Technical Report 2019
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Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Management Success Technical Report Jan – Dec 2019 Management Success Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Aruba, Dutch Caribbean Technical Report 2019 Parke Nacional Arikok Spaans Lagoen Parke Marino Aruba Page 1 Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Management Success Technical Report Jan – Dec 2019 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 4 Foundation ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Vision statement ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Mission ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Objectives........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Guiding principles ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Board............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Management .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Protected areas and species ................................................................................................................. 10 Parke Nacional Arikok ................................................................................................................................... 10 Spanish Lagoon / Het Spaans Lagoen [Ramsar site] .................................................................................... 10 Park Marino Aruba ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Parks Summary .................................................................................................................................... 12 Threats and issues ................................................................................................................................ 13 Relationships to other organisations..................................................................................................... 15 Human resources ................................................................................................................................. 16 Staff members............................................................................................................................................... 16 Staff development......................................................................................................................................... 20 Consultants and outsourcing ........................................................................................................................ 20 Visiting researchers ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Volunteers and Interns.................................................................................................................................. 21 Operational management .................................................................................................................... 22 Management ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Administration .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Income Generation ....................................................................................................................................... 24 Field Administration and Maintenance ........................................................................................................ 25 Conservation Education ................................................................................................................................ 26 Outreach ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Monitoring-Research .................................................................................................................................... 27 Law enforcement .......................................................................................................................................... 27 Advice ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 Projects ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Financial reporting ............................................................................................................................... 29 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Parke Marino Aruba: management activities (2019 – 2020) .................................................................... 30 Spaans Lagoen: priority actions (November 2017) ................................................................................. 30 Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 Understanding Park Management Organisation operations ....................................................................... 34 Capacity ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Protected Area Operational Management Tasks ..................................................................................... 35 Page 2 Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Management Success Technical Report Jan – Dec 2019 Date: 2020 Reference: Management Success Technical Report: Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Authors: MacRae, D.R. and De Meyer, K. About this document This Technical Report has been prepared by Drs Duncan MacRae and Kalli De Meyer, for the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance as part of a multi-year, regional initiative to capture the ‘Management Success’ of park management organisations throughout the Dutch Caribbean. The ‘Management Success’ approach was developed in 2004, based on the IUCN Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) framework. It provides a snapshot of the context within which the park management organization operates, including the threats they face, their financial, human, physical and information resources as well as detailed information on their management effort and achievements for the year 2019. These reports provide a continuous record allowing Park Managers to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses and improve the effectiveness of their conservation work and programmes. This Technical Report can be used in lieu of an Annual Report and may be submitted in partial fulfilment of legal and reporting obligations. The accompanying ‘Management Success Data Report’ expands on the Technical Report and includes valuable additional information. Acknowledgements Content for this Technical Report came from a number of sources including, most importantly, extensive interviews with the Executive Board members namely, Chief Executive Officer, Roland de Cuba and Chief Conservation Officer, Natasha Silva conducted in March 2020, a thorough review of social media content as well as documentation acquired from the park management organisation. Copyright The copyright for this report is jointly held by the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and the authors. Each must notify the other of any use of this material beyond that described above. Citation De Meyer, K. and MacRae, D. Management Success Technical Report 2019: Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Page 3 Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba Management Success Technical Report Jan – Dec 2019 Executive Summary The year 2019 was very much a year of transformation and change for the Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba (FPNA) or Aruba National Park Foundation. The Arikok National Park – one of FPNA’s management areas - was named one of the top ten best Caribbean attractions by USA Today, and was mentioned in the top 5 experiences in the Caribbean by the Virgin Holidays Travel Guide. The transition from Government department to a Foundation has been challenging and Foundation’s relationship with the Aruba Government changed again fundamentally with the introduction of a Service Level Agreement in August 2019. This is the basis for future subsidies on a ‘payment for service’ basis and obliges the Foundation to produce reports and Financial Statements annually as well as developing management