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WCC 2012 Res 077 - Activity Report

Submitted by SimardF on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 16:54
General Information
Promoting Locally Managed Marine Areas as a socially inclusive approach to meeting area-based conservation and Marine Protected Area targets
IUCN Constituent: 
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2015
Geographic scope: 
Global
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
9ECE514B-B8A3-E011-96D3-002655853524
National Trust of Fiji Islands ( NTF ) / Fiji
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2013-2016 (CEESP)
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2013-2016 (WCPA)
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
FAO, SPREP
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Field activitiesProviding methods and tools to coastal local communities for improving the management of marine resources
FundraisingSupporting coastal local communities in putting in place management methods and tools for local marine resources.
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.
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
Funraising efforts
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Capacity-buildingInform and train local communities on the importance of managing their local resources and provide methods and tools to do so.
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingIntroducing 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.