Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Foundation for Environmental Conservation
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
13p. : 29cm.
Call Number
VF 7823
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41183
Legacy PEIN ID:
81269
General Notes
Available in hardcopy|Restricted access - SPREP staff only
Subject Heading(s)
Integrated coastal management - Oceania
Integrated island management - Tropical Pacific - Oceania
Community-based management - Implementation - Oceania
Abstract
Despite a growing body of literature on integrated landsea management (ILSM), very little critical assessment has been conducted in order to evaluate ILSM in practice on island systems. Here we develop indicators for assessing 10 integrated island management principles and evaluate the performance of planning and implementation in four island ILSM projects from the tropical Pacific across different governance structures. We find that where customary governance is still strongly respected and enabled through national legislation, ILSM in practice can be very effective at restricting access and use according to fluctuations in resource availability. However, decision-making under customary governance systems may be vulnerable to mismanagement. Governmentled ILSM processes have the potential to design management actions that address the spatial scale of ecosystem processes and threats within the context of national policy and legislation, but may not fully capture broad stakeholder interests, and implementation may be poorly coordinated across highly dispersed island archipelagos. Private sector partnerships offer unique opportunities for resourcing island ILSM, although these are highly likely to be geared towards private sector interests that may change in the future and no longer align with community and/or national objectives. We identify consistent challenges that arise during island ILSM planning and implementation and offer recommendations for improvement.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Foundation for Environmental Conservation
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
13p. : 29cm.
Call Number
VF 7823
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41183
Legacy PEIN ID:
81269
General Notes
Available in hardcopy|Restricted access - SPREP staff only
Record Created: 21-Mar-2017
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020