Untitled-9

The report analyzes the management of Estonian protected areas, highlighting significant disparities in funding and staffing between dedicated administrations and county environmental departments. It finds that management effectiveness often depends on individual staff motivation rather than systemic routines and recommends a shift toward regional nature protection centers and result-oriented management.

• Protected area managers face workloads that far exceed their legal mandates, particularly regarding land reform tasks such as managing land exchanges and state ownership documentation.
• Staffing levels in protected area administrations have shown a downward trend between 1993 and 1999, despite an increase in responsibilities linked to land and property reforms.
• The report identifies a critical lack of resources for local monitoring and research, and notes that data from national monitoring schemes often fail to reach the local protected area managers.
• Using the IUCN 1997 methodology, the study found that effectiveness is highest in areas with local administrations, approved management plans, and strong ties with local residents and stakeholders.
• Experts recommend replacing the current county-based system with a network of regional nature protection centers that follow ecological rather than administrative borders to optimize expertise and resources.

APA

Peterson, K., Koitjärv, T., Ehrlich, Ü., Haapanen, A., & Helminen, M. (2000). Untitled-9. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4372.pdf

Chicago

Peterson, Kaja, Teet Koitjärv, Üllas Ehrlich, Antti Haapanen, and Matti Helminen. Untitled-9. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2000. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4372.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{peterson2000untitled9, author = {Peterson, Kaja and Koitjärv, Teet and Ehrlich, Üllas and Haapanen, Antti and Helminen, Matti}, title = {{Untitled-9}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2000}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/4372.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }