Malindi Marine Protected Area Management Plan
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
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Abstract: The Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013 (The Act), requires each wildlife protected area (PA) to be managed in accordance with an approved management plan. A key tool for shaping a PA’s future, a management plan serves as a framework for planning and decision making in a protected area. Protected Area management plans are developed in accordance with the guiding principles outlined in the Planning Framework provided under the Fifth Schedule of the Act and the KWS Protected Areas Planning Framework (PAPF). These planning frameworks provide guidance on the key elements needed for a successful management planning process. In line with the Act and PAPF, the MMPA plan has been developed in a highly participatory manner, incorporating and building on ideas from a broad cross-section of MMPA stakeholders. In addition, the plan adopts the MPA zoning scheme specified in the Act. The MMPA covers Malindi Marine National Park and half of Malindi Marine National Reserve and their adjoining areas of influence. Prepared in consultation with MMPA’s stakeholders, the MMPA’s management plan will guide the MPA’s overall direction for the next 10 years and will be reviewed in five years. The plan is expected to achieve the overall KWS functions as outlined under Section 7 of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. The MMPA plan has six chapters. Chapter 1: Plan Foundations, introduces the planning process and describes the plan’s functions, structure and stakeholder participation mechanisms. It also gives a general description of the MMPA and its purpose, key values and major issues of concern. Chapter 2: Zonation scheme, provides a zoning scheme that divides the MMPA into visitor and resource use zones. Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 form the bulk of the plan and presents the plan’s four management programmes. Chapter 7: Plan Monitoring, provides a plan monitoring framework.