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In order for restoration to be efficient, enabling factors need to be in place:

Minimizing Costs and Maximizing Benefits: Incentives for Ecological Restoration in and around Protected Areas Sasha Alexander Program Director Society for Ecological Restoration.

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In order for restoration to be efficient, enabling factors need to be in place:

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  1. Minimizing Costs and Maximizing Benefits: Incentives for Ecological Restoration in and around Protected AreasSasha AlexanderProgram DirectorSociety for Ecological Restoration IUCN World Conservation Congress – September 8, 2012Restoring Hope: Building Capacity for Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas

  2. In order for restoration to be efficient, enabling factors need to be in place: Policy and legal frameworksto mobilize communities, convey ownership and facilitate incentive mechanisms Institutional structures and organizations to bring stakeholders together and manage/monitor incentives Knowledge, abilities and skillsto understand obstacles and leverage opportunities IUCN World Conservation Congress – September 8, 2012Restoring Hope: Building Capacity for Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas

  3. Efficient restoration activities result in: • Well-Designed Projects within local ecological and socio-economic contexts • Multiple Benefits with equitable access and distribution • Enduring Partnerships between the public, private, NGO, and community sectors • Ecological Stewardship with a long-term vision and strategy IUCN World Conservation Congress – September 8, 2012Restoring Hope: Building Capacity for Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas

  4. CBNRMWildlife Conservancies in Africa Generating income from tourism and sustainable harvests Minimize Costs: Local and traditional knowledge/practice; Integration with sustainable NRM and non-local markets; Direct stakeholder participation and clear contractual agreements Maximize Benefits: Oversight-Transparency-Access-JobsLegal entities with NGO supportNamibia, Kenya, South Africa (PES) IUCN World Conservation Congress – September 8, 2012Restoring Hope: Building Capacity for Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas

  5. Green Corridor - Upper Parana Atlantic ForestMisiones, Argentina Reducing fragmentation, linking protected areas, Brazil/Paraguay Minimize Costs: Abandoned agricultural lands; Agro-forestry and native FLR; small landholders>sustainable use Maximize Benefits: Focused participatory process with NGOs, land rights, provincial laws,Acute awareness of keystone (Jaguar) andendangered species, the role of pollinators, and soil health >> Brazil AFRP > carbon IUCN World Conservation Congress – September 8, 2012Restoring Hope: Building Capacity for Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas

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