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Ngardmau OSCA Protected Areas Management Plan 2018-2023 Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas Protected Areas Management Plan 2018 – 2023 NGARDMAU, PALAU Ngardmau Community Planning Teams 2017 Orrukem Sakaziro·Masae I. Isaac·Tkelkang Aderkeroi·Beouch Demei Obakrairur·Joshua Bukringang·Bradley Kumangai·Tiare T. Holm·Gibbons Masahiro 2011 Victor R. Masahiro·Alson Ngiraiwet·Bradley Kumangai·Elizabeth Ngirmekur·Tiare T. Holm Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas (OSCA), Ngardmau Protected Areas Management Plan 2018 – 2023 Developed by the Ngardmau Community Planning Team with OSCA Board and Staff Assistance provided by Palau Conservation Society Funded by an MCT Grant Award Acknowledgement With this second iteration of protected areas management planning process for the Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas (OSCA), the Ngardmau Conservation Board and Community Representatives who together worked to develop this updated Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas Management Plan, 2018 – 2023 extends its appreciation and recognize the staff of the OSCA Management Office, who were eager and enthusiastic, we hope the process was engaging and a great learning experience for each and everyone of you. Thank you for your support. Most importantly, our sincere appreciation- we express to Governor Johnston B. Ilengelekei, Speaker Sabo Esebei and members of the 9th el Kelulul Ngardmau, Beouch Demei Obakrairur and the Rubekul Ngardmau for giving us your trust and confidence to plan for the protection, conservation, and sustainable uses of our rich natural resources. We have done our best to accurately depict the wishes of our community, and conveyed them in a manner we hope are deemed practical to act on over the next five years. We believe, by staying within the course laid out in the Plan we will be able to achieve our desired outcome, and gain real and sustainable benefits from OSCA as a community. Finally, we thank the Palau Conservation Society- our steadfast community partner, for its commitment to our state and its tireless effort to assist us in all of our conservation efforts. Ngardmau Conservation Board, September 26 2017: ____________________________ _____________________________ Bradley Kumangai, Chairman Tiare T. Holm, Vice Chair ____________________________ _____________________________ Gibbons Masahiro, Member Sholeh Hanser, Member Representing the 2016 – 2017 OSCA Community Planning Team: ___________________________ _____________________________ Chief Beouch Demei Obakrairur Orrukem Demk, Team Leader Community Planning Team, 2016 - 2017 Contents I Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................2 II Vision and Goals of Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas .....................................................................5 III Five Year Management Objectives in the PAN Framework ...............................................................................7 IV Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................................................................................8 V Activity Restrictions and Permits ..................................................................................................................... 10 A. Zones ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 B. Restrictions, Prohibitions, and Allowable Activities ........................................................................................ 11 VI Management of OSCA ..................................................................................................................................... 13 VII Capacity Building ......................................................................................................................................... 15 VIII Sustainable Financing .................................................................................................................................. 16 IX Site Description................................................................................................................................................ 16 Description of Ngardmau’s Conservation Areas ................................................................................................. 16 Current Resource and/or Land Uses and Land Cover ......................................................................................... 18 Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Historical Information .......................................................................................... 21 Biological and Ecological Information ................................................................................................................. 22 X Process for Reviewing Plan .............................................................................................................................. 31 Conflict resolution ............................................................................................................................................... 32 Legislative Conflicts ............................................................................................................................................. 32 XI Additional Information .................................................................................................................................... 32 Definition of Community ..................................................................................................................................... 32 PAN Membership ................................................................................................................................................ 33 The Network and Climate Change ....................................................................................................................... 33 Site Connectivity .................................................................................................................................................. 33 XII Management Planning Process ................................................................................................................... 33 XIII Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 34 pg. 1 I Introduction This Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas Management Plan 2018 – 2023 is a second iteration of a community-based five year protected areas management plan for terrestrial and marine conservation areas that make up the Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas (OSCA) in Ngardmau, Palau. Although the OSCA was only created in 2009, Ngardmau’s conservation areas were set aside by state law at different times beginning with the designation of Ngermasch MPA in 1998, followed by designation of the other sites in 2005. OSCA as a network of Ngardmau’s conservation areas gained its membership in the Palau Protected Areas Network (PAN) in 2012. The membership of OSCA in the PAN guarantee sustainable financing to implement a management plan for the protected areas, including support in enforcement from the national government should the state request for assistance. The Ongedechuul System of Conservation Areas consists of the following sites: Main Scale in SITE Management Category (PAN/IUCN) Characteristics km² II-BC Ileyaklbeluu MPA Patch reef 0.62 protected area mainly for science; non extractive, sustainable uses VI-A Mangrove, reef Ngermasch MPA 3.50 Protected area managed for the sustainable use of flat, seagrass bed natural ecosystems; restricted non extractive uses III-BC Medal-a-Iyechad Protected area managed mainly for conservation of Waterfall, forest 6.12 Taki specific natural features; non extractive, sustainable uses III-BC Ngerchelchuus Ridge, forest, Protected area managed mainly for conservation of 0.30 Ridge savannah specific natural features; non extractive, sustainable uses Covering 20% of Ngardmau’s land and marine area, the OSCA is one of the bigger networks of state protected areas combining both terrestrial and marine ecosystems compared to the other states in Palau. The collection of conservation areas are linked ecologically, creating a robust system that remain healthy and productive, providing essential habitat to wildlife which include endemic, protected, and threatened species. Portions of OSCA protect the Important Bird Area (IBA) regions of Babeldaob. Such as, Medal-A-Ieychad Taki protects a portion of the Middle Ridge IBA, while Ngerchelechuus Ridge protects a portion of the Western Ridge IBA. The Medal-a-Iyechad Taki borders with Olsolkesol Waterfall and Ngerbekuu River Conservation Areas in Ngiwal. The OSCA’s ridge to reef efficiency however could be optimized by including some key wetland areas at strategic locations as pointed out by the community planning team. Addition of the wetlands will not only improve the functionality of OSCA as a network of protected areas, but because the wetlands are taro patches, will also increase the resiliency of the community in the area of food security. The OSCA Board members who were also pg. 2 served in the planning team plan to work with the state and land owners toward formal designation of the wetlands to obtain PAN membership and for inclusion into OSCA. The people of Ngardmau remain heavily reliant on OSCA’s unique natural features for sustainable economic development such as
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