Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts A Priority for the 21st Century (2008) / Chapter Skim
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7 The Path Ahead: Strategic and Long-Term Approaches to Capacity-Building
7 The Path Ahead: Strategic and Long-Term Approaches to Capacity-Building
Pages 106-112
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Recognition of the current degradation of ocean and coastal ecosystems and the loss of ecosystem services makes it necessary to expand the scope of capacity-building beyond skills for self-sufficiency to include skills for ensuring the long-term sustainability of living resources and other ecosystem services. This will require imparting a more comprehensive understanding of ecosystems and of the direct and indirect effects of human activities, such as fishing, coastal development, waste disposal, and port-dredging.
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Building sustainable programs requires longer-term support than is typically provided by individual donors. • Support dynamic and committed leaders, usually local, to develop a culture of stewardship and to work with the community in the development and imple mentation of an action plan to sustain or improve ocean and coastal conditions.
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The assessments should cover both indicators of ecosystem change and governance responses to change on a scale that encompasses watersheds, coastal regions, and marine ecosystems. The pace of ecosystem change and response to change is such that priorities will need to be updated every three to five years on the basis of needs assessments.
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Action plans should include concrete agreements on roles and responsibilities of donors and doers. Build Capacity to Generate Sustained Funding for Ocean and Coastal Governance Ecosystem-based management can produce desired outcomes only when it is sustained over the long term.
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The systems could also document how specific technical and policy issues have been resolved, iden tify opportunities for transboundary collaboration, and provide access to public education materials and meeting summaries produced by participating programs. Establish Regional Centers for Ocean and Coastal Stewardship Regional centers for ocean and coastal stewardship should be established as "primary nodes" for networks that will coalesce efforts to fulfill action plans.
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It will be particularly important to integrate the often rich but currently scattered information on and experience in ecosystem change and governance initiatives in linked watersheds, estuaries, and large marine ecosystems. Where appropriate, such analysis should showcase the successful application of ecosystem-based management principles and practices through the societal and environmental benefits generated.
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For example, capacity-building appears as an element of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and of plans for the Global Ocean Observing System. It is addressed in Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)
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