Pacific Coastal Fisheries: Food Security and Climate Change
- Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),
- Other member countries and territories of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community,
- Papua New Guinea (PNG),
- Solomon Islands,
- Pacific
ENTRY DATE: 09.03.2012 | LAST UPDATE: 09.03.2012
SCALE:
- Sub-regional Level
TARGET AREA:
- Rural
BEST PRACTICE IN:
- Project Implementation
KEY SECTOR:
- Food Security
FUNDING AMOUNT:
Description of Intervention
Understanding the impacts of climate change on coastal fisheries and their management will be fundamental to adapting to climate change impacts and applying ecosystem-based adaptation. Building the understanding and capacity of our fisheries agency partners—at the national and provincial/state levels—will be critical in ensuring their ability to fully engage in climate change adaptation related activities, especially with community-based approaches. The fisheries component of this project will focus on ensuring that ecosystem-based approaches to climate change are effectively integrated within the ecosystem approach to fisheries, with a particular emphasis on community-based fisheries management, and the capacity and effectiveness of the national and provincial/state fisheries agencies to address and engage on climate change issues are measurably increased.
Problems to be Addressed
Ensuring that climate change adaptation approaches are effectively integrated within the ecosystem approach to fisheries, with a particular emphasis on community-based fisheries management. The capacity and effectiveness of the national and provincial/state fisheries agencies to effectively address, support and engage with communities are measurably increased.
Aims
This project will focus on ensuring that climate change adaptation approaches are effectively integrated within the ecosystem approach to fisheries.
Objectives
To ensure the integration of climate change adaptation into coastal fisheries and MPA work. Specifically, the objectives of the project include:
• To work with the national and provincial fisheries agencies in PNG and Solomon Islands to build the understanding and capacity to engage in climate change adaptation initiatives within the framework of community-based EAF management;
• To work with key local partners, including fisheries agencies in Micronesia, to build the understanding and capacity to effectively engage in climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation initiatives within the framework of community-based EAF management; and
• To work with key regional partners—Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the WorldFish Center—to better understand and incorporate climate change adaptation measures into the EAF management, as a key part of the Ongoing development and application of guidelines for community-based EAF management.
How it fits into the EbA concept
Integration of climate change adaptation approaches in the ecosystem approach to fisheries, with emphasis on community-based fisheries management and capacity and effectiveness of the national and provincial/state fisheries agencies to address, support and engage with communities.