nature Conservation Reserve / Managed Nature Reserve / Wildlife Sanctuary