Submitted by
SimardF
on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 16:54
General Information
Resolution
44044
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
9ECE514B-B8A3-E011-96D3-002655853524
National Trust of Fiji Islands ( Fiji )
IUCN Commissions
D8AB0375-AA64-E211-A73D-002655853524
4BCB792B-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
FAO, SPREP
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
Lack of financial funds
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Funraising efforts
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Several local communities in South West Indian Ocean (Madagascar) and in the South Pacific are empowered to manage better their marine resources. This includes local fisheries and community-scale aquaculture.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Capacity-building
Description
Inform and train local communities on the importance of managing their local resources and provide methods and tools to do so.
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Introducing locally managed marine areas to the MPA community as a way to explore in order to reconcile protection and sustainable use of marine resources at local scale.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat