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Tools for coastal planning, business development and behaviour change

GEF/IBRD Coral Reef CCRES

By IW:LEARN

April 19^th, 2017

The Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services (CCRES) Project is a regional technical support project that seeks to design and support the uptake of tools and models for valuing mangrove, seagrass and coral reef ecosystem services, with the potential to enhance the sustainability of marine-based enterprise and marine spatial planning in coastal communities across the East Asia-Pacific.

The tools will help community and district-level leaders address problems such as fish catch decline, water pollution, food insecurity and mangrove loss. They are designed to be used by people responsible for making coastal policy, managing coastlines, developing marine spatial plans and planning coastal development.

Selayar harbour. Photo credit: A. Lindsay

Selayar Fish market. Photo credit: A. Hooten

Tools include a guide for designing marine spatial plans and marine protected areas, a systems model for simulating future scenarios, a process for developing coastal eco-business and a tool for diagnosing the capacity of a community to strengthen coastal management.

“CCRES aims to help communities capture more of the benefits from healthy ecosystems and promote conservation, by demonstrating the links between ecosystem health, local benefit capture and community welfare,” said Melanie King, CCRES Project Director.

Selayar fish trap. Photo credit: M. Paterson

Indonesian fisheries. Photo credit: P. Mumby

Reef fish in Indonesia. Photo credit: P. Mumby

“We hope our suite of 17 tools, models and information products will provide mechanisms to help achieve this aim.”

CCRES is preparing for rollout of the tools over the coming months.

“We are currently testing and validating the tools with stakeholders and end users, before finalising them for distribution,” said Ms King.

Thrre boys in Bontolebang Village. Photo credit: M. Paterson

Hasanuddin student examining the diversity and cover of seagrass. Photo credit: Joleah Lamb

“To date, we have received valuable input which will allow us to better tailor the tools to meet the needs of our end users, and therefore increase update.”