[{"bbox": [97, 154, 561, 180], "category": "Text", "text": "The key stakeholders concerned by this action are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 186, 442, 212], "category": "Text", "text": "Natural capital regulators, as follows:"}, {"bbox": [97, 220, 1168, 458], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The Ministry of Environment (Ministério do Ambiente - MINAMB) is responsible for the development and coordination of the country's environmental policy and for implementing the National Environment Management Programme. It oversees the INBC which aims to ensure the development and implementation of sustainable biodiversity management policy and the National Environmental Conservation System. Its mission is to effectively manage biodiversity inside and outside conservation areas, integrating local communities and promoting ecotourism. In 2023, the INBC made a diagnosis of all the national parks and conservation areas that contribute to the practice of ecotourism, in order to assess their specific needs and be able to guarantee protection. It recognises the need to develop new governance systems in protected areas. The INBC is overseen by the Ministry of the Environment."}, {"bbox": [97, 460, 1168, 593], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministério da Cultura e Turismo - MINCULTUR) is responsible for formulating, conducting, supervising, evaluating and executing the government's policy in the field of tourism, and conducting strategies, programs and projects for the development of tourism. The Ministry is still recent and lacks professional staff trained on sustainability, competitiveness, market studies, value chain, policies, plans, and implementations for sustainable development of ecotourism and nature-based tourism."}, {"bbox": [97, 595, 1168, 675], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Ministério da Agricultura e Florestas - MINAGRIF) has the mission to propose the formulation, conduct, execution and control of the government's policy in the areas of agriculture, livestock, forests, food and food security from a sustainable development perspective."}, {"bbox": [97, 680, 1168, 787], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação - MED), of Mineral Resources, of Sciences and Technology (Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia - MINCT), of Social action, Family and Women Promotion (Ministério da Acção Social, Família e Promoção da Mulher - MASFAMU), of Transport (Ministério dos Transportes - MINTRANS), and of Finance (Ministério das Finanças - MINFIN) have a role to play in the Action."}, {"bbox": [97, 792, 1168, 979], "category": "Text", "text": "Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs): Compared to other countries, Angola has relatively few NGOs active in biodiversity conservation. The best known and most established groups within Angola are the Kissama Foundation, Acadir, EcoAngola, Kitabanga Project and the Lisima Foundation, an offshoot of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP). International organisations concerned with environmental conservation include the Nature Conservancy, African Parks, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Frankfurt Zoological Society, and the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the University of Porto. Some may have been working with communities for decades, yet the dialogue with governmental authorities remains limited."}, {"bbox": [97, 984, 1168, 1251], "category": "Text", "text": "Private sector operators dealing with nature-based tourism/ecotourism: There is an increasing number of tour operators and travel agencies in Angola. Most focus on business corporate tourism but with a growing interest in the bleisure (business and leisure) segment. Regional operators have begun to include Angola in their packages, including operators dedicated almost exclusively to ecotourism/wildlife observation, adventure, and sports tourism, rural/agrotourism and community-based nature-tourism. Small Angolan operators are also emerging, and need more solid and reliable institutional and investment frameworks along with practical guidelines for the development of ecotourism services and facilities and modern marketing and promotional support focused on these specific segments (including international fairs such as the International Travel & Tourism Fair and Indaba). The private sector has a significant role to play in Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) and Community-Based Conservation (CBC) development in the future."}, {"bbox": [97, 1256, 1168, 1363], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition, the natural resource users (such as farmers, pastoralists, public and private economic actors), civil society organisations (including women and youth representatives, and indigenous people organisations), and conservation managers (including national agencies, delegated management operators, community-based organisations involved in conservation activities and their networks) will be important stakeholders of the Action."}, {"bbox": [85, 1396, 605, 1429], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [82, 1462, 505, 1494], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [97, 1513, 1168, 1596], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective of this Action is to restore biodiversity loss and sustainably improve the quality of life of local communities in selected Conservation Landscapes with a positive impact on climate change mitigation and adaptation, while positioning Angola as an ecotourism destination."}, {"bbox": [97, 1600, 515, 1628], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific Objectives of this Action are to:"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 26"}]