However, many protected areas do not yet fully meet their objectives (TCU, 2013, WWF and ICMBio, 2012). As the management plan is a condition for sustainable public use (such as tourism, environmental education and sustainable logging) and local community resource use (e.g. harvesting, fishing, farming), its absence reduces socio-economic development opportunities in the longer term and could hinder effective control over resource use in the area. Most federal protected areas have a management committee, composed of government officials and representatives of civil society and the private sector.