DMP was commissioned by UNESCO to prepare a national MaB strategy and implementation framework that would guide the process of establishing biosphere reserves throughout the country.
In essence the strategy is to serve as a ‘roadmap’ and national policy towards the nomination and eventual establishment of biosphere reserves as a mechanism towards promoting sustainability of the environment which should, in turn, promote the well-being of, in particular, the rural communities and the associated economy.
The strategy includes the following:
a) Recommended implementation indicators, i.e. a check list of actions that would enable all involved to assess and evaluate the desirability and feasibility of proposed biosphere reserves and their implementation.
b) Guidelines for key aspects of biosphere reserve management, including the resolution of conflicts, provision of local benefits, and involvement of stakeholders in decision-making and in management functions.
c) Guidelines that would encourage private sector initiatives to establish and maintain environmentally and socially sustainable activities in appropriate zones of biosphere reserves and in surrounding areas, in order to stimulate community development and mobilize private funds, from business, NGOs and foundations for the benefit of biosphere reserves.
d) Criteria for selection and prioritization of biosphere reserves.
e) Information needs and the processes of dialogue required to set up a future biosphere reserve.
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