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Improved access to basic human needs

The project is improving access to safe drinking water, medical supplies, education and alternative livelihoods to demonstrate that conservation does not have to be a choice between protecting wildlife and human welfare, but instead that conservation and poverty reduction can go hand-in-hand.

Any support to local development must take into account the aspirations, values, and know-how of communities.

The long-term engagement of local communities depends not-only on their environmental consciousness, but also on the profitability of conservation activities and flanking measures. Indeed, if people benefit from natural resources, they will be more inclined to protect resources and protected areas.

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Caribbean

At the water’s edge: Enhancing coastal resilience in Grenada

Nealla

Frederick

Climate change impact visualisation

Integrated vulnerability assessment (VA)

Informed Decision Making

Reef enhancement for coastal protection

Caribbean

At the water’s edge: Enhancing coastal resilience in Grenada

Nealla

Frederick

Climate change impact visualisation

Integrated vulnerability assessment (VA)

Informed Decision Making

Reef enhancement for coastal protection

Caribbean

At the water’s edge: Enhancing coastal resilience in Grenada

Nealla

Frederick

Climate change impact visualisation

Integrated vulnerability assessment (VA)

Informed Decision Making

Reef enhancement for coastal protection

Caribbean

At the water’s edge: Enhancing coastal resilience in Grenada

Nealla

Frederick

Climate change impact visualisation

Integrated vulnerability assessment (VA)

Informed Decision Making

Reef enhancement for coastal protection

Caribbean

At the water’s edge: Enhancing coastal resilience in Grenada

Nealla

Frederick

Climate change impact visualisation

Integrated vulnerability assessment (VA)

Informed Decision Making

Reef enhancement for coastal protection

Caribbean

Central America

South America

North America

Water Funds

Fernando

Veiga

Identification of relevant hydrological service

Identification of beneficiaries

Working group

Legal and institutional analysis

Designing the fund’s structure and governance

Monitoring natural restoration of forests

Kahuzi-Biega National Park faces several anthropogenic threats that include encroachment for agriculture and pasture. We tested how monitoring of invaded spaces can help secure areas and allow natural restoration of habitat. Invaded areas were used for charcoal and farming. Thus, forest was cut and replaced by crops. The forest regenerated without human intervention but with regular monitoring that prevented people to disturb the forest. Monitoring was done through transects with different experts from different disciplines: mammals, amphibians and plants

Availability of financial support and staff, security and willingness of protected area managers

Monitoring can help natural restoration of invaded forest if disturbances are limited.

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Structured long-term financing for marine conservation

Funding agreement

The implementation of the Waterevolution model not only increases resources and energy efficiency within industries but also translates into significant cost savings and consequently increases competitiveness. We pioneered an operational framework to apply and improve environmental standards and transparency in supply chains that affect the oceans and facilitated investment in marine conservation. A key component of the application of this model is that marine industry cluster partners embrace stewardship of the marine environment by reinvesting a percentage of savings into meaningful marine conservation programs proven for their efficiency.Thanks to the pilot project, the following projects were financially supported: - Funded the Tethys Research Institute to update research on the Pelagos Sanctuary, largest marine protected area in the Mediterranean Sea, covering about 90.000 km2 - Funded an entire year of research and strategic planning of the IUCN WCPA-Marine Marine Mammal Task Force’s work on Important Marine Mammals Areas (IMMAs) - On-the-ground marine conservation and awareness activities and communication campaigns for ocean sustainability and conservation including various conferences held in Milan for the Universal EXPO

The current need to redefine marine policies dictated by international directives that endeavor to embrace sustainability
Lack of financial resources to plan and implement long term marine conservation - Adoption of a collaborative approach
Identification of the natural environment as a key stakeholder and environmental cost as company ‘externalities’

The main success factor of the model is related to its ability to demonstrate that cost efficiency, sustainable practices and environmental conservation can indeed coexist. The model proposes an innovative operational framework that addresses real ocean responsibility and not just a token payment that is more like charity and not tied to actionable improvement in sustainability. This represent a core challenge for the industry to not just “pose” as friends of the environment (greenwashing) but to significantly recondition their business to decrease their environmental footprint and decide to invest and genuinely commit to ocean sustainability. On the other side the challenge was to find a non profit organisation that was able to provide a strategic project for investment. We found that required criteria were met by the Tethys Research Institute project to update research on the Pelagos Sanctuary and by the IUCN WCPA-Marine Marine Mammal Task Force’s strategic planning work on IMMas

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Working Toward IMMAs