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BRAVO: Barrier Removal Assessment and Viability Overview. Abaco Island Pride Campaign- Marine Protected Area Option. A tool for assessing the feasibility and impact potential of Rare project plans. Cultural/Political. Impact & Metrics. Technical. Economics.
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BRAVO: Barrier Removal Assessment and Viability Overview Abaco Island Pride Campaign- Marine Protected Area Option A tool for assessing the feasibility and impact potential of Rare project plans Cultural/Political Impact & Metrics Technical Economics • Assessment of costs, funding/revenue sources and potential income substitution factors related to the specific Barrier Removal Solution • Assessment of technology availability, training required, and the effectiveness of organizational partners involved with the Barrier Removal Solution • Assessment of Barrier Removal Solution drivers and barriers that arise from cultural norms and political landscape • Assessment of the overall impact of the Barrier Removal Solution and the viability of current metrics to measure that impact
What: FRIENDS will assist the Bahamas National Trust in lobbying the Government of the Bahamas to declare a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Abaco. This will ensure that suitable, important habitats for juvenile and adult Spiny Lobsters are protected by law in order for the population of Spiny lobsters in Abaco continue to grow. Protected areas have also been successful in supplying other areas such as the Exuma Cays land and Sea Park which has led to spawning aggregations in that park, supply other marine habitats miles away. Who:FRIENDS will assist the BNT in identifying a suitable area and will assist in writing the proposal to be presented to the Government of the Bahamas. The Nature Conservancy will also provide support through the Caribbean Challenge, which is an initiative of the Bahamas being a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in which the Government of the Bahamas has agreed to protect 10% of its marine habitat by 2010 and 20% of its near shore marine habitats by 2020. BRAVO: Executive Summary When: The goal is to have the already submitted proposals to protect two additional marine habitats in Abaco declared by December 2010 by the Government of the Bahamas. How:Funding to manage these MPA’s will be made available through the Bahamas National Trust, The Nature Conservancy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources. BRAVO Scores Feasibility Score: 3.19 Impact Score: 3.83
Barrier Removal Assessment and Viability Overview (BRAVO)Composite Score Enter average scores in the right hand column. Then take the feasibility score and enter it into Miradi and the Impact score and enter it into Miradi. Where either score is below X for either feasibly or impact, consider the strategy to be inappropriate and assess the need to conduct a second BRAVO that reviews a different strategy.
