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Stakeholders involvement through consultations and meetings

Gathering of specific local knowledge, issues, and circumstances; Reconnaissance trips made on site by experts, various meetings with local and national stakeholders (tourist operators, rangers, selected tourists, government officials), gathering of (scant) existing ecological and socioeconomic background information, understanding technical and logistic constraints to consider for visits.

Government intervention and facilitation

Local stakeholder contributions were often chaotic; information provided often unsubstantiated or contradictory, in attempts to protect personal interests. In situ investigations by experts are essential.

Inception phase

Local

National

Collaboration of authorities with international experts

Director of Egyptian Nature Conservation Sector, upon prompting by the tourist international community and local authorities, engaged to address the issue, seeking international expert advice. The decision was made to intervene and gather expertise; initial contacts and discussion with experts was expeditiously completed. Expert visits were organised, to facilitate the best possible understanding of underlying conditions and constraints to intervene and gather expertise; Initial contacts and discussion with experts is completed.

Opportunity provided for meeting and discussions with IUCN expert at World Park Congress in Durban, South Africa, September 2003

Expertise often cannot be found locally. International expert organisations such as IUCN can supply useful advice.

Planning phase

Local

National

Climate Change Mitigation through reforestation

Installation of bee hives in reforested areas

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Beekeeper in reforested areas

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Farmer working in a reforested area

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Reforestation work

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Plant nursery

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Since 2009, reforestation and installation of bee hives to reduce pressures from local communities on coastal resources.

Only available in French. To read this section in French, please download the document "Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Réhabilitation des espaces côtiers par le reboisement agro forestier” from the bottom of this page, under 'Resources'.

Entirety

Local

National

Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Réhabilitation des espaces côtiers par le reboisement agro forestier'

Awareness-raising of local authorities

An synergy of environmental actors to raise awareness of local authorities

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Awareness-raising of political, administrative, customary and local authorities and the public on the implementation of the law on water.

Entirety

Local

National

Law No. 15/26 on water in the Official Journal of the DRC

Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Réhabilitation des espaces côtiers par le reboisement agro forestier'

Capacity-building of local people in agroforestry

Rehabilitation of coastal areas through agroforestry reforestation

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Embers production from trees planted by the project - modern carbonization technique

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Formation on chicken breeding techniques

Gervais Munyororo Yade

Agricultural technicians formed the population in the sustainable use of land, tree planting, charcoal production and crop management.

Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Réhabilitation des espaces côtiers par le reboisement agro forestier'

Rehabilitation of the banks of the mouth of Lake Togo

Structure built in the ocean to protect the city of Aného.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Bank of the lagoon and rehabilitated road.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Southern embankment in the city of Aného. The stabilized bank enables the resumption of fishing activities.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Embankment in the city of Aného.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Phosphate mud in Kpémé.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Primary school threatened by erosion in the village of Agbodrafo.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Beach erosion before construction work.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Abandoned house in the city of Aného.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Several abandoned houses in an area subject to erosion.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Proposition for a protection plan.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Resource extraction.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Unprotected sectors in Baguida.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Rehabilitated mangroves.

Pessièzoum Adjoussi

Reinforcement of embankments of the mouth of Lake Togo: construction of a rocky structure, paving of the street and creation of a parking area.

Only available in French. To read this section in French, please download the document "Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Contribution à l’amélioration de la résilience à l‘érosion côtière au Togo’” from the bottom of this page, under 'Resources'.

Planning phase

Implementation

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local

Subnational

National

Blue Solution Template in French: ‘Contribution à l’amélioration de la résilience à l‘érosion côtière au Togo’

Network of Mediterranean Fisheries Cooperatives

Longline fishing boat in Morocco waters

Atelier Mediterranéen contre la peche à la Dynamite

Analyse des Indicateurs SDPIR

Goal

An informal network of Mediterranean fisheries cooperatives was established in the Mediterranean MPAs.

Process

Implementation of a workshop on the exchange and sharing of knowledge and MPA management methodologies, for the benefit of national Mediterranean artisanal fisheries cooperatives.

Implementation of an online forum for the exchange of knowledge, methodologies and impacts concerning the project.

Implementation and publication of a popular guide about the self-management of MPAs.

Implementation of an external evaluation on the capitalization of the project.

The exchange and sharing procedure followed the “Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation” formulated in 2007 by the Conservation Measures Partnership.

Informatics classes were organized to guarantee an effective use of the exchange forum.

It has been very useful to prepare two versions of a vulgarized guide regarding the self-management of MPAs: one simplified, destined for the fishermen and another one more detailed for the managers, project coordinators and institutions.

The forum must be established in consultation with the fishermen and the marine area’s respective administration.
Following the project, several fisheries cooperatives have asked for the establishment of a MPA according to the standards and approach used by AGIR.
Looking for financing to establish new MPAs
Implementation of an external evaluation on the capitalization of the project

Good Practice Handbook for Mediterraneen Fisheries-MPAs (in French) June 2015

Communiqué de Presse Réseau des Coopératives de Peche artisanale

Participatory research and planning through a systemic and prospective sustainability analysis

Open Standards Planification

Planification participative Pêcheurs Mar Chica

Goal

In order to engage the artisanal fishermen in natural resource conservation, the analysis carried out has included sociocultural, economic and ecological topics. The goal was to fill the lack of data to allow all the stakeholders to realize the initial decrease in biodiversity and the solutions brought by the project.

Process

The participatory approach used by this study has allowed for all the stakeholders to accept the results.

The study was carried out in accordance with a systemic approach including several components:

Scientific: “Sociocultural, economic, ecological indicators”
Participatory: the study has not only involved the project holder, but also the stakeholders
Prospective: the study has allowed to identify “current, potential and alternative scenarios”

The systemic analysis has led to an integrated action program for the sustainable management of the artisanal fisheries sector within the National Park’s marine area.

Artisanal fishery represents one of the main economic activities in the region. As a sideline, it also improves farmers’ quality of life along the Mediterranean coastline.
The main constraints to the artisanal fisheries’ economic growth have negative impacts on product quality, due to the lack of landing infrastructure and commercialization.
The flotilla’s fragmentation and isolation, which the fishmongers take advantage of, does not allow the fishermen to work under satisfying conditions.

It is necessary to minimize the growth constraints on artisanal fisheries confined to the National Park’s fishing grounds. The reinforcement of fishing gear and equipment has to serve as a motivation for fishermen to stick to our integrated management plan.

Defining the artisanal fisheries sector remains an essential step in the process of implementing a commercial organization plan, which has to be subjected to future project propositions.

In the sociocultural plan, the fishing villages are confronted with a high rate of analphabetism. The fear of losing their jobs, translates itself to the high frequency of poaching, the use of dynamite or chemicals and illegal fishing.

It would be desirable to define a new zoning plan for the National Park’ marine area, which responds to the ecological conservation concerns and not only to those of fisheries resources. This would guarantee a sustainable development for a future approach of monitoring and participatory evaluation.

Recherche et planification participative du secteur de la pêche artisanale à tr…

Sustainable commercial management of marine resources in MPAs

Pêcheur de Temsamane

To be added

Fabrication Nasses Coopérative des Femmes de pecheurs

Amélioration Capture PNAH

Goal

The artisanal fishermen’s quality of life has improved by approximately 30% within the MPA’s coastal zone through good resource management. The MPA contributes also to an income increase via the implementation of a participatory strategy aiming at the commercialization of fishery products.

Process

The fishermen cooperatives organize participatory workshops aiming at the definition of a commercialization strategy for the artisanal fishery products. The goal is to reduce the global pressure from fisheries in the National Park’s marine area.

Creation of “Rotating funds for fisheries” to support income generating activities. These funds are available to the fishermen cooperatives, operating in the marine zone of the National Park, but also to their wives.

The establishment of a climate of trust between communities as well as state and institution partners, prior to the actual project launch
The creation of a rotating fund aims to support the commercialization strategy of the fishery products from the National Park’s marine area
The fund allows to support the launch and mentoring of a price and quality valorization project, for the benefit of the cooperative of fishermen’s wives and daughters
Rotating funds for fisheries serve to assure the cooperatives' administrative and financial autonomy

The program’s activities aiming at the implementation of a commercialization strategy for the fishery products from the artisanal fishermen operating in the National Park’s marine area have to be prepared in consultation with the administration.
The involvement of the local population is also very important for the project’s success. At least twenty members of the artisanal fishermen cooperative’s executive office have been supported and trained to enable them to contribute to the commercialization strategy for fishing products coming from fishermen cooperatives operating in the National Park’s marine area. This has allowed a 30% poverty reduction for approximately 1200 artisanal fishermen.
The project’s financial viability is assured by the participatory planning and the local communities’ support for the sustainable commercialization strategy of their fishing products.

Community management of no-take areas within the MPAs

Chalutier 1 au coeur de la Zone Intégrale du PNAH

To be added

Carte de Zonage de proposition de No Go Zone

Goal

The artisanal fishermen of three cooperatives are trained and involved in the resource management plan in the National Park’s marine area.

Process

Organization of 2 x (3) training sessions on participatory planning as a resource management tool in the National Park’s marine area.

Proposal of no-take zones or Fisheries Reserved Areas (FRAs) within the National Park’s marine area.

A monitoring report for the captures within the National Park’s marine area are being prepared in a collaborative manner by the fishermen who provided the data and the team of AGIR who wrote the report, which served to evaluate the project’s benefits.

The establishment of a climate of trust between communities as well as state and institution partners, prior to the actual project launch
The validation of no-take zones or FRAs by the fishermen and the respective authorities
The monitoring report of fishery product captures in the National Park’s marine area has to be communicated to the AGIR fishermen by the experts in order to evaluate the project’s benefits.

The activities (weekly monitoring field trips and participatory species caretaking) prepared in collaboration with the administration, has allowed an increase in fishing resources of 30 %
The involvement of local and national stakeholders in the restauration of biotopes and species has allowed a restauration ranging from 20 to 30 % according to the species and the ecosystems
The choice of no-take zones has been made by the fishermen to tackle illegal fishing. The no-take zones correspond to the marine areas close to the cliffs affected by poaching and dynamite fishing.
It is necessary that the workshops take the fishermen’s schedule into account (during bad weather periods or breaks)
It is necessary that at least 60 % of the artisanal fishermen support the no-take zones.