2nd ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS CONFERENCE AND THE 4TH REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 1 PROCEEDINGS 2nd ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS CONFERENCE and the 4th REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 23-27 April 2007 Recommended citation ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, BirdLife International, Haribon Foundation, and Sabah Parks (2008). Proceedings of the 2nd ASEAN Heritage Parks Conference and 4th Regional Conference for Protected Areas, 23-27 April 2007, Sabah, Malaysia. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) is a regional inter-governmental centre of excellence of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for policy formulation and coordination, capacity development, awareness raising and linkage building with networks of institutions in Southeast Asia. ISBN: 978-971-94164-0-1 Published by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, with funding from the European Union. Date of Printing: June 2009 In house printing by ACB Developed and produced by the ACB Publications Team Monina T. Uriarte, PhD Bridget P. Botengan Sahlee Bugna-Barrer Nanie S. Gonzales Rhia C. Galsim ii PROCEEDINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS The Organizers .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ix ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity..........................................................................................................................................................................ix Birdlife International .................................................................................................................................................................................................ix IUCN-WCPA-SEA .............................................................................................................................................................................................................x Sabah Parks ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................x Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................xi Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ xiii Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Background and Context ...........................................................................................................................................................................................1 Objectives of the Conference ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Methodology........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Participants .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Synthesis of the Opening Programme Welcome Addresses ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Keynote Address .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Conference Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Synthesis of Conference Papers 1. Report on the 1st ASEAN Heritage Parks Conference .........................................................................................................7 2. Programme of Work on Protected Areas: Progress and Prospects ...........................................................................7 3. Country Reports ....................................................................................................................................................................................................8 4. Gap Analysis Workshop Results: National and Regional Action Points ...........................................................18 5. Report on Capacity Building Series 2: Management Effectiveness Assessment.......................................20 6. The ASEAN Guidelines on Competence Standards for Protected Area Jobs: A Tool for Developing Capacity Building Programmes for ASEAN Heritage Parks Staff ...................................20 2nd ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS CONFERENCE AND THE 4TH REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PROTECTED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA iii 7. ACB’s Biodiversity Information Management: Moving Information Forward in 2007 ......................21 8. Sabah and Its Protected Areas and Introduction to the Field Trips .....................................................................21 9. Scaling Up: Protecting the Global Centre of Marine Biodiversity in the Coral Triangle ...................22 10. Status of Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia..........................................................................................................22 11. Integrating Fisheries and Habitat Management in the UNEP/GEF Habitat Demonstration Sites .......................................................................................................................................................................................22 12. Sulu Sulawesi Seascape: Securing Globally Important Marine Ecosystems .................................................23 Synthesis of Parallel Sessions 1. Communication and Community Relations in Protected Area Management .............................................24 1.1 Communication and Community Relations in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve .....................................................................................................................................................................................24 1.2 ASEAN Heritage Parks: The Best Practices and Lessons in Protected Area Management .................................................................................................................................................24 1.3 Communication and Community in Kaeng Krachan National Park ......................................................... 25 2. Land Use and Confl ict Management in Protected Areas ...............................................................................................26 2.1 Land Use Confl ict Management in Samar Island Natural Park, Philippines ....................................26 2.2 Land Use and Natural Resources Confl ict: The Case of Suku Kulawi, Marena, Central Sulawesi Provinsi .........................................................................................................................................26 2.3 Traditional Land Use and Confl ict Management in Protected Areas in Virachey National Park, Kok Lak Commune ......................................................................................................... 27 2.4 Land Use and Confl ict Management in Protected Areas in The Land of Papua: Lorentz National Park ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27 3. Information Sharing and Knowledge Management on Protected Areas .........................................................30 3.1. World Database on Protected Areas ......................................................................................................................................30 3.2. Protected Area Learning Network ...........................................................................................................................................30 4. Gap Analysis for Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia ......................................................................................30 4.1 Marine Protected Areas: Inputs to the Gap Analyses for the Southeast Asian Region ...........30 4.2 Status of Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia - What Next? .............................................................31 5. Indigenous Peoples in Protected Area Management .......................................................................................................33 5.1 Engaging Indigenous People in Protected Area Development, Functioning and Management: Case Study – Hoang Lien Son Project ................................................