Specifically, the plan aims
to:
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. Ensure conservation of the
Reserve’s globally significant
biodiversity
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. Maintain the role of the
MMNR as the flagship of Kenya’s tourism
industry
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. Improve on a sustainable
basis the revenues generated by the MMNR, to support increasing
community livelihood and Reserve management
needs
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. Provide a practical
management tool to support MMNR managers in carrying out their
day-to-day management responsibilities.
In order to achieve these aims, the plan sets out
a series of stakeholder and management-agreed goals
(the purpose
statements and objectives) that the two county
councils will aim to achieve over the plan’s 10-year
lifespan, and a series
of prescriptions and management
actions that will be implemented to ensure these goals are
achieved. The plan focuses on the management of the MMNR itself,
although, to a limited degree, it also addresses issues beyond the
Reserve that are seriously impacting on the area, especially
regarding ecological issues and community
engagement.
The process used to develop the new management
plan as well as the plan’s structure have been based on the
Kenya Wildlife Service’s Protected Areas Planning
Framework, or PAPF, which is designed to provide a planning
standard for all of Kenya’s parks and reserves. Also in line
with the PAPF, the new management plan has been developed in a
highly participatory manner, incorporating and building on ideas
from a broad cross-section of the Reserve’s
stakeholders.
