Transcript What is “Conservation”? - Secretariat of the Pacific Community

MANAGEMENT
APPROACHES FOR
CEAFM:
A CONSERVATION
PERSPECTIVE
Andrew Smith
The Nature Conservancy
SPC Regional Workshop on Approaches to the
Implementation and monitoring of Communitybased Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Management
Noumea, New Caledonia 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2010
Overview of presentation
• What is “conservation”?
• Ecosystem-Based Management
• Examples of marine conservation
management approaches in use in the
Pacific
• “Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation”
• Common ground
What is “Conservation”?
• Focus on “biodiversity conservation”
• Perceptions of “conservation”
and “conservation organisations”
o Closing areas / locking resources away /
excluding people
• Current trends in conservation:
o Ecosystem-based approaches
o Community-based and focused approaches
• Wide range of objectives:
o biodiversity conservation
o Habitat protection
o food security
o climate change adaptation
o ecosystem services
Ecosystem-Based Management
• Definition:
“Ecosystem-based management is an
integrated approach to management that
considers the entire ecosystem, including
humans. The goal of ecosystem-based
management is to maintain an ecosystem in a
healthy, productive and resilient condition so
that it can provide the services humans want
and need.”
Ecosystem-Based Management (2)
• Management approach that:
o Integrates ecological, social and economic goals
o Recognizes humans as part of the ecosystem
o Considers ecological—not just political—boundaries
o Addresses the complexity of natural processes &
social systems & applies adaptive management
o Engages multiple stakeholders to define problems &
find solutions
o Incorporates ecosystem processes
o Concerned with the ecological integrity of coastalmarine systems & the sustainability of both human
and ecological systems
• Relationship to EAF (EBFM)
Conservation Action Planning
(TNC + WWF +)
Integrated process for planning, implementing, and
measuring conservation success for its conservation
projects
Defining
Your Project
· Project people
· Project scope & focal
targets
Using Results to
Adapt & Improve
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Analyze actions & data
Learn from results
Adapt project
Share findings
Conservation
Action
Planning
Implementing
Strategies & Measures
· Develop workplans
· Implement actions
· Implement measures
Developing
Strategies & Measures
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Target viability
Critical threats
Situation analysis
Objectives & actions
Measures
Locally Managed Marine Areas
(LMMA Network)
“An area of nearshore waters and coastal resources that is
largely or wholly managed at a local level by the coastal
communities, land-owning groups, partner organizations,
and/or collaborative government representatives who reside or
are based in the immediate area.”
“Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation”
(http://www.conservationmeasures.org)
• Convergence of thinking and approaches on
the practice of conservation
• Development and purpose of the Standards
• Series of best practices for designing,
managing, monitoring, and learning from
conservation projects
• Summary of the Standards of Practice
“Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation” (2)
“Open Standards for the Practice of
Conservation” (3)
• Associated tools:
o Miradi (project management software)
o IUCN-CMP Unified Classifications of Direct
Threats and Conservation Actions
o Rosetta Stone of Project Management
Systems
Finding common ground between
fisheries and conservation
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Working with communities
Maximise resources (financial & human)
Ecosystem-based approaches: EBM and EAF
Correlation and convergence of planning
approaches and management objectives
o e.g. Palau PAN; Kimbe Bay MPA network
• Innovative multi-sectoral mgmt / governance
frameworks
• Need for aligning the various approaches and
frameworks
o Especially in respect of community-based
fisheries management
o Dealing with common threats
e.g. climate change
Thank you
Questions?