Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

download Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

of 12

Transcript of Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    1/12

    Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities

    Vanuatu

    AMAL-CRAB BAYCOMMUNITY RESOURCEMANAGEMENT INITIATIVE

    Empowered live

    Resilient nation

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    2/12

    UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES

    Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo

    or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth

    their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition

    themselves guiding the narrative.

    To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser

    that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ

    to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models

    replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power o Local Action: Lessons rom 10 Years

    the Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.

    Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database.

    EditorsEditor-in-Chie: Joseph Corcoran

    Managing Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding

    Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughe

    Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,

    Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Brandon Payne, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu

    DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Pa

    Brandon Payne, Mariajos Satizbal G.

    AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Amal-Crab Bay Community Resource Management Initiative, and in particular

    guidance and inputs o Kevin Mores. All photo credits courtesy o the Amal-Crab Bay Community Resource Management Initiative. M

    courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.

    Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Amal - Crab Bay Community Resource Management Initiative, Vanuatu. Equator Initiat

    Case Study Series. New York, NY.

    http://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view=casestudysearch&Itemid=858http://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdf
  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    3/12

    PROJECT SUMMARYThe successes o the Amal-Crab Bay initiative in conservingmarine resources in their tabu area, located on theeastern coastline o the island o Malekula, Vanuatu, hasbeen underpinned by the use o a traditional resourcemanagement system and innovative awareness-raisingeorts. The bay orms part o the Port Stanley mangrovearea, and is home to extensive ringing rees, sea grass beds,and a high abundance o crabs. This resource is critical orlocal livelihoods and ood security, and has been the ocuso sustainable harvesting regulations since 2002, when

    community chies instituted a ban on harvesting within themangrove orests.

    These community-led eorts have been strengthenedwith support rom an array o international partners; as aresult, the initiative has overseen an increase in marine andcoastal resources, compiled an evidence base or the baysmangrove ecosystem, and developed local ecotourisminrastructure.

    KEY FACTS

    EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2006

    FOUNDED: 2002

    LOCATION: Malekula island, Malampa Province

    BENEFICIARIES: Indigenous Melanesian communities

    BIODIVERSITY: Marine species in Crab Bay and Amal areas

    3

    AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITYRESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVEVanuatu

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Background and Context 4

    Key Activities and Innovations 6

    Biodiversity Impacts 8

    Socioeconomic Impacts 8

    Policy Impacts 9

    Sustainability 10

    Partners 10

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    4/12

    4

    Crab Bay is a critically important area or biodiversity in the Pacicrchipelago o Vanuatu, situated in Malampa Province, on the central

    astern coastline o the island o Malekula. The bay orms part o the

    ort Stanley mangrove area, and is composed o extensive ringing

    ees with sea grass beds. The area is particularly well-known or its

    igh abundance o crabs, hence its name; the bay is also home to

    high diversity o invertebrate species and n shes, and provides

    oosting and eeding grounds or a variety o internationally

    ndangered species such as turtles, dugongs, and some terrestrial

    mammals.

    he local populations o Crab Bay and the neighbouring area o

    Amal totaled around 1,500 in 2005, living in sixteen communities

    ispersed along the eastern coastline. These indigenous Melanesianommunities speak the uripiv dialect and share traditional

    ustomary belies typical o the small Nambas people o central

    Malekula. Approximately eighty percent o the population is

    ngaged in shing and arming to eed their amilies and earn cash

    ncome; the remaining twenty percent are paid workers at the areas

    wo large employers: a cattle ranch and a coconut plantation. A

    igh percentage o local people use the bays marine resources to

    upplement their income and meet ood security needs; the table

    elow demonstrates the extent to which coastal communities are

    eliant on the areas natural resources or their subsistence and

    velihoods.

    Cardisoma carniex: a critical local resource

    One important source o protein is the land crab Cardisoma carniex

    these are harvested daily by women who trade surplus catches or

    ash at the local markets. Harvesting o land crabs or subsistence

    ates to the 1980s; prior to this, French plantation owners had

    estricted local access to the Crab Bay and Amal areas, allowing the

    pecies to ourish.

    With an increasing population and the advent o a cash economy

    eading to an increased demand or cash income, the supply o

    land crabs in the bay began to decline in the late 1990s. Withew years, crab collectors reported nding it increasingly difcu

    harvest a sufcient number o crabs; their collecting methods w

    conversely, seen as the cause o this decline. Collectors were u

    baits and nets to trap crabs, as well as digging out individuals

    holes and using lights in night shing to bundle enough crab

    sale in nearby markets. In September 2002, in response to the t

    o declining land crab numbers, community chies instituted a

    on the mangrove orests and rees within the bay to prohibit

    collection, supported by the Malampa Provincial Authority.

    use o a customary resource prohibition eectively establish

    temporary no-take zone, aimed at allowing the replenishme

    crab resources. This created the Amal-Krabbei Tabu Eria (AKT

    management committee was subsequently established to oveits implementation, marking the beginning o the Amal-Crab

    Community Resource Management Initiative.

    The initial process o instituting the tabu was undertaken wit

    providing clear inormation to the rest o the community a

    either its purpose or the rules they were supposed to obs

    however. Consequently, poaching activities persisted in the

    area. Weak management o the marine area was compounde

    a lack o ecological inormation on land crabs, meaning that

    evidence base or prohibiting their harvesting was lacking. Fin

    existing national policies and legislation that could have suppo

    local action were instead ocused on high-value commercial spe

    and gave less consideration to resources such as the land crab

    are used primarily or subsistence needs.

    International support catalyzing improved manageme

    In November 2003, the International Waters Project (IWP) c

    AKTE as the site or its pilot programme on community reso

    management in Vanuatu. The IWP ran rom 2000 to 2006, wor

    with pilot communities in ourteen Pacic Island countrie

    nd practical ways to strengthen environmental manageme

    three key areas: coastal sheries, waste reduction, and reshw

    Background and Context

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    5/12

    55

    rotection. The project was unded through the Global Environment

    acility (GEF) and co-managed by the Secretariat o the Pacic

    egional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP). In Vanuatu, the IWP ocused

    n promoting management systems at the community, provincial

    nd national levels that would support sustainable management o

    nshore sheries resources.

    he combination o local ownership and international support has

    llowed the AKTE initiative to tackle the initial challenges it aced.

    As well as the lack o awareness o the need or conservation, the

    aucity o empirical data on ecological conditions, and the absence

    institutional support, these challenges included the scattered

    istribution o the sixteen member communities, transport

    ifculties in accessing the project site, the lack o a reshwater

    ource near the site, and rising sea levels. Financial and technicalssistance have empowered local actors to overcome many o

    these challenges, steadily improving the efciency and resilien

    management eorts in delivering results or the coastal econ

    and ecosystem.

    The achievements o the AKTE initiative to date include signi

    increases in the abundance o marine and coastal resou

    improved local management capacity, national and internat

    recognition, and an improved evidence base or the areas mang

    ecosystem. The tabu area has provided a site or the regenera

    o other marine species in addition to land crabs: in 2003,

    Vanuatu Fisheries Department released 400 adult trochuniloticus) specimens in protective cages or spawning within

    tabu area. Recent work has included the development o ecotou

    capabilities and the building o an inormation centre or the are

    April 2011, the initiatives management committee voted to ex

    the implementation o the AKTE tabu area and resource regulauntil 2016.

    The communities have experienced the impacts of climate change; the communities have adapte

    to these changes by promoting the natural regeneration of coastline species to combat coastlin

    erosion, planting in subsistence gardening outside traditional farming calendars; planting tre

    on farm land; and reviving traditional farming techniques.

    Kevin Mores, Amal-Crab Bay Community Resource Management Initiative

    Table 1: Income sources recorded by IWPDP Household Survey (IWPDP 2005) in eighteen Crab Bay villages

    Village Sources of income mentioned

    Barrick Copra, cocoa, pigs, chicken, timber

    Bushmans Bay Copra, cocoa, pigs, sh

    Jinenarong Copra, ood crops, cocoa, pigs, Cardisoma crabs, sh, shell sh

    Hatbol Copra, cocoa, pigs, chickens, timber, pandanus handicrats, bread & gateau, natangura thatch panels

    Limap Copra, cocoa, pigs, chickens, shell sh, timber, kava, pandanus handicrats

    Lingarakh Copra, cocoa, chicken, timber, pandanus handicrats, bread

    Louni Copra, ood crops, cocoa, Cardisoma crabs, pigs, sh

    Mapbest Copra, cocoa, pigs

    New Bush Copra, ood crops, cocoa, chickens

    Port Nabe Copra, ood crops, pigs, chickens, Cardisoma crabs, sh, shell sh, pandanus handicrats, octopus

    Portindir Copra, ood crops, cocoa, pigs, chickens, Cardisoma crabs, sh, trochus, shell sh

    Robako Copra, cocoa, ood crops

    Taremb Copra, cocoa, ood crops, pandanus handicrats, rewood

    Tenbibi Copra, ood crops, cocoa, pandanus handicrats, rewood

    Tevaliaut Copra, cocoa, ood crops, pigs, chickens, sh, vanilla, bee

    TevriCopra, ood crops, pigs, chickens, Cardisoma crabs, sh, trochus, shell sh, pandanus handicrats, rewood, octop

    rolls o pandanus leaves

    Uri island Copra, ood crops, cocoa, chickens, Cardisoma crabs, sh, trochus, shellsh, mangrove, oyster, octopus, clam shell

    Vilavi Copra, trochus, pandanus handicrats

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    6/12

    6

    Key Activities and Innovations

    he AKTE mandate includes two zones: the tabu area, in whicharvesting is prohibited, and an access area that extends along the

    oast, in which regulations ensure that crab harvesting is conducted

    n a sustainable ashion. The AKTE Committee has established clear

    ules to govern both, on display within the bay area. The strict

    protection o biodiversity within the tabu area has spillover eects

    or the access area, ensuring a reuge area or breeding stocks o

    marine species.

    Tabu area prohibitions:

    No terrestrial or marine resources, including plants and animals,

    may be killed or removed rom the AKTE.

    No non-living resources, including dead wood, stones, shells,coral rubble, or sand, may be removed rom the AKTE.

    All household waste must be disposed in disposal drums in the

    area.

    No person may make res or cook ood outside the areas

    barbecue house (constructed recently or tourism purposes.)

    No person may enter the tabu area without the authorization o

    the AKTE committee.

    Authorized visitors must pay 1,000 Vatu (approximately USper small truck and boat, or 1,500 VT (USD 16) per large truc

    enter the tabu area, and must be accompanied by a memb

    the AKTE committee. They are subject to all rules o the tab

    Passengers o yachts are allowed to swim and walk in the A

    or a 1,000 VT usage ee. They are subject to all rules o the

    Members o the AKTE committee may enter or the purpo

    maintenance and monitoring activities. They may cut bran

    on roads and paths, but are subject to all other rules o the

    Access area sustainable use regulations:

    A person may collect max. 30 crabs to eat, and 80 to sell, pe

    Crabs must be larger than our ngers across their carapabe harvested.

    Crabs with eggs must not be harvested.

    The access area is divided among the sixteen local commun

    Each community access area is subject to local rules

    regulations, which must be respected by all comm

    members.

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    7/12

    7

    Enorcement:

    or all violations o the tabu area rules, a 5,000 VT (approximately

    USD 53) ne is levied per entrance into the area. For instance, i a

    roup or individual enters on three separate occasions to remove

    rabs or sand, the ne would be 15,000 VT. This ne must be paid

    o the AKTE Committee within a period o two weeks. Violations o

    ocal access area rules are the responsibility o the respective local

    ommunities, however.

    norcement o the tabu area regulations, rom monitoring

    nringements to giving and collecting penalty nes, is carried out

    y the AKTE Committee. In the case o disputed penalties, parties

    may state their claim to the committee, which will then make a nal

    ecision. Ensuring that violators pay nes is delegated to individual

    illage chies; where necessary, the Malampa Police Department also

    as the responsibility to ensure that guilty parties pay the necessary

    nes.

    Monitoring:

    As well as governing resource use, the AKTE Committee is responsible

    or overseeing biological and socioeconomic monitoring. In 2004,

    ommunity volunteers were trained in collecting baseline data and

    onducting ongoing studies. Five principal methods have been

    mployed in these eorts: ree checks, monitoring marine resources

    including sh, invertebrates, and coral health; crab surveys, u

    regular land crab counts; market surveys, tracking sales o crab

    the local Lakatoro market; socioeconomic surveying, assessing

    use o crabs and other resources at the household level; and tro

    assessments, measuring stocks and harvest sizes o T. niloticus

    snails, a valuable local resource.

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    8/12

    8

    Impacts

    BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS

    The biodiversity benets o the Crab Bay tabu area have been seen

    n increased populations o various marine species collected by local

    ommunities or consumption and sale in local markets, as well as

    marked improvements in the mangrove orests and ree ecosystems.

    n 2004, AKTE community volunteers took part in a stock assessment

    nd ree check, recording the benets o sustainable management

    or species including land crab, mangrove and terrestrial orests,

    rochus, turtle, dugong, clams, coral rees, Crown-o-thorns starsh,

    humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), mangrove bats, and various

    eabird species.

    Resource use regulations have positively benetted the AKTE

    arget species o land crabs, as demonstrated by regular surveys

    o Cardisoma crab harvests taken rom the projects access areas.

    Between 2005 and 2010, the crab harvest increased rom 27,760

    o 119,300, representing an increase o around 430%. This steady

    ncrease in annual harvests has validated the efcacy o the tabu and

    ccess area regulations or the Crab Bay and Amal communities, and

    has resulted in the extension o the AKTE period until 2016.

    SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS

    The AKTE initiative has generated economic benets or the

    members o its constituent communities through two mainhannels. The organization collects money through ees or access to

    he conservation site, as well as an anchorage ee or mooring yachts

    n the access area. This is an income stream that the project hopes to

    exploit through the urther development o ecotourism. The AKTE

    Committee has also begun collecting revenue rom the use o the

    newly-constructed inormation centre. These revenues have been

    einvested in building a water system at the project site.

    The second source o economic benet or the communities o Amal

    nd Crab Bay has come through increased sales o land crabs at

    market. The increase in harvests noted between 2005 and 201

    430% has translated into an increase in annual sales rom 555

    VT (USD 6,019) to 2,386,000 VT (USD 25,868) over the same pe

    emphasizing the substantial benet o sustainable crab harve

    to local communities. Cardisoma crabs are also a common so

    o meat or villagers within the project area. While most meat

    eaten a ew times a month, Cardisoma are typically gathered

    4 times a week by 95% o local households; the increase in

    availability has thereore also improved local ood security.

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    9/12

    The economic value o the areas natural resources extends beyond

    cash income realized rom the sale o commercial species. Fornstance, several types o mangrove and other tree species are used

    as door posts, ence posts, poles in gardens, place markers, bows,

    arrows and spears, axe handles, and house raters. Socioeconomic

    urveys conducted in 2004 and 2005 detail the high degree o

    eliance on coastal and marine biodiversity or a variety o uses; the

    ustainable management o these resources since 2002 has ensured

    hat communities have continued to benet rom Crab Bays range

    o provisioning ecosystem services.

    POLICY IMPACTS

    The Amal-Crab Bay Community Resource Management Initiative

    has had a signicant impact on policies aimed at the sustainablemanagement o marine and coastal resources within Vanuatu,

    orming a key component o the International Waters Project

    trategy or the country and within the Pacic region. This has been

    olidied by the presence o three representatives o the AKTE

    communities being given positions in the Vanuatu Department

    o Forestry, Fisheries and Agriculture. Technical experts rom the

    department in these respective elds have also visited the site to

    provide assistance.

    The prole o the group has been boosted in recent years b

    inclusion in the IUCN Mangroves Ecosystem or Climate Chand Livelihoods (MESCAL) project, with support rom UND

    Vanuatu. The MESCAL project ocuses on activities in ve P

    Island Countries Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Sa

    to address key challenges or mangrove management

    conservation. The Crab Bay initiative has been selected as a

    site or this project, running rom 2011-2013, in recognition o

    positive impacts o community-based conservation eorts o

    areas mangrove ecosystems, seen as vital or local adaptatio

    climate change. In turn, this has supported the groups claim or

    recognition o the conservation site by the Vanuatu governme

    In addition to having an impact on national policy, A

    Committee members play important roles in local institutionsorganisation is represented by thirteen members on the bo

    o two local secondary schools and our primary schools, w

    two representatives work in private enterprises in local coc

    plantations. At the level o Malampa province, ve AKTE Comm

    members sit on the Provincial Authoritys Technical Adv

    Committee. The initiatives sixteen village chies are membe

    the provincial Malmetenvanu Council o Chies, an umbrella b

    bringing together the provinces traditional leaders.

    9

    Fig. 1: Annual Land Crab Harvests, 2005-2010

    Source: AKTE.

    0

    5

    10

    15

    20

    25

    30

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    120

    140

    2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

    Income(VT,m

    illions)

    Totalrealsales(crabs,thousands)

    Harvest Income (VT)

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    10/12

    10

    Sustainability and Replication

    SUSTAINABILITYhe sustained impact o the AKTE initiative is largely based on the

    trong support it enjoys among its sixteen constituent communities.

    his is evidenced by the internal replication o the tabu approach

    o conserving the areas natural heritage. Five member communities

    ave established similar restricted access arrangements to their river

    esources, replicating the success o the AKTE model on smaller

    cales.

    n addition to this social sustainability, the organisation is attempting

    o become nancially sel-sustainable through the development o

    cotourism. Beginning in 2008, the AKTE Committees Eco-culturalourism Project used unding rom the Global Environment Facility to

    tart work on the AKTE Inormation Centre. This was supplemented

    y unds raised rom a one-time harvesting o trochus in 2009; these

    unds were used to begin the construction o a barbecue house that

    will serve tourists. In 2010, the outer walls o both constructions were

    ompleted, while an AKTE community member has participated in

    n eco-guide workshop. An increase in tourism numbers over the

    ext ew years would generate revenue rom conservation area

    ntrance ees and associated enterprise growth.

    Environmental education and awareness-raising

    Another strategy being employed to improve long-termustainability is that o environmental education. With the support

    the provincial government authority and rom international JICA

    olunteers, AKTE has developed a pilot Crab Bay Environmental

    ducation programme. The organization educates young pupils

    rom local schools and communities about traditional methods

    conservation. Designated community representatives act as

    nowledge resources or this programme, while the management

    ommittee has recently identied uture representatives to succeed

    he sixteen current representatives o the member communities. In

    010 and 2011, the organization provided environmental training

    to ve schools and all sixteen communities with unding rom

    provincial government.

    This has also used traditional drama to convey educational mess

    on conservation, supported by the Wan Smolbag Theatre group

    Vanuatu-based group o actors works with communities on so

    health, human rights and environmental issues, and has success

    developed an awareness-raising River Play, emphasizing

    importance o community conservation o coastal rivers and stre

    as reshwater sources.

    PARTNERS

    The various partners to the AKTE initiative have clearly dened

    and responsibilities; the multi-stakeholder approach to sustain

    management has been a key actor in the projects sustainabilit

    AKTE Committee: the central actor in the initiative; respon

    or implementing management and monitoring activ

    keeping nancial and event records, accompanying visitors

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    11/12

    1111

    tabu area, maintaining roads and paths in tabu area, enorcing

    the tabu, disseminating inormation rom committee meeting

    decisions to local communities, making changes to rules and

    management decisions o the tabu, and recommending any

    changes o AKTE Committee membership to chies.

    Village Chies: approve changes in the AKTE Committee

    membership ater consulting communities; assists the AKTE

    Committee in enorcing rules and regulations.

    Fisheries Department: provides advice and technical support orthe management o AKTE and collecting monitoring data.

    Forestry Department: provides advice and technical support or

    management o AKTE.

    Environment Department: provides advice and technical

    support or the management o AKTE and analyzing data.

    Provincial Authorities and police: provide enorcement support

    to the AKTE Committee, i necessary.

    Mapest and Bushmans Bay plantations: two private plantations

    play a role in monitoring entrance into access areas.

    Local acilitators: provide inormation on management decisions

    and tabu regulations to the communities.

    Local communities: assist in monitoring activities and consent

    to management decisions taken by AKTE.

    International support has come rom UNDP, the Global Environm

    Facility (GEF), and the International Waters Project (IWP) thro

    the Departments o Forestry and Fisheries. The project has

    benetted rom the support o international volunteers thro

    JICA, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

    Wan Smolbag Theatre was created in 1989 by a group o part-

    actors to work with communities on social, health, human ri

    and environmental issues. With only one small bag to carry acostumes (Wan Smolbag in Bislama, pidgin English), the tro

    produces plays and drama sketches, and conducts participa

    drama workshops in Vanuatus most remote villages. The suc

    o the theatre has triggered interest rom government agen

    non-governmental organizations and development program

    looking to raise awareness about sustainable development.

    Wan Smolbag Theatre has produced short (20- to 50-minute) the

    pieces and videos on environmental, health, human rights

    population issues in remote villages located on more than sev

    islands.

  • 7/27/2019 Case Studies UNDP: AMAL-CRAB BAY COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE, Vanuatu

    12/12

    FURTHER REFERENCE

    Vanuatu Environment Unit. 2007. Socioeconomic study o the Crab Bay villages o Central Malekula, Vanuatu. IWP-Pacic Technical Re

    (International Waters Project) Nos. 46 and 47.

    Overview: sprep.org/att/publication/000554_IWP_PTR46.pd

    Detailed ndings: sprep.org/att/publication/000555_IWP_PTR47.pd

    Pascal, N. 2011. CostBeneft analysis o community based marine protected areas: 5 case studies in Vanuatu, South Pacifc. 107 pp. Com

    nent 3A, Socioeconomic and coral ree ecosystems. CRISP Research reports. CRIOBE (EPHE/CNRS), Insular Research Center and Env

    ment Observatory, Moorea, French Polynesia. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/nicolas_pascal_2011_cba_mma_spc.pd

    Equator Initiative

    Environment and Energy Group

    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

    304 East 45th Street, 6th Floor

    New York, NY 10017

    Tel: +1 646 781-4023

    www.equatorinitiative.org

    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UNs global development network, advocating or change

    onnecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better lie.

    The Equator Initiative brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses and grassroots organizati

    o recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions or people, nature and resilient communities.

    2012 by Equator Initiative

    All rights reserved

    Click the thumbnails below to read more case studies like this:

    http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000554_IWP_PTR46.pdfhttp://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000555_IWP_PTR47.pdfhttp://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/nicolas_pascal_2011_cba_mma_spc.pdfhttp://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/nicolas_pascal_2011_cba_mma_spc.pdfhttp://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000555_IWP_PTR47.pdfhttp://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000554_IWP_PTR46.pdfhttp://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/com_winners/casestudy/case_1348067564.pdfhttp://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/com_winners/casestudy/case_1348261414.pdfhttp://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/com_winners/casestudy/case_1348150773.pdf