Introduce the concept and programme of

GIAHS to the fisheries community

Discuss the GIAHS criteria in the context of

fisheries systems

Identify possible fisheries systems or

interested communities

Identify potential partners for fisheries and

GIAHS and way forward

Well accepted by fisheries experts - criteria could be applied to fisheries

It would be desirable to have high level principles which equally apply to fisheries, forestry and agriculture • Adaptation may be needed in the text including the

definition of GIAHS: “Remarkable land use systems and landscapes which are rich in globally significant biological diversity evolving from the co-adaption of community with its environment and its needs and aspirations for sustainable development”

Migration: Fish move • Fisheries often less ‘site specific’ (e.g. ‘traditional’

migrations in West Africa; transboundary stocks) • Challenges to conserve cultural heritage

Open access nature fisheries

Common property nature of fisheries resources

• Differences between state norms and local/traditional practices and resource management approaches

• Importance of the enabling environment is key

Biodiversity and ecosystem functions may be

different for fisheries • agriculture adds to systems while most fisheries

extracts from systems

• However both require healthy ecosystem functions

and biodiversity

Considerations for social inequalities in

fisheries • social inequalities need to be transformed

• Customs and culture change constantly – how to conserve

without constraining evolution and innovation (‘creative

destruction’)?

• Some customs may not be worth conserving (e.g. women

cannot go on a boat) and traditional systems may not always

be desirable (e.g. in terms of safety at sea)

How could fisheries sites be better promoted or encouraged to participate in GIAHS?

What types analysis or adaptation for fisheries specific circumstances needs to be done?

How can lessons learned from one type of system be transferred to others (eg terrestrial to marine, agriculture to aquaculture, etc) with the GIAHS initiative?

What types of partnerships or collaborative work should be undertaken? And how?

• Example - Indonesia work (including fisheries)

• The Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN)

• CBD Sustainable Oceans Initiative (SOI)