1. Introduction
One of the measures that in the last decade has proven to be effective in the management, planning, management and administration of "protected areas" is the "Co-administration" models. Management instrument that has managed to maximize key "protected areas" where "civil society, government institutions and companies" can fully and / or partially assume the management, planning, management and administration of conservation units.
The effective management of protected areas and biological resources must be achieved with coordinated participation and with shared responsibilities among the different actors that directly and indirectly affect their conservation. In turn, there must be a common vision and objectives consistent with it and be clearly established. The different relations existing between the State (including the central or local government) and the various sectors of civil society (including those with national and local projection) and other entities that participate in the management of a PA are considered in this work as "Models" of participation.
The Co-administration is a model of Co-management of Protected Areas, whose main purpose is to complete the actions of the states (government), it is important that when building a management tool that allows the conceptual and operational development of the policy and strategy Co-administration, for this it is important to reflect considering the following strategic questions. Are governments alone capable of achieving all the conservation objectives of their protected areas and meeting social needs?Some consider this to be simply impossible. Fortunately, there is a considerable abundance and diversity of conservation-relevant knowledge, skills, resources and institutions available to indigenous, mobile and local communities, as well as to local governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Co-management of sites is one of the most effective ways to mobilize these resources for conservation. But how can the participation of these agents be achieved to achieve satisfactory results?
As they are preparing “Technical Data Sheet 4”, deciding what I end up using to define the action of “co-management” of one or more proteges between SEMARN and one or more governmental and non-governmental entities, therefore I began to evaluate the three terms and most used concepts:
Comanagement: when any Institution or civil society group supports the administrator of the Park or protected area in the execution of a specific activity or program. For example, an NGO is solely responsible for the environmental education activities of a protected area.
Co-administration: it is a dynamic process between the State and one or several non-profit civil society entities, with the aim of sharing responsibilities in the legal, technical and financial fields for the achievement of the objectives of the protected area.
Delegation: mechanism by means of which the State delegates or transfers the responsibilities for the management and administration of a protected area to a non-profit civil society group.
During much of the 90s of the 20th century, the term One of the most used is "comanejò", derived from the English term co-management, suggested to define actions of "delegation" which is generally the term " legal ” used to indicate the process of total and / or partial transfer of goods, services and functions of any governmental activity to the private sector or civil society. Co-administration, although it has been used in parallel for a long time, its almost official inclusion as a term in the Latin American region begins in 2001, through the workshops developed by PROARCA / CAPAS that it is decided to adopt in several countries. (Melgar, M. 2006)
This data sheet is prepared in a format that would allow through a process of socialization and validation formalized as a future "management tool" logically for it must firstly be established and strengthened the "instruments and management tools" geared to the "National System of Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic".
2. Objectives
- Develop a conceptual and planning document that allows defining the possible "lines of action" of a future proposal for "co-administration policies" of the National System of Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic (SNAP-RD); Generate an easy "document" to analyze that it can be socialized to develop a validation process that allows it to be transformed into a "management tool" of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources; Create and / or foster a technical-scientific exchange network that contributes to the creation of homogeneous technical criteria that strengthen the actions of management, planning, management and administration of the"National System of Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic" (SNAP-RD).
