COM 2.3

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Competence Level

Category name:

Local communities and cultures

Category code:

COM

Category function:

Establishing systems of protected area governance and management that address the needs and rights of local communities.

Competence level:

LEVEL 2

Code:

Scope of work:

Management Completing specific and complex technical assignments (according to technical speciality).

Typical function:

MIDDLE MANAGER

Knowledge statement:

Facilitate and support agreements for community-based sustainable use of natural resources.

Knowledge criterion:

Principles and practical aspects of sustainable use projects. Local needs and demands for products from the PA. Status and ecology of wild resources in the PA (see BIO 2). Project development (see COM 2.4). Enterprise development (see COM 2.5).

Performance criterion:

Working with communities user groups and conservation specialists to negotiate agreements and regulations for sustainable resource use compatible with the conservation objectives of a protected area. Monitoring and implementation of agreements and observance of regulations. See also BIO 2.6.