COORDINATED AUDIT ON PROTECTED AREAS (2nd Edition) - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Special Technical Commission on the Environment (COMTEMA) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Superior Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) conducted the second edition of the Coordinated Audit on Protected Areas, between 2019 and 2020. (The summary of the first edition is available here: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/coordinated-audit-of-protected-areas-1st-edition-executive-summary)
The audit was coordinated by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU-Brazil) and was joined by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) from 17 countries: 15 from Latin America and the Caribbean and 2 from Europe: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and the Dominican Republic. In addition, 9 Subnational Audit Institutions – 8 Brazilian state courts of accounts in the Amazon region and one Argentine provincial court of accounts – took part in the audit.
The audit had the support of the OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) for the training cycle, and was also supported by the German Cooperation by means of GIZ, within the framework of the Regional Project Strengthening External Control in the Environmental Area.
This second edition of the Coordinated Audit on Protected Areas (ACAP), was aimed to assess the level of implementation and management of the protected areas of countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the progress of these countries towards compliance with Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14 and 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Index of Implementation and Management of Protected Areas (Indimapa) was used. It allows the assessment of protected areas in three implementation and management ranges (low, medium, and high) by means or 13 indicators, that are assessed according to a scale from 0 to 3.
Of the 17 participating countries, 11 also took part in the first edition of the coordinated audit, conducted in 2014 and 2015, which provided the baseline data for comparative analysis of progress and setbacks in the implementation and management of protected areas.
Source: https://portal.tcu.gov.br/biblioteca-digital/auditoria-coordenada-em-areas-protegidas-2-edicao.htmCOORDINATED AUDIT ON PROTECTED AREAS (2nd Edition) - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY