Title: No-take zones for communities and marine biodiversity: stakeholder engagement case study from Our Sea Our Life, northern Mozambique
Abstract: Event Abstract Back to Event No-take zones for communities and marine biodiversity: stakeholder engagement case study from Our Sea Our Life, northern Mozambique Jeremy Huet1*, Ana Pinto1, Melita Samoilys2 and Ercilio Chauque3 1 Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom 2 Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO), Kenya 3 Associação do Meio Ambiente (AMA), Mozambique No-take zones are a commonly used tool for the protection of critical nearshore habitats, species, biodiversity and ecosystem functions as well to aid in the recovery and sustainability of fisheries. These areas, however, only work when they are well enforced and compliance is high. Globally, many no-take zones are not effectively managed and the real challenge is often related to the active engagement of all stakeholders and decision makers, both prior to the creation of no-take zones, during implementation/establishment and afterwards. Stakeholders’ interests and awareness should be aligned to guarantee management interventions are based on a common understanding which will positively influence the effectiveness of no-take zones. Our Sea Our Life is a project implemented in northern Mozambique that is testing such a participatory decision-making process for further replication. This presentation will address examples of actions around no-take zones that a) increase community participation and interest in conservation; b) help to overcome the ‘opportunity costs’ of conservation; c) reduce coastal communities’ dependence on marine resources, and d) help to provide a sustainable form of income to support conservation activities. The project aims to develop a manual from lessons learnt and successes achieved in the field to help expand the approach elsewhere in Mozambique and beyond. Keywords: stakeholder engagement, No-take reserves, marine conservation, biodiversity conservation, Community participation Conference: IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research 2018, Peniche, Portugal, 5 Jul - 6 Jul, 2018. Presentation Type: Oral Presentation Topic: Biodiversity, Conservation and Coastal Management Citation: Huet J, Pinto A, Samoilys M and Chauque E (2019). No-take zones for communities and marine biodiversity: stakeholder engagement case study from Our Sea Our Life, northern Mozambique. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: IMMR'18 | International Meeting on Marine Research 2018. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2018.06.00083 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 04 May 2018; Published Online: 07 Jan 2019. * Correspondence: Mr. Jeremy Huet, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom, [email protected] Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Jeremy Huet Ana Pinto Melita Samoilys Ercilio Chauque Google Jeremy Huet Ana Pinto Melita Samoilys Ercilio Chauque Google Scholar Jeremy Huet Ana Pinto Melita Samoilys Ercilio Chauque PubMed Jeremy Huet Ana Pinto Melita Samoilys Ercilio Chauque Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.