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CSI on Coral Reefs

CSI on Coral Reefs. CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT. A Developing International Program to Assist Natural Resource Trustees and Enforcement. Dave Gulko Lead, ICRI Committee on Coral Reef Enforcement & Investigation.

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CSI on Coral Reefs

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  1. CSI on Coral Reefs CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT A Developing International Program to Assist Natural Resource Trustees and Enforcement Dave Gulko Lead, ICRI Committee on Coral Reef Enforcement & Investigation

  2. 1). For a wide variety of coral reef impact incidents, the people most likely to respond have no formal training or tools for conducting legally-defensible investigations 1). For a wide variety of coral reef impact incidents, the people most likely to respond have no formal training or tools for conducting legally-defensible investigations 2). There are no recognized standards for conducting such investigations 2). There are no recognized standards for conducting such investigations 3). Most investigations, by necessity, overlap trustee agency needs for mitigation, restoration, mediation, prosecution and compliance management The Problem: The Problem: 1). For a wide variety of coral reef impact incidents, the people most likely to respond have no formal training or tools for conducting legally-defensible investigations

  3. Coral Reef Resource Managers Ex-homicide Detective & CSI Advisor Wildlife Forensic Laboratory ERA Specialists Coral Reef Restoration Specialists Coral Reef Enforcement Specialists Coral Reef Ecotoxicologists Working Sub-Group

  4. Who Are We Talking About • Marine Enforcement Officers • Environmental Assessment Specialists • Litigators • Natural Resource Managers & Biologists • Coral Reef Researchers

  5. What Are We Talking About • Basic Investigation Training & Strategies • Handling of Data as Evidence • Providing Ecological & Resource Impact Analysis to Support Prosecution

  6. Basic Assumptions of CR Investigations • Going to Court • Limitations: Time, Scale, Resources • Ecological Complexity • Remoteness of Operation Usually it’s not this easy…

  7. Homicide:The ‘CSI’ Approach • Science driven by legal needs • Strong burden on documentation • Strong burden on “Chain-of-Custody”

  8. Homicide:The ‘CSI’ Approach • Existing International Acceptance But how do you translate terrestrial techniques to an underwater world?

  9. Wide Range of Applications: • Vessel Groundings • Destructive Fishing • Illegal Fishing • Illegal Trade • Oil, Chemical, Sediment Spills • Pollution Events • Other Injury Events

  10. Draft Toolkit • Cookbook Approach • High & Low Tech • Translatable

  11. Draft Toolkit • Cookbook Approach • High & Low Tech • Translatable

  12. Toolkit • 276 pages (Sections A, B, D & E) - Finished • 8.5” x 11”, full color, full bleed, two-sided • Notebook Style, Expandable • Spanish Version - Feb. ‘08 • Section C ( Advanced Tools) - Future

  13. Coral Reef CSI FIELD INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES For Short-Term Human Impact Events on Coral Reefs Field Flipbook • Durable & Compact • Outline Form • Color-Coded Reference CD

  14. CSI Field Kit • Most Items Can Be Self Made • High & Low Tech • Portable, Self-Contained

  15. E. Carib. Oct ‘08 Bahamas ITMEMS Oct ‘06 SE Asia Sep ‘08 Abrolhos Sum ‘09 S. Pac Spr ‘09 CAFTA Apr ‘08 S Asia Win ‘08/09 Jamaica Sum ‘08 E Africa Field Training Workshops

  16. CAFTA Workshop Site: Punta Cana, DR Focal Countries: DR, Honduras, Costa Rica Regional Coord: Ruben Torres 11/15 Participants, 2 Regional Instr. 3 CSI Instr. , 3 Observers April 16 - 21, 2008

  17. Sample Workshop Schedule Daily Lectures/Demos Injury/Crime Scene Investigative Dives Dry Field Runs Mock Trial

  18. The Regional Workshop Approach: • Experienced CR CSI Instructors • Asst CR CSI Instructors from Region • Regional Participants: Multi-country, Multi-agency, Multi-discipline

  19. Committee Goals • To design a set of draft protocols and techniques for investigating short-term events on coral reefs. • To conduct a pilot field training workshop at the upcoming ITMEMS, October 2006. • To use results to produce an international toolkit and field CSI kits. • To translate toolkit into Spanish. • To conduct regional field training workshops in 2008 & 2009.    

  20. Questions?

  21. The results of these efforts will be in the short term: • The training of key individuals within each coral reef country in the international standards and protocols developed for conducting defensible investigations of marine natural resource impacts on coral reefs to determine responsible parties, mitigative strategies, and gather evidence for decision-making specifically tailored to their regional coral reef issues and concerns.

  22. • Over the long term, see increased capacity within each country’s marine resource management and enforcement efforts, specifically as it relates to improved investigative capacity. • See increased success in prosecution, mediation, mitigation, restoration or litigation. • See greater public compliance and support resulting from these successes.

  23. Eventually we expect to see greater regional multi-country cooperation involving investigations and rapid response capabilities, including formation of regional rapid response teams to deal with large-scale and multi-country marine natural resource impact investigations.

  24. High UV? Coral Bleaching? Coral Disease? “Juicing”? How do we differentiate between destructive human impacts, global climate change, and natural predation?

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