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LWA: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems Program (IMCAFS-SUCCESS)

Program Summary

Alternative livelihoods, especially those benefitting women,are essential to improving the socio-economic conditions of coastal communities.

The SUCCESS program recognizes the people and institutions of the countries where it works as its primary partners and seeks to improve their well-being by promoting healthy coastal ecosystems and sustainable resource management through good governance. SUCCESS is designed around four mutually reinforcing components that connect community-based demonstrations of successful natural resources governance to supporting policies at the provincial, national, and regional scales.

This approach can be replicated and adapted to differences in context, complexity, and governance capacity of any coastal country. The four major Program components are:

• Achieving tangible on-the-ground results by:
  • Improving human well-being through healthy ecosystems and sustainable resource management
  • Implementing sustainable enterprises in coastal fisheries
  • Promoting ecosystem-based, low-impact aquaculture



• Increasing Capacity through Training by:
  • Providing active mentoring systems among peers within and across target regions
  • Developing locally-tailored integrated coastal management (ICM) curricula by universities in targeted countries
  • Increasing in-country extension capabilities on key ICM topics



• Establishing Regional Learning Networks with Effective Knowledge Management by:
  • Sharing information, technical expertise, experience and ideas on priority topics
  • Improving South-South and North-South cooperation
  • Encouraging field practitioners and applied researchers to better integrate their work



• Applying Science to Management and Good Governance by:
  • Increasing understanding of the relationships between human activities and the condition of coastal environments and resources
  • Applying methods for monitoring societal and ecosystem change at a range of spatial scales

Regional Activities

The SUCCESS Program is initiating its first core-funded pilot activities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) and East Africa (EAF) regions. SUCCESS will collaborate with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), EcoCostas, and other local organizations, to foster sustainability of coastal governance efforts by promoting regional learning networks and training programs for coastal management professionals.

The consortium will work to lay the foundation for university-based coastal extension programs modeled on the U.S. Sea Grant Program that will provide integrated services related to sustainable mariculture, community-based coastal management, small-scale tourism enterprises, and improved management of inshore fisheries.

Partners

The SUCCESS team is comprised of international and local partners with extensive experience and expertise in coastal ecosystem governance. The core team consists of:

• University of Rhode Island - Coastal Resources Center (URI-CRC): As the consortium leader, CRC has over 20 years of experience in the design, delivery, and evaluation of integrated coastal management (ICM) initiatives in developing nations.



• University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) - Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (UHH/PACRC): UHH brings to the team strong expertise in ICM, sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, and extension.



• U.S. Sea Grant Program: Sea Grant is the world’s premier network of university-based centers linking extension, education, and applied research on the issues of coastal management, fisheries, and aquaculture. For more information, visit www.nsgo.seagrant.org.



• The Nature Conservancy (TNC): TNC has substantial international marine conservation experience for protecting global biodiversity and implementing science-based natural resource management solutions.



• Conservation International (CI): CI works in more than 30 countries on four continents to conserve natural heritage and biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies can live harmoniously with nature.



• World Wildlife Fund (WWF): WWF is the world’s largest and most experienced international conservation organization, with 4.7 million supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.panda.org.