Achievements of the Project 
1) Desktop study and data collection via focus group meetings and questionnaires and
individual meetings. The data were analyzed in ways that aid building strategies
and tactics for protected area management. This also included building a database of stakeholders

2) Worked collaboratively (EQA & PIBS) with stakeholders to reassess existing
protected areas and policies related to those and used this in updating the 6th
National Report

3) A SWOT analysis was performed and recommendations for way forward were
introduced. These will lead to new policies and programs for better protected area
management and the data collected and discussions held pave the way for having protected area management as a key component of the new NBSAP.

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