Number of wetlands The riparian states of 1.4.2 Declaration of at Official Development assigned protection SCS face significant least 7 wetland areas proclamations, pressures may result status pressure to convert with protection status executive orders, and in adoption or wetlands for (i.e. non-hunting area, ordinances revision of land-use development with nature reserves, establishing protection policies which little focus on protected areas, status for wetland compromise efforts to conservation or Ramsar Sites). sites conserve priority sustainable use wetland sites Status of mechanism Management, 1.4.3 Adoption of a Annual results reports Capacity of provincial established for ecological and regional estuary on wetland and local level monitoring wetland environmental, and monitoring scheme management at resource managers to management socio-economic and its national priority sites collate nationally and effectiveness and stress indicator frameworks implementation regionally comparable reduction developed but not yet information and data applied at priority sites 1.5 Extent National and continuity and of No existing fora at 1.5.1 National Meeting reports of Consultative regional participation in regional national and regional committees and periodic national processes may not cooperation fora for coastal in habitat in the SCS to regional networks of habitat committees elicit adequate tracking management results of network coastal habitat specialists and regional working stakeholder input and SAP actions for habitat scientists and established the groups support from national coastal Scope and habitat uptake of management SCS project participants management joint management and specialists revitalized and planning decisions functioning Status and extent of Results frameworks 1.5.2 Mechanism to Approved SAP results Sustained uptake by national for the management of monitor and evaluate framework online commitment of senior Inter-Ministry mangroves, coral the impacts of SAP officials with committees of SAP reefs, seagrass and implementation and Approved national responsibility for SAP implementation results wetlands of the SCS achievement of and regional reporting implementation to reporting developed through habitat targets templates published develop and operate a national and regional operational [including harmonized results Level of congruence of consultative process agreement on Annual national and monitoring and national and regional but has not yet been standardized methods regional results reporting system for indicator sets with the applied and guidelines for reports published and coastal habitat proposed targets and inventory and disseminated management outcomes of the SAP assessment] Extent and continuity of Limited engagement 1.5.3 Community Meeting reports of Existing tensions leader and local of community-based leaders and local round-table meetings between land-owners government governance government from (including records of and government participation in mechanisms in priority habitat sites joint management agencies may limit networked via
Number of wetlands assigned protection status The riparian states of SCS face significant pressure to convert wetlands for development with little focus on conservation or sustainable use 1.4.2 Declaration of at least 7 wetland areas with protection status (i.e. non-hunting area, nature reserves, protected areas, Ramsar Sites). Official proclamations, executive orders, and ordinances establishing protection status for wetland sites Development pressures may result in adoption or revision of land-use policies which compromise efforts to conserve priority wetland sites Status of mechanism established for monitoring wetland management effectiveness and stress reduction Management, ecological and environmental, and socio-economic indicator frameworks developed but not yet applied at priority sites 1.4.3 Adoption of a regional estuary monitoring scheme and its national implementation Annual results reports on wetland management at priority sites Capacity of provincial and local level resource managers to collate nationally and regionally comparable information and data 1.5 National and regional cooperation in tracking results of SAP actions for coastal habitat management Extent and continuity of participation in regional fora for coastal habitat management Scope and uptake of joint management and planning decisions No existing fora at national and regional in the SCS to network coastal habitat scientists and management specialists 1.5.1 National committees and regional networks of habitat specialists established the SCS project revitalized and functioning Meeting reports of periodic national habitat committees and regional working groups Consultative processes may not elicit adequate stakeholder input and support from national participants Status and extent of uptake by national Inter-Ministry committees of SAP implementation results reporting Level of congruence of national and regional indicator sets with the proposed targets and outcomes of the SAP Results frameworks for the management of mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass and wetlands of the SCS developed through national and regional consultative process but has not yet been applied 1.5.2 Mechanism to monitor and evaluate the impacts of SAP implementation and achievement of habitat targets operational [including agreement on standardized methods and guidelines for inventory and assessment] Approved SAP results framework online Approved national and regional reporting templates published Annual national and regional results reports published and disseminated Sustained commitment of senior officials with responsibility for SAP implementation to develop and operate a harmonized results monitoring and reporting system for coastal habitat management Extent and continuity of leader and local government participation in Limited engagement of community-based governance mechanisms in 1.5.3 Community leaders and local government from priority habitat sites networked via Meeting reports of round-table meetings (including records of joint management Existing tensions between land-owners and government agencies may limit