Guidelines
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Description
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| Guidelines for Compliance |
These guidelines describe the policies that will
be employed to gain compliance with the laws and regulations governing
management and use of a protected area. Compliance actions include:
education; provision of information and the taking of enforcement
action |
| Guidelines for Delegation |
These guidelines describes the policies that will
be used by the NRCA in designating as an agent, and delegating responsibilities
for, the management of protected areas, national parks, marine parks
to entities such as non-governmental organizations. |
Guidelines for the Development of Private Lands
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These guidelines describe the policies that will
be practiced by the managers of Protected Areas in Jamaica, with the
aim to influence activities on private lands that may affected the
Protected Area. |
Guidelines for Disaster
Preparedness
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These guidelines describe the policies to be employed
to address the preparedness of Protected Areas to respond to disasters. |
Guidelines for Human
Resources Management
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These guidelines describe the policies that will
be used by the NRCA to address activities associated with creating
a well trained, creative and dedicated work force that comprises employees,
volunteers, partners and other interested persons. |
Guidelines for
Infrastructure
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These guidelines set out the cooperation, partnerships,
cost-sharing in planning, constructing and maintaining facilities
needed to meet the needs of protected areas with large populations |
Guidelines for Fire
Management
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These guidelines set out the policies to be used
by the NRCA for activities necessary to protect life and property
and to manage fire for the benefit of people and natural resources.
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Guidelines for Integrated
Pest Management
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These guidelines set out the polices to be used
by the NRCA for surveillance, reporting, planning, and coordination
with other organizations and implementation of programs to introduce
natural predation, substitute pest resistant species and control of
targeted species |
Guidelines for Land
Acquisition
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These guidelines set out the polices to be put
in lace by the NRCA governing the optimum ownership pattern for environmentally
and economically sustainable resource uses to meet the needs of the
public; and, how best to assure that resource managers and the public
have access to appropriate areas for management and use. |
| Financing Guidelines |
These guidelines set out the polices that will
be used by the NRCA for ensuring that a revenue stream to support
the management of activities of non-government entities on a self-sustainable
basis, and to offset some, or all of the direct costs of providing
services by the government. |
Natural Disaster
Guidelines
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These guidelines set out the policies that will
be put in place by the NRCA for the management of natural disasters,
recognizing that events will occur and before that time assuring that
eventual damage will be kept to a minimum. |
Guidelines for Public
Health and Safety
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These guidelines set out the policies that will
be put in place by the NRCA for providing an environment where visitors
may experience a Protected Area without concern for their personal
welfare. |
Guidelines for Public
Involvement
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These guidelines set out policies that will be
used by the NRCA for public involvement in the planning and management
of protected areas. It recognizes that the public is a partner in
the management of a protected area. |
| Guidelines for Research |
These guidelines describe the policies that will
be put in place by the NRCA for research and scientific programs for
protected areas recognizing that research is key to maintaining and
improving the health of the ecosystems |
| Resource Use Guidelines |
These guidelines describe the policies that will
be put in place by the NRCA for the protection of habitat for native
plant and animal species, for perpetuating the island's bio-diversity
through the management of protected areas and the development of environmentally
sustainable uses of the natural resources within protected areas. |
| Guidelines for Signs |
These guidelines describe, the policies that will
be put in place in protected areas in the management of regulatory
and information signs and other distinctive markings. |
| Special Uses Guidelines |
These guidelines describe the policies that will
be put in place in protected areas from time to time for the services
of another agency or private party to achieve the goals of meeting
the public's need.
Such services are likely to include: tour guides; rental of equipment;
scuba diving; snorkeling; 4-wheel driving etc.
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| Guidelines for Tourism |
These guidelines describe the policies that will
be put in place by the NRCA for the promotion of public use and tourism
in protected areas. Tourism will involve all human use, and facilities
necessary to support the use associated with the protected area. |
