Mangrove Restoration in the Coastal Villages of Matafa'a
The Government of the Principality of Monaco
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Description
This specific partnership whilst led by OLSSI in Samoa is nevertheless linked to the related work of other development partners engaged in mangrove conservation and are linked to broad goals such as adaptation to climate change, food security, primary health, disaster risk management, good governance, advocacy, economic development, waste management, water quality management, fisheries hatchments, coastal marine enhancement, etc. This holistic and integrated approach will lead to sustainability in these individual but collective efforts and ensure the mangrove areas are further increased in terms of the total area percentage of Samoa covered by this key ecosystem for the benefit and the sustainable livelihood of our peoples in the long term future. At the centre of the governance issue are the coastal villages traditional governance systems to lead these initiatives as they are the ‘owners’ of these resources.Partnership with villages respect cultural protocols and the OLSSI methodology and approach takes this key element of community consultation as central as it is tantamount to their full acceptance of outsiders into their village settings and to be considered as genuine and therefore durable partners. Key resource persons are utilized from other partners to share their technical expertise in areas that are not within the capacity of OLSSI and this is where MNRE, NUS, SROS, and others play a crucial integrated role to achieve the outcomes planned.Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology TransferCapacity Building is through engaging the villages at all levels (chiefs and orators, women, the untitled men, the youth, church groups, children) in the activities from the start to the end. Village committees are part of the field work and researches in the desire they fully understand not only the broader goals of the project but having them involved in the activities allow them a more detailed appreciation of what these entail and why these activities are implemented and appreciate the approach and methodologies used. The OLSSI ongoing visits back to villages as project activities progress and to share the results with the villages at the end to share findings and recommendations allows transfer of important knowledge that empower them to take decisions to develop by-laws, village policies, and regulations to ensure the integrity of mangroves are further enhanced and sustainable into the future through their own efforts.
O le Siosiomaga Society Incoporated (OLSSi)
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
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Fiu Mata’ese ELISARA, Executive Director