MNP Ten Years General Management Plan, 2020-2029GC Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................... i Lists of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... ii Lists of Figures ........................................................................................................................................ iii Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................ iv Forward ................................................................................................................................................. vii Approval ............................................................................................................................................... viii 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose...................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Description of the MNP ..................................................................................................................... 1 2.1 Historical perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 1 2.2 Location and Extent .................................................................................................................................... 1 2.3 Values ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 2.3.1 Faunal Diversity ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 2.3.2 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.3.3 Tourism Supply in MNP ................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3.4 Hydrology ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3.5 Topography.................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3.6 Climate........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.7 Ecosystem Goods and Service Provision ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.3.8 Ethnic Diversity .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.4 The Planning Process .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.5 Legal framework of MNP ............................................................................................................................ 9 2.6 How to use the GMP ................................................................................................................................. 10 3. Situational Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 11 3.1 Internal Dynamics Influencing Park Management ...................................................................................... 11 3.2 External Dynamics Influencing Park Management ..................................................................................... 14 3.3 Vision and Management Objectives .......................................................................................................... 23 4. Zonation ......................................................................................................................................... 26 4.1 The Core Wildlife Conservation Area (CWCA) ............................................................................................ 27 4.2 Limited Development Zone (LDZ) .............................................................................................................. 28 4.3 Controlled Development Zone (CDZ) ......................................................................................................... 28 4.4 Intensive Development Zone (IDZ) ............................................................................................................ 29 5. Operational Goals and Actions ........................................................................................................ 30 5.1 Management Objective 1: Ensure the Park has the Capacity to Undertake Effective Management .............. 32 5.2 Management Objective 2: Create Synergy with Stakeholders to Manage MNP ........................................... 51 i MNP Ten Years General Management Plan, 2020-2029GC 5.3 Management Objective 3: Ensure the Protection and Monitoring of MNP .................................................. 59 5.4 Management Objective 4: Ensure Ecosystem Integration and Biodiversity Development of MNP ............... 74 5.5 Management Objective 5: Ensure Community Participation and Benefit Sharing ........................................ 85 5.6 Management Objective 6: Ensure the Sustainable Income of the Park ....................................................... 94 6. Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................... 105 6.1 Action Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Plan .......................................................................... 105 6.2 Impact or Result Monitoring and Evaluation Plan .................................................................................... 110 7. Procurement Plan ......................................................................................................................... 117 7.1 Human Resource Procurement ............................................................................................................... 117 7.2 Tools and Equipment Procurement ......................................................................................................... 117 8. Business Plan ................................................................................................................................ 118 8.1 Budget Requirement 220 –2022 .............................................................................................................. 118 8.2 Source of Fund ....................................................................................................................................... 119 8.3 Funding Strategy .................................................................................................................................... 120 8.3.1 Maximize Government Appropriations ..................................................................................................................... 120 8.3.2 Secure Income from Payment of Ecosystem Goods and Services ............................................................................. 120 8.3.3 Collection Income from Volunteers and Donations .................................................................................................. 121 8.3.4 Event organizing ........................................................................................................................................................ 121 8.3.5 Generate Income from Lottery Sales......................................................................................................................... 121 9. References .................................................................................................................................... 122 10. Annexes .................................................................................................................................... 124 Annex 1: Tools and Equipment Needed ......................................................................................................... 124 Annex 2: Infrastructure (Construction) and Facilities Cost (Estimated) ............................................................ 127 Annex 3: Guest House Facilities Costs ............................................................................................................ 128 Annex 4: Proposed Organogram of MNP ........................................................................................................ 128 Annex 5: Proposed Employee Types and Number of MNP .............................................................................. 129 Lists of Tables Table 1: Land-cover statistics of Mago National Park (2019) ............................................................................. 4 Table 2: Comparison of Eco-Tourism and