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Explore the management context of protected areas in Brazil and the partnership with the private sector at the PPP Americas Event. Discover the economic potential of environmental assets, biodiversity conservation, and generation of economic and social benefits. Mitigate conflicts and risks through clear planning, communication, infrastructure, safety measures, and involvement of the surrounding community.
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Ministério do Meio Ambiente PPP AMERICAS EVENT The management contextoftheprotectedareas in Brazilandthepartnershipwiththeprivate sector. Uruguai, 13 to 15, april 2015
CONTEXT OF THE FEDERAL PROTECTED AREAS BRAZIL TOTAL: 320 Federal ProtectedAreas 8,9% NationalTerritory NATIONAL SYSTEM: 2.257 Protected Area Federal, Estate and Municipality
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Fonte: Relatório Auditoria Operacional TCU 2014
Visitation/ Public Use • 112 UC withvisitactivity • 72 withmanagedvisitactivity • 36 UC have Visitor Center • 4 National Parks withconcessions: Parques Nacionais do Iguaçu, Fernando de Noronha, Serra dos órgãos e Tijuca.
Activities developed by concession with the private sector • Tickets; • Parking; • Campings; • Hotels; • Montainshelters. • Panoramicflightsandtransports • Restaurants • Trails, Canoingandadventureactivities
STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONAL GOAL: Increase the use of economic potential of the environmental assets of the Protected Areas, aiming to improve biodiversity conservation and the generation of economic and social benefits to the surroundings. Great economic potential from the enviromental assets of the UCs Straints of the public sector: resources and personnel OPPORTUNITY OF PlUblic – PrivatEPartnership Public Sector Environment COMMUNITY/ COMPANIES Visitors Economic Feasibility
Conflicts/ Risks: Conservation X Tourism • PublicSafety ex: accidents in thetrails, contactwithenvironmentalhostility, badorientation. • EnvironmentalDegradation: ex: inpropercontactwithspeciesofthe flora and fauna, introductionofoutsider’sspecies, garbage, noise, polution, landscapemodifications. • Impact to thesurroundingarea: ex: overuseoftheinfrastructurecapacity / traffic / interference in local culture.
Mitigation: Conservation X Tourism • Clearplanning • Management planoftheprotectareas: definitionofspace for public use , supportattractioncapacity, visitplan. • Guided Management • Comunication, teamandpersonnel for publicguidance, orientation manual. • InfrastructureandAdequadeServices - Sinaling, trails, garbagedisposal, cleaning. • Safety for theVisitor • Emergencyplans,surveillance, help, provideproperequipment, satisfactionresearch. • Oportunity for thesurroundings • Hiring local personnel, promotevoluteering, estimulatethetraditionofthesurroundingcommunity PLANNING PEOPLE RESOURCES
ConsolidationofthePublic-Private arrangements The MainProblems / Challenges • Overcomethereactivecultureof “privatization”. • Marketconsolidation: safetyandattractiveness for investments. • Establishment ofa NationalPolicyofPartnerships for the management oftheProtectAreas:regulation tools / procedures / responsibilities / competenceboudaries. • Qualifythepublic managers: teamqualified as RegulaterandSurveil roles. • Innovativestrategiesofthepartnerships: hability to dealwiththeadversitiesofthescenariooftheprotectedareas. • Availabilityoftheincomereceivedwithpartnerships to invest in managmentimprovementoftheprotect áreas (actuallythesefunds are notfullyavailable, due to treasuryrestrictions)
Risksandmitigatingactionsassociatedwiththeprivate sector involvement /servicedelivery Unclearrulesonthecontract: management difficultiesandconflictontheexecutionofpartnershipcontracts: • Transparency, plentypublicityandpreviouspublicaudiences, accountability:. • Legal assurance. Interestconflict: betweenpublic, private, surroundingcommunityandvisitors: • Clearresponsibilityofthepartsinvolved • Appropriatestrategies to shareactivitiesandresponsibilities • Involvementofthesurroundingcommunity in allstagesoftheprocess Fragilities in management: contract’ssurveillanceandmonitoring • Qualifiedpersonnel for thecontract’s management andmonitoring Economicdisbalanceofthe business: • Technicalsecurityofthefeasibility studies • Periodicreevaluationoftheeconomic balance ofthecontract
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