Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands

This perspective reflects on conservation efforts to increase the coverage of marine protected areas in Solomon Islands. We demonstrate that the current model in which international conservation NGOs provide technical and financial support to pilot projects, from which community-based resource manag...

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Main Authors: Van Der Ploeg, Jan, Sukulu, Meshach, Govan, Hugh, Eriksson, Hampus
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170222
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author Van Der Ploeg, Jan
Sukulu, Meshach
Govan, Hugh
Eriksson, Hampus
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description This perspective reflects on conservation efforts to increase the coverage of marine protected areas in Solomon Islands. We demonstrate that the current model in which international conservation NGOs provide technical and financial support to pilot projects, from which community-based resource management will spontaneously spread, is misguided. These site-based projects typically require substantial financial resources, ignore external threats to coastal ecosystems, and tend to bypass existing governance structures, which makes replication in other areas highly problematic. We argue that to effectively support indigenous peoples and local communities in the management of marine resources and, thereby, achieve biodiversity conservation outcomes at scale, it is necessary to move away from site-based conservation projects and focus instead on strengthening the capability of government agencies.
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spelling CGSpace1702222025-12-08T10:11:39Z Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands Van Der Ploeg, Jan Sukulu, Meshach Govan, Hugh Eriksson, Hampus co-management collective action small-scale fisheries marine protected areas fish pacific community-based conservation This perspective reflects on conservation efforts to increase the coverage of marine protected areas in Solomon Islands. We demonstrate that the current model in which international conservation NGOs provide technical and financial support to pilot projects, from which community-based resource management will spontaneously spread, is misguided. These site-based projects typically require substantial financial resources, ignore external threats to coastal ecosystems, and tend to bypass existing governance structures, which makes replication in other areas highly problematic. We argue that to effectively support indigenous peoples and local communities in the management of marine resources and, thereby, achieve biodiversity conservation outcomes at scale, it is necessary to move away from site-based conservation projects and focus instead on strengthening the capability of government agencies. 2024-12 2025-01-28T14:21:06Z 2025-01-28T14:21:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170222 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Jan Van Der Ploeg, Meshach Sukulu, Hugh Govan, Hampus Eriksson. (1/12/2024). Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands. Conservation Science and Practice, 6 (12).
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collective action
small-scale fisheries
marine protected areas
fish
pacific
community-based conservation
Van Der Ploeg, Jan
Sukulu, Meshach
Govan, Hugh
Eriksson, Hampus
Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title_full Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title_fullStr Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title_full_unstemmed Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title_short Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands
title_sort scaling up community based resource management in solomon islands
topic co-management
collective action
small-scale fisheries
marine protected areas
fish
pacific
community-based conservation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170222
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