Dr. Vera Agostini Scientist

Global Marine Team

What is EBM about?

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Perceiving the big picture

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Recognizing and maintaining connections

between habitats,

biodiversity and people

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Addressing the multiple needs

and desires of people

What is MSP

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What activities can we do where?

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A tool to implement EBM– We can address the big picture– We can address connections– We can address multiple needs

The big picture

Ecosystem = habitat + biology + people

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In marine systems everything is linked•

Taking into account these linkages is essential when we manage marine systems

The connections

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There are patterns in the sea, not all the same

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Patterns “play out”

spatially•

Organisms respond to those patterns

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People “use the ocean”

in response to those patterns

The multiple needs

TNC’s

focal areas

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Science•

Decision support

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Policy•

Action

Action some examples

• Raja Ampat, Indonesia• Saint Kitts and Nevis, Caribbean

Action common MSP project themes

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Integrating a diverse set of information

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Providing decision support•

Ensuring stakeholder participation

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Building capacity •

Linking science and policy

MSP for Raja Ampat MPA network

Raja Ampat

Integrating information a multi-objective database

Database on 

habitats, species, 

people and threats

Aerial surveys

Resource  use monitoring

Community mapping

Expert mapping

Satellite data

Coral Reef monitoring

Integrating information expert mapping

Decision support

Decision support

No take

Traditional use

General use

Ensuring stakeholder participation

• Stakeholder workshops• Community mapping• Community partnerships

Building capacity

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Partnering with government and NGOs–

Workshops

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EBM initiative

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Engaging stakeholders –

Working with communities

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Providing spatial management frameworks and tools

Linking science with policy

• TNC Policy staff in Jakarta• Inputs to management plans (national,

regional and local)• Technical support to management

agencies• Workshops attended by government

staff

Saint Kitts and Nevis

MSP for coastal waters of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Integrating information benthic mapping

Integrating information fisher surveys

Integrating information Expert mapping

Providing decision support

Ensuring stakeholder participation

• Steering committee meetings• Surveys• Workshops

– Visioning– Conflict matrix

Building capacity

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Partnering with government and NGOs–

Overall project coordination–

Field surveys–

Steering committee

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Engaging stakeholders –

Workshops–

Surveys

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Providing spatial management frameworks and tools

Linking science with policy

• Relationships with government (MOU, steering committee, workshops)

• Policy review and recommendations• Engagement with OECS process

Opportunities and challenges

• Implementing outcomes of MSP process for sustainable ocean management

• Facilitating sustainable development in rapidly growing areas• Achieving sustainable development (with conservation at its

core) by implementing a multiple objectives MSP approach

Opportunities and challenges

• Implementing outcomes from MSP for sustainable ocean management

• Facilitating sustainable development in rapidly growing areas• Achieving sustainable development (with conservation at its core)

by implementing a multiple objectives MSP approach

• Data collection and monitoring programs adjusted for multi- objective MSP needs

• Integrating info and truly addressing multiple objectives• Maintaining dynamic information base• Representing future growth (and climate change)• Addressing scale issues (coastal vs offshore, biodiversity vs use

information)• Stakeholder participation in a multi-use world• Governance • Enforcement• Commitment to funding, sustainable financing,

The flavor of all of this is geography and culture dependent!