Assessment of Management Effectiveness for the National Nature Reserve in the Yellow River Delta

Abstract Assessing the effectiveness of management of protected areas is critical to understanding and improving management, to improving the level of management and to achieving management targets. Based on the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the IUCN framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas and protected area systems, this paper establishes a comprehensive evaluation index system that conforms to the given management objectives. The assessment of the management situation for The national protected area in the Yellow River Delta comprises four aspects: management base, mechanism, behavior and effectiveness. And we put forward, as well, corresponding management suggestions. Assessment results indicate that the management situation is fine in the national protected area in the Yellow River Delta. However, further actions need to be taken in terms of reserve control and coordinated development between reserve and community due to existing oil deposits and some construction engineering involving the Yellow River.