Gaining an invitation to the CBD EBSA meeting in Moscow
We carefully prepared our maps and other data and then wrote a supporting letter to one of the organizers of the IUCN CBD EBSA meeting in Moscow in March 2013. After some back and forth, we managed to get a formal invitation and to raise the funds to send researcher Mikhail Nagaylik. He attended and submitted a strong case for a large EBSA covering most of the east coast of Kamchatka. This EBSA was accepted and supported both by the scientists as well as the Ministry in Moscow.
The fact that FEROP co-director Erich Hoyt had attended MPA meetings and was an IUCN WCPA and SSC member helped in approaching the organizers of the CBD meeting in Moscow to obtain a place for a FEROP researcher. FEROP's deep experience in the region meant that the expertise would be essential.
Think creatively and just because you aren’t formally invited to something doesn’t mean you don’t belong, or that you can’t get in.
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Awareness raising on invasive species
Education, information and outreach programs help to enhance public support and participation of local communities in invasive lionfish control programs.
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The earlier appropriate outreach activities are implemented, the more they are taken up.
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Participatory land planning
To identify the intervention priority areas for the recovery of rice fields and mangrove restoration, it was necessary to rely on the populations’ intimate knowledge of their environment and the history of its evolution in relation to climate change. The main working tool was kite-photographing, which provided an overview of the land components, as the basis for defining land development priorities. It is a cost-effective technique which can be easily implemented locally, allowing a high level of stakeholder participation.
An easy-to-implement and cost-effective technology; Printed and enlarged photos, to facilitate the dialogue; Raise awareness about the impacts of climate change.
The persons handling the tool must be accompanied by facilitators who have a good knowledge of facilitation techniques and the issues related to land management options. Most of the time, the inhabitants themselves contribute the elements of landscape interpretation and its evolution, but they are often aware of the upcoming changes.
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Monitoring Regulation
Vessel Monitoring Systems (GPS) across the fleet Electronic Monitoring (EM) on the trawl fleet, designed and voluntary agreed to by fishers.
Interest of fishers and government cooperation
It was fishers who decided to use, pay for and eventually design GPS and EM not government; this decision shocked officials and was challenged by fishers in other areas, it was very bold.
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Amendment of the Law on Environmental Protection
As a result of the project’s advocacy efforts, Mongolia’s Environmental Protection Law was amended to include clear legal provision for community-based natural resource management. A total of 64 officially registered community groups, which include 912 herder families, were given rights to manage natural resources on land covering more than half a million hectares. To date, 62 herder groups have been officially formed and are legally entrusted with the care of 500,000 hectares of this unique natural environment.
A strength of this project was that it was fully owned by the government and implemented through the government system which enabled this legal change.
Wider rippling impacts can be caused by working at policy/legal level. In addition to the above achievement, through the Project's advocacy, the government designated the “Above 50 latitude Local PA” in Khovsgol, spanning over approximately 5.7 million ha. This effectively bans all the mining from the large area of the Mongolia portion of the Sayan region. In addition, the Government officially expanded the overall project approach to conservation and livelihoods nationwide through a June 2011 Ministerial decree.
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Control of lionfish populations
Lionfish management requires the involvement of all affected parties, coupled with tailored strategies to reflect ecological, cultural and social differences within the region. Legal policies regulate the aquarium trade of lionfish, as well as conditions and gear for lionfish removal.
Committment to cooperate and share knowledge and experiences.
Strategies and tools for control differ depending on local variables and the spatial scale at which control is enacted. Sharing knowledge on removal tools and techniques can ensure the use of best practices in the Region. Partnerships with reef-reliant industries such as the fishery and tourism sector enhance resources available for removal.
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Education and communication
Resources, tools and specific training were provided to formal and informal education and communication structures. A local radio was created to support and feed the information and consultation dynamics, and extensive use of all possible media was made, particularly through support to several other community radios and TV channels, and the broadcasting of documentation. A film was made with a local team about the process. This provided the opportunity to offer training on film shooting and editing. The film was broadcast repeatedly on national television and is used as a facilitation tool in the villages. Environmental education work was carried out with all schools through teacher training, creation of educational materials, youth camps, small projects to be implemented in schools (plantations, gardens, weather monitoring). The Park now serves as a training ground for the national teaching teams in the field of climate change.
Existence of community radios; Technical training to familiarize the participants with climate change issues; Educational tools adapted to the context.
The information and education modules must be adapted to the cultural and environmental context of the relevant targets. People have a good knowledge of their environment and biodiversity but are unaware of the potential impacts of climate change. Environmental education should therefore focus on these global issues rather than on knowledge of the environment.
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Social license
Networking and linking up with other organisations to support fishers’ initiatives.
Availability of social media
Networking and linking up with other organisations is an important way to grow awareness and support for the fishers’ initiatives, for the first couple of years this was note done well.
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Participatory Planning
Round table discussion
The Israel Marine Plan’s basic approach emphasizes that the marine space is essentially (ultimately) public. It aspires to view the different interests of all the stakeholders fairly and guarantee the provision of its ecosystem services over time. Through its goals, the plan offers way for informed and responsible management of the sea, applying an overall ecological approach. It aims to develop marine knowledge, to improve public awareness of what exists in the marine space, and to shape the way it is depicted spatially. Stakeholders are actively involved in the planning process and accompanied by local and international professional scientific advisory committees. The planning process is supported by the use of the interactive GIS tool that helps to visualize resource use, potential conflicts, and management scenarios and thus enables comprehensive planning.
1) Time needed to showcase and use the tool 2) Enthusiasm by those involved 3) Public relations for use of the tool (i.e., mentioning it at every opportunity, etc.)
Lack of support among the core-team staff was a problem. Diversity of members on the team should be maintained (i.e., background, age, expertise, etc.). Time is crucial so that efforts are not rushed and full professionalism is maintained, especially for the compatibility matrices. This "solution" will not be appropriate in all situations; it depends on the level of funding, use of the internet and digital tools among the general population. After we started developing the tool we discovered that other organizations/entities had similar tools available. We could have tapped into these to avoid redundancy & improve base data. It would have been helpful to tie the information from the compatibility matrices to the ASDA tool so that one could see the compatibility and/or conflict found each areas as competing uses are selected. Monitoring usage of the tool would have been very helpful. High usage (and diverse usage) would generate more support for tool development and promotion.
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Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
ICT allows for communications channels, such as cellular phone and internet services, to facilitate collective planning and fisherfolk meetings. These are relevant and effective in situations where participants are from different areas and countries, and where opportunities for face to face meetings are limited. The Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO) uses phone features such as calls and text to communicate as well as email, VOIP services and website.
• Cell phone technology and widespread usage. • Widespread internet access. • Communications tools that are free, including Skype and Google hangouts.
• ICT presents a low cost way of communicating. • Current technology can facilitate many activities. • Fishers most readily respond to cell phone. • Collaboration with ICT partners required to derive greater benefits.
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