Management Approaches for CEAFM: A Conservation Perspective

1. Management Approaches for CEAFM: A Conservation Perspective Andrew Smith The Nature Conservancy SPC Regional Workshop on Approaches to the Implementation and monitoring of Community-based Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Noumea, New Caledonia 29 Nov – 3 Dec 2010

2. 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

3. What is “Conservation”? • Focus on “biodiversity conservation” • Perceptions of “conservation”and “conservation organisations” • Closing areas / locking resources away / excluding people • Current trends in conservation: • Ecosystem-based approaches • Community-based and focused approaches • Wide range of objectives: • biodiversity conservation • Habitat protection • food security • climate change adaptation • ecosystem services

4. 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.”

5. Ecosystem-Based Management (2) • Management approach that: • Integrates ecological, social and economic goals • Recognizes humans as part of the ecosystem • Considers ecological—not just political—boundaries • Addresses the complexity of natural processes & social systems & applies adaptive management • Engages multiple stakeholders to define problems & find solutions • Incorporates ecosystem processes • Concerned with the ecological integrity of coastal-marine systems & the sustainability of both human and ecological systems • Relationship to EAF (EBFM)

6. Conservation Action Planning(TNC + WWF +) Integrated process for planning, implementing, and measuring conservation success for its conservation projects

7. 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.”

8. “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

9. “Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation” (2)

10. “Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation” (3) • Associated tools: • Miradi (project management software) • IUCN-CMP Unified Classifications of Direct Threats and Conservation Actions • Rosetta Stone of Project Management Systems

11. Finding common ground between fisheries and conservation • Working with communities • Maximise resources (financial & human) • Ecosystem-based approaches: EBM and EAF • Correlation and convergence of planning approaches and management objectives • e.g. Palau PAN; Kimbe Bay MPA network • Innovative multi-sectoral mgmt / governance frameworks • Need for aligning the various approaches and frameworks • Especially in respect of community-based fisheries management • Dealing with common threats e.g. climate change

12. Thank you

13. Questions?