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CAPABILITY STATEMENT
2013
A PLANET WHERE FUTURE GENERATIONS THRIVE IN HARMONY WITH THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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OUR MISSION: TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION EFFORTS WORLDWIDE BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL INDIVIDUALS
AND INSTITUTIONS THROUGH GRASSROOTS RESEARCH AND TRAINING INITIATIVES
CONTENTS:
WHO WE ARE DIRECTORS MESSAGE OUR ETHOS OUR TARGET REGIONS
MADAGASCAR AND INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS PHILIPPINES AND MICRONESIA FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
IN BRIEF WHAT WE DO
ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS ASSESSMENTS MAPPING AND MONITORING OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL EVALUATIONS OF NATURAL RESOURCES TRAINING AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING SOCIAL MARKETING AND OUTREACH FOR CONSERVATION CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS
OUR EXPERTISE:
ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS ASSESSMENTS MAPPING AND MONITORING OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL EVALUATIONS OF NATURAL RESOURCES TRAINING AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING SOCIAL MARKETING AND OUTREACH FOR CONSERVATION CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS
OUR ETHOS..
WHAT WE DO
AT LEAST 97% OF OUR ANNUAL DONOR INCOME GOES DIRECTLY TO CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES THE REMAINING 3% IS USED TO HELP GENERATE MORE FUNDS. THIS INCLUDES PRINTING PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, PUBLICIZING OUR PROGRAMMES AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS. WE ARE THE ONLY BRITISH NON-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WORKING OUT OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR EXPENSIVE UK OVERHEADS.
FUND GENERATION
CORE COSTS
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
WHAT WE DONT DO
WASTE PRECIOUS FUNDS ON EXPENSIVE UK OVERHEADS. TOP DOWN CONSERVATION ALL OUR EFFORTS ARE CONCENTRATED AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE
LIVE AND WORK
EMPLOY EXPATS TO WORK ON OUR PROGRAMMES. ALL OF OUR STAFF WERE BORN IN THE COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE WORK, HELPING US TACKLE DEEP ROOTED SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
MADA GASCA R
BUSUANGA ISLAND
PHILIPPINES
N A W A L PA
KIA ISLAND
EVU L A VANU
FIJI ISLANDS
VITI LEVU
WE
HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH SOME OF THE POOREST COMMUNITIES AND MOST THREATENED SPECIES AND HABITATS AROUND THE WORLD, HELPING TO SECURE THEIR FUTURES THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION AND MONITORING OF IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCES. ALL OF OUR FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN TECHNICAL REPORTS, PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS AND LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL AS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA, ENSURING WE SHARE LESSONS LEARNED AND COLLABORATE WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS TO FULFIL THE COMMON GOAL OF COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION.
IN BRIEF...
ECOGUIDE TRAINING
LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN PALAWAN ISLAND OF BUSUANGA THE TEAM HAVE BEEN FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS
ON BUILDING UP LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS FOR FISHING COMMUNITIES. IN 2013 MORE THAN 50 LOCAL INHABITANTS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND YOUTH, RECEIVED ACCREDITED TRAINING IN TOUR GUIDING. THIS HAS ENABLED THEM TO FORM TOURISM COOPERATIVES AND GENERATE INCOME THROUGH TAKING VISITORS TO CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLACES OF INTEREST.
WE
POSSESS A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTISE IN THE MONITORING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY THAT COMMUNITIES DEPEND ON FOR SUBSISTENCE AND INCOME. WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE POOREST COMMUNITIES AND MOST THREATENED SPECIES AND HABITATS AROUND THE WORLD.
A MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR WORK IS THE INTERACTIONS OF HUMAN SOCIETIES WITH THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES. WE BELIEVE THAT SUCCESSFUL
CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES ARE DEPENDENT ON COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE PASSIONATE BELIEVERS IN THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING HUMAN AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ALL OF OUR WORK AIMS TO LEAVE A LEGACY OF SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH TEAMS OF WELLTRAINED LOCAL CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS.
WE
HAVE EARNED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR OUR EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE OUTREACH PROJECTS. COMMUNITIES CAN ONLY BE FULLY IMPLICATED IN CONSERVATION BY SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF THE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
CONSERVATION SUCCESS CAN ONLY BE MEASURED THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF EFFECTIVE ACTION; WE HAVE A HUGE PORTFOLIO OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROJECT SITES.
WE KNOW THAT USING NETS WITH SMALL MESH SIZES IS BAD, BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. THE ONLY FISH LEFT IN THE BAY ARE TINY, AND OUT AT SEA THE WAVES ARE TOO BIG FOR OUR PIROGUES AND WE RISK DEATH. JEAN CLAUDE, MALAGASY FISHERMAN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS...
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Moore JE, Cox TM, Lewison RL, Read AJ, Bjorkland R, McDonald SL, Crowder LB, Aruna E, Ayissi I, Espeut P, Joynson-Hicks C, Pilcher N, Poonian CNS, Solarin B, and Kiszka J (2010) AN INTERVIEW-BASED APPROACH TO ASSESS MARINE MAMMAL AND SEA TURTLE CAPTURES IN ARTISANAL FISHERIES Biological Conservation 143:795-805 Poonian CNS, Davis PZR, Kearns-McNaughton C (2010) IMPACTS OF RECREATIONAL DIVERS ON PALAUAN CORAL REEFS AND OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT. Pacific Science 64:557-565 Poonian CNS, Hauzer MD, Moussa Iboura C (2009) CHALLENGES FOR EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CO-MANAGED MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE COMOROS ISLANDS. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008 11771181 Hauzer M, Poonian C, Moussa Iboura C (2008) MOHLI MARINE PARK, COMOROS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF THE CO-MANAGEMENT APPROACH. In Obura DO, Tamelander J, Linden O (Eds) Ten years after bleaching - facing the consequences of climate change in the Indian Ocean.CORDIO Status Report 2008. Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean/Sida-SAREC. Mombasa. http//:www.cordioea.org Poonian CNS , Hauzer MD , Ben Allaoui A, Cox TM, Moore JE, Read AJ, Lewison RL, Crowder LB (2008) RAPID ASSESSMENT OF SEA TURTLE AND MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH IN THE UNION OF THE COMOROS. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 7:207 216 Kiszka J, Muir M, Poonian C, Cox T, Amir OA, Bourjea J, Razafindrakoto Y, Wambiji N, Bristol N (2008) MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN: REVIEW AND NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STATUS ASSESSMENT. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 7:119 136
Technical Reports:
WIOMSA (2011) MIGRANT FISHERS AND FISHING IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT. Final Report of Commissioned Research Project MASMA/CR/2008/02. Community Centred Conservation (C3) (2011) BLUEPRINT FOR A REGIONAL DUGONG CONSERVATION STRATEGY A METHODS GUIDE FOR THE SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN. Policy Brief May 2011 C3 Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme (2010) RAPID ASSESSMENT OF DUGONGS AND THEIR SEAGRASS HABITAT IN NORTHERN MADAGASCAR. A Report Submitted to the Convention On Migratory Species Of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretariat, Abu Dhabi. C3 Technical Report Series No. 6. ISSN 1754-5188. Davis, PZR, Kearns CM (2005) KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE CERTIFICATION MANUAL. Final Edits by The Environment, Inc., The Nature Conservancy, Palau Conservation Society and Koror State Department of Conservation and Law Enforcement and the Coral Reef Research Foundation. 172pp. Davis PZR (2004) CURRENT STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE OF DUGONGS IN PALAU: A REVIEW AND PROJECT SUMMARY REPORT. The Nature Conservancy Pacific Island Countries Report No. 7/04. 44pp.