Developing Competence Standards for Protected Area Jobs in Southeast Asia

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by Mike Appleton

Costal guard on the boat in Tubbataha Reefs National Park, Philippines © IUCN Josephine Langley

The development and use of protected area competences at different levels have taken place in local and Regional scales with good results in all continents. The ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation competences published in 2003 by Appleton et al. ‘Competence Standards for Protected Area Jobs in Southeast Asia’ has been used in various ways to develop local competence based approaches in more than 20 countries.

Last update: 29 Mar 2019

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Context

Challenges addressed

Land and Forest degradation

Loss of Biodiversity

Poor governance and participation

Scale of implementation

Multi-national

Ecosystems

Temperate deciduous forest

Theme

Protected and conserved areas governance

Standards/ certification

Location

Asia

North and Central Asia

Impacts

This work is being scaled up to produce a Global PA Competences Register that can be adapted and adapted to fit the needs of countries, individuals and organisations worldwide.