This document has been produced in order to:
 Provide a shared basis for drawing up terms of reference for management plans in the MedWetCoast project.
 Provide methodological details on the general process of producing management plans, for validating the different stages and producing the document.
 Define the roles of the various people involved in this crucial stage of the project.
 Provide a standard format for producing management plans.

Preliminary remarks on management plans

A management plan is a written, approved and circulated document that describes a site, how it functions, its values, its problems, defines the management objectives (nature conservation, uses, organisation, etc.) and the resources needed for its implementation (operational mechanisms, personnel, structures, work programmes, budgets).

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