Nasome "Awakening the Dreamer" Facilitators Group

Problem: While the benefits of environmental services are public goods, the cost of ensuring their provision often falls on local land managers. As land is usually managed for private benefit, it is generally more attractive for land managers to convert their land to alternative uses such as agriculture rather than maintain it in its natural state. This is particularly the case for poor, marginal land owners and users and there is a need for an equitable for reducing poverty and conserving nature.

Action: Click here for the Report   WWF is working with CARE and IIED on a joint program to establish Equitable Payments for Watershed Services (PWS) in 10 selected watersheds in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.   In all project sites, the providers of the environmental services are poor rural communities. The selected watersheds are characterized by a high degree of complexity, but all have ...

Problem: Las reservas marinas totalmente protegidas1 son áreas marinas completamente vedadaspara la pesca y otros usos humanos extractivos o dañinos. Desde que se establecieron lasprimeras reservas totalmente protegidas, hace más de dos décadas, han generado un inmensointerés y un gran cúmulo de investigaciones. La evidencia científica reciente indica que lasreservas no sólo son herramientas poderosas para la conservación, sino que también puedenofrecer el tan necesario apoyo para las pesquerías. Hay ...

Action: No se puede negar que la pesca está causando inmensos problemas en el mar. Especiesque alguna vez sustentaron pesquerías valiosas, como el lenguado del atlántico(Hippoglossus hippoglossus), el atún del sur (Thunnus maccoyii) y el chancharrobocacio (Sebastes paucispinus) han disminuido tanto que ahora se les incluye en laLista Roja de Animales Amenazados de la Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza. Noobstante, no es necesario que una especie sea rara o que sea un objetivo pequeroespecífico para que...

Problem: Fully-protected marine reserves are areas of the sea completely protected from fishing and other extractive or harmful human uses. Since the first fully-protected reserves were established, more than two decades ago, they have stimulated a wealth of research and intense interest. Recent scientific evidence indicates that reserves are not only powerful tools for conservation, but can also provide much needed support for fisheries. There is an urgent need for more reserves in order to address t...

Action: There is no doubt that fishing is causing major problems in the sea. Some species that once supported valuable fisheries, such as Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) and the boccacio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinus) have declined so much they are now included on the World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened Animals. However a species does not need to be rare, or specifically targeted, to be at risk from fishing. Over-exploitation has i...

Problem: Substantial amounts of money are required to manage and protect MPAs and EEZs, and to implement and enforce international agreements on fisheries, shipping, and migratory species. A recent survey of over 80 MPAs found that a global MPA network covering 30 percent of the world;s seas might cost between $7 billiob and $19 billion annually to run. In addition, it is often necessary to provide exonomic alternatives (or even, in some case, monetary compensation) to people whose traditional or futu...

Action: This guide describes over 30 mechanism for financing the conservation of marine biodiversity, both with and outside of MPAs. Its main purpose is to familiarize conservation professionals - i.e., the managers and staff of government conservation agencies, international donors, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) - with a menu of options for financing the conservation of marine and coastal ...