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  • 11 Aug 2016

Innovation in Protecting Marine Ecosystems and Managing Fisheries and Tourism in the Coral Triangle – Collaborative Approaches #WCC_969

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is happening on September 1–10, 2016, at the Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy are hosting a session on “Innovation in Protecting Marine Ecosystems and Managing Fisheries and Tourism in the Coral Triangle – Collaborative Approaches #WCC_9690” on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 5:00–7:00 PM in Room 313C. Please see the attached flyer for more details of the program and objectives. We enjoin you to take part in this session as we showcase some of the best practices in the CT Region.

Partners in the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, Fisheries & Food Security (CTI-CFF) are implementing innovative approaches to increase the effectiveness of MPAs and rebuild fish stocks for the benefit of local fishers and businesses. They also work with the tourism sector to encourage operators to be part of MPA management and protect high-value conservation areas through best practices and financing mechanisms. Collaborative management approaches are important for effective and sustainably funded and managed MPAs with roles, responsibilities, and benefits shared between national and local authorities, communities, private sector, resource owners, and users.

This 2-hour workshop will enable sharing lessons from several MPAs designed in collaboration with key stakeholders and that work to protect biodiversity, people, and their livelihoods while helping manage industries such as fisheries and tourism. The target audience includes key decision-makers: MPA managers, government representatives, industry and community leaders, and coastal resource owners and users.

Objectives:

  1. To contribute to efforts to expand networks of critical marine areas that are protected, effectively managed, and sustainably financed.
  2. To improve understanding of and support for MPAs and to reverse the loss of marine biodiversity and declining sources of food and livelihoods.
  3. To identify key messages for lesson sharing and policy advocacy.

Programme:

  • 17:00 – Opening & Welcome
  • Overview of Collaborative Approaches to Ecosystem Management
  • 17:10 – Case Study Presentations
  • Koon Island, Central Moluccas & Cendrawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia – Veda Santiadji, Coral Triangle Support Program Leader, WWF-Indonesia
  • Birds Head Seascape, Papua Indonesia – Ketut Putra, Vice President, Conservation International Indonesia
  • Palawan Island, Philippines – Jackie Thomas, Leader, WWF Coral Triangle Coordination Team

17:40 Community perspective – Moira Dasipio, Vice President, Isabel Mothers' Union, Solomon Islands; Industry Perspective (tbc); and Leonie Kanawie, General Secretary for Women (Pihi) Environment Development Forum, Manus, Papua New Guinea

18:00 Working Group Marketplace roundtable

18:45 Plenary and report back

19:00 Closing

Contacts:

Jackie Thomas
WWF Coral Triangle Coordination Team Leader
jthomas@wwfpacific.org

Andie Wibianto
CTI-CFF Communication and Information Manager
andiewibi@cticff.org

Astrid V. Lim
CTI-CFF Head of Technical Working Group
alim@cticff.org