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Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Adaptive Marine Resource Management in Solomon Islands
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-03-15 03:26
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This brief presents a review of lessons learned and good practices in developing management plans within the context of community based resource management (CBRM) in Solomon Islands. The lessons are based on work done by the WorldFish Center, the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.
Lessons Learned from Community-Based Adaptive Marine Resource Management in Solomon Islands
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-03-15 03:18Summary:
This brief presents a review of lessons learned
and good practices in developing management
plans within the context of community based
resource management (CBRM) in Solomon
Islands. The lessons are based on work done by
the WorldFish Center, the Foundation of the
Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)
and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries
and Marine Resources. The document is
intended to complement other initiatives in the
country and through the Solomon Islands
Locally Managed Marine Area Network add to
lessons learned by other organizations in order
to help the people and the government of the
Solomon Islands meet their marine resource
management goals.
WorldFish lessons are a compilation from two
ACIAR funded projects: (1) Improving
sustainability and profitability of village sea
cucumber fisheries in the Solomon Islands; and
(2) Improving resilience and adaptive capacity
of fisheries-dependent communities in Solomon
Islands (the
Adaptation Experience:
Through the 'Resilience' project, WorldFish has adopted the overarching 'Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries' (EAF) management, within which work is structured around a Participatory Diagnosis Adaptive Management (PDAM) framework (Figure 1, Andrew et al., 2007, Evans and Andrew 2009).
Results and Learning:
Key lessons:
- Initiatives in community resource management that develop from genuine requests for participation from entire communities, have realistic expectations, secure stakeholder access to land and sea, and compensate for language barriers can successfully identify risks and threats to communities in order to guide adaptation planning and the assessment of possible supplementary livelihoods.
- Good community management institutions must be created and/or strengthened, provincial and national fishery officers should be brought on board, and research-for-development partnerships should be sealed with formal agreements and facilitated with effective communication.
- Management plans and monitoring methods should be simple and straightforward, tailored to local conditions so that they build on existing community norms and are realistic and sustainable.
- Decision-making tools and skills for adaptive community resource management enhance stakeholder capacity in general, improving community governance, cooperation and cohesion.
Sustainability:
Investment in strengthening management institutions within communities may be necessary. This may include training on tools for adaptive management, or helping community members to clarify local mechanisms for resolving (or preventing) conflicts and misunderstandings. A management institution that can effectively manage their resources and/or solve problems will be stronger for not needing to be dependent on outside institutions, will gain the community's trust and assist in general community governance. This supports the Solomon Islands government's initiative to empower communities to be able to manage their resources effectively with little outside intervention and is envisaged as a mechanism to enable the sustainability of management plans and thus, help improve livelihoods of rural people.
Replication:
Replication was not explicitly discussed, but refer to attached document for further details.
