Tourism in PA - Good governance is essential for integrated territorial management!
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This course will be available until May 22, 2022, if you wish to enroll in it you must complete the entire course before that date in order to obtain the certificate that certifies your knowledge, if you fail to complete the course before that date all progress will be lost.
The management of the tourist activity within a protected area -or the impact on the environment- is undoubtedly a complex task, with many edges to consider and with too many sides of uncertainty that can radically change any projection scenario that we could have imagined.
For example, a button, this course will be developed – hopefully only in part – within the framework of a circumstance of global incidence never seen before such as the pandemic caused by COVID-19, at least not during our lifetime, and certainly not with the extreme diffusion to which we’ve been exposed.
The tourist activity has always been characterized by presenting a very high flexibility of demand, for being vulnerable, but also for being an excellent source of healthy income for very diverse sectors. Among them, for systems of areas under protection, whether natural, cultural, public, private or of any other nature.
Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at technicians interested in tourism issues in protected areas in Latin America.
What will we learn in this course?
Every participant strengthens the competence of knowing the fundamentals for planning, managing, and monitoring tourist activities in protected areas, with the aim of achieving a positive experience for the visitor with a low socio-environmental impact.
The course is structured in thematic academic units called Modules. Each module is focused on a topic, has an evaluation, and an approximate demand of between 5 to 7 hours per participant.
- Module 1: Elements for the planning and management of tourist activity in protected areas.
- Module 2: Contributions on evaluation techniques and active visitor management.
- Module 3: Some contributions for environmental interpretation.
- Module 4: Good tourism practices in protected areas.
Requirements
- General knowledge about protected area management.
- Internet access.
- Computer, tablet, or smartphone.
- Time availability (approximately 24 hours).
- Exercise self-discipline (course is self-paced).
Course Content
This offer of self-manageable courses is an initiative developed within the framework of the project for the Integration of Protected Areas of the Amazon Biome (IAPA, by its acronym in Spanish), with the support of the University for International Cooperation through its Latin American School of Protected Areas.
The project (IAPA) is an initiative that is part of the vision for conservation based on the Amazon ecosystem, proposed since 2007 by the Latin American Network for Technical Cooperation in National Parks (REDPARQUES, by its acronym in Spanish), to develop a regional agenda for joint work around the protection of this important area of the continent.
The implementing partners of this initiative are the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Environment Program (UN Environment), under the coordination of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Within the framework of this initiative, 5 self-manageable courses have been generated, such as:
Introduction to Adaptive Management of Protected Areas
- Foundations for the Development of Environmental Funds for Protected Areas
- Introduction to the World of Good Governance in Protected and Conserved Areas
- Contributions for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas
- Sustainable Development Goals and Protected Areas
It means that the course will not have a teacher who provides feedback to the students. All material is enabled in the course, including previously scheduled learning assessment activities.
In this space of frequently asked questions, any doubts that students have throughout the year will be integrated here, therefore, the answer to these questions will be addressed. However, there is a possibility that the answer to some of them will take days, weeks, or even months after its formulation.
At least 24 hours are expected to be dedicated.
The courses are intended to be enabled at least 2 times a year.
They are free.
It is required to complete all the evaluation activities of the course and obtain a weighted average grade greater than 70/100.
If the course is passed, an option will be enabled to download the course certificate.
Introducción al curso
A fin de medir y evaluar qué tanto se cumplen los objetivos de la existencia de un área natural protegida, sus estrategias de manejo y los impactos que estas estrategias tienen sobre diversos aspectos de la gestión del territorio, a nivel mundial y en particular los países latinoamericanos, han avanzado en la generación de herramientas para analizar la efectividad del manejo de áreas protegidas, bajo marcos de referencia y estándares que orientan los elementos clave que deben considerarse en dichas mediciones. Esto les permite a los gestores, contar con información para generar adaptaciones en sus estrategias y acciones, con el fin de que sean más eficaces.
Recordemos que las áreas protegidas cumplen distintos roles en la conservación y uso sostenible de la biodiversidad, tanto en la provisión de servicios clave para el sostenimiento de la vida en La Tierra, como para el beneficio directo de las comunidades que habitan los territorios. De allí que, poder adelantar análisis sistemáticos, completos y con recomendaciones para la mejora de la planificación territorial y espacial, terrestre y marina, cobra especial relevancia en los ámbitos de toma de decisión para la gestión adecuada y adaptativa de los recursos naturales. Esto, para las instituciones gestoras de los Sistemas de Áreas Protegidas, es de fundamental interés toda vez que constantemente están en búsqueda de mejores herramientas para incrementar sus impactos en la conservación de territorios protegidos.
Contar con evaluaciones y recomendaciones para mejorar la capacidad de los equipos humanos para identificar estrategias erradas y rediseñarlas para que sean eficaces, es sin duda alguna una prioridad para los administradores/gestores de áreas protegidas y conservadas, ya que hace más eficiente el uso de sus recursos, al tiempo que generan mayores contribuciones al logro de los objetivos para las que fueron creadas.
Público meta: Planificadoras/es, administradoras/es y gestores/as que trabajan el territorio vinculadas a la gestión de áreas protegidas y conservadas.
Competencia que un/a participante podrá fortalecer: Todo participante fortalece su comprensión de elementos teóricos y conceptuales fundamentales para implementar una gestión adaptativa en áreas protegidas y conservadas.
Estructura general del curso:
El curso está estructurado en unidades académicas temáticas llamadas Módulos. Cada módulo está enfocado en un tema, tiene una evaluación y una demanda aproximada de entre 2 a 3 horas por participante.
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