This management plan represents the main output of the assignment “Management Plan for Protected Area in the West Bank”, which has been conducted by IUCN ROWA under contract from the UNDP Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People. The first objective of this assignment is to “..develop a comprehensive management plan for a selected protected area (the selection will be made by MEnA), including but not limited to developmental needs and investment plans, which will be a cornerstone of the national protected areas system management in State of Palestine”.

This management plan has been developed based on a literature review of relevant documents of the State of Palestine as well as scientific articles and reports, a baseline field survey in June-August 2013 (report available on request at EQA), a national framework analysis and a total of three participatory planning and consultation workshops conducted in Hebron, near Wadi Al-Quff Nature Reserve, the protected area that was chosen by EQA as the pilot area. Management planning has followed the IUCN protected areas management planning framework (Thomas & Middleton, 2003). The situation analysis, identification of conservation targets and long-term goals, as well as the management strategy development and definition of shortterm management objectives, has been based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation of the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP, 2013), and has been conducted using the adaptive conservation management planning package Miradi.