Multi-sectoral coastal and marine management vision
This solution uses scientific information to prioritize sites of importance for conservation that are vulnerable to climate change on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services for Integrated Management
Ecosystem services were mapped and valued in a participatory process that included designing spatially-explicit scenarios of future human uses throughout Belize’s coastal zone.
Mangrove conservation, climate change and food security
The initiative focuses on helping to restore rice fields and mangroves that were once abandoned.
Kawawana community heritage area: good life recovered through conservation
Kawawana (“our local heritage to be preserved by us all”) is an estuarine territory where the ancient governance and management rules –renovated and agreed upon also by the municipal and regional governments – are finally again respected.
Interactive and transparent approach in marine spatial planning
The solution addresses stakeholder participation for planning and management of Israel’s marine space.
Implementation of Integrated Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning of Bontang
The new integrated spatial plan of Bontang City has been adopted by the local parliament in 2012 and is being implemented in parts.
Grenadines Marine Resource Space-use Information System (MarSIS)
The Grenadines MarSIS illustrates how a participatory geographic information system (PGIS) approach supported the development of demand-driven information on marine resources and spatial uses of the transboundary Grenada Bank.
Engaging the community in endangered species protection
This solution addresses raising awareness and effectively engaging the community in endangered species protection and marine conservation.
Effective zoning as a key spatial planning/management tool
This solution addresses how effective zoning has become a cornerstone for managing the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park.
East Atlantic Flyway partnership for the conservation of tidal flat ecosystems Banc d’Arguin – Wadden Sea
Europe’s Wadden Sea (DK, DE, NL) and Mauritania’s National Park Banc d’Arguin (PNBA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2014 to protect the migratory birds.
Development of a community-based marine turtle conservation program
This solution addresses the killing of sea turtles, egg poaching and the unawareness on their importance in Sierra Leone.
Coordinated multi-layered management for implementation of MSP across the GBR
This solution addresses achieving effective MPA management, especially with resource limitations, in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia