territory by 2015 and 2020 respectively. By 2009, 4% Protected area system is covering a reasonably of 2541 nature reserves in China are under the primary representative sample of the major habitats and 2 jurisdiction of SOA. ecosystems, but still presents some gaps and not all elements are of viable size; The protected areas includes viable representative examples of all the major habitats and ecosystems of 3 appropriate geographical scale 6. There is a fully There is no oversight at all of protected area institutions; 0 Similar to SFA and MEP, at the national level, transparent National Audit of Office (NAO) and Ministry of There is some oversight, but only indirectly and in a 1 oversight authority Supervision (MOS) collectively superintend SFA, SEP manner; (there are fully and other PA administration agencies by periodically There is a reasonable oversight mechanism in place 2 transparent auditing the use of funds and service efficiency. providing for regular review but lacks in transparency (e.g. 2 oversight is not independent, or is internalized) ; authorities) for the There is a fully transparent oversight authority for the protected areas 3 protected areas institutions institutions 7. Protected area Protected area institutions have a total lack of leadership; 0 SOA has established sound PA institutions at different institutions are levels to administrate marine PAs with comparatively Protected area institutions exist but leadership is weak and 1 effectively led higher managerial competencies. provides little guidance; 2 Some protected area institutions have reasonably strong 2 leadership but there is still need for improvement; Protected area institutions are effectively led 3 8. Protected areas Protected areas have no management plans; 0 Only a few marine nature reserves developed their have regularly management planning that is not well implemented at Some protected areas have up-to-date management plans updated, all. but they are typically not comprehensive and were not 1 participatorially participatorially prepared; prepared, Most Protected Areas have management plans though 1 comprehensive some are old, not participatorially prepared or are less than 2 management plans comprehensive; Every protected area has a regularly updated, participatorially prepared, comprehensive management 3 plan 9. Human resources Human resources are poorly qualified and unmotivated; 0 2 PA staff are not quite qualified, in particular those at
territory by 2015 and 2020 respectively. By 2009, 4% of 2541 nature reserves in China are under the primary jurisdiction of SOA. Protected area system is covering a reasonably representative sample of the major habitats and ecosystems, but still presents some gaps and not all elements are of viable size; 2 The protected areas includes viable representative examples of all the major habitats and ecosystems of appropriate geographical scale 3 6. There is a fully transparent oversight authority (there are fully transparent oversight authorities) for the protected areas institutions There is no oversight at all of protected area institutions; 0 2 Similar to SFA and MEP, at the national level, National Audit of Office (NAO) and Ministry of Supervision (MOS) collectively superintend SFA, SEP and other PA administration agencies by periodically auditing the use of funds and service efficiency. There is some oversight, but only indirectly and in a manner; 1 There is a reasonable oversight mechanism in place providing for regular review but lacks in transparency (e.g. is not independent, or is internalized) ; 2 There is a fully transparent oversight authority for the protected areas institutions 3 7. Protected area institutions are effectively led Protected area institutions have a total lack of leadership; 0 2 SOA has established sound PA institutions at different levels to administrate marine PAs with comparatively higher managerial competencies. Protected area institutions exist but leadership is weak and provides little guidance; 1 Some protected area institutions have reasonably strong leadership but there is still need for improvement; 2 Protected area institutions are effectively led 3 8. Protected areas have regularly updated, participatorially prepared, comprehensive management plans Protected areas have no management plans; 0 1 Only a few marine nature reserves developed their management planning that is not well implemented at all. Some protected areas have up-to-date management plans but they are typically not comprehensive and were not participatorially prepared; 1 Most Protected Areas have management plans though some are old, not participatorially prepared or are less than comprehensive; 2 Every protected area has a regularly updated, participatorially prepared, comprehensive management plan 3 9. Human resources Human resources are poorly qualified and unmotivated; 0 2 PA staff are not quite qualified, in particular those at
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