Learning and Best Practice in Coastal Resource Management
The project aimed to create synergies from existing best practices in coastal resource management both in terms of sharing lessons and building networks. The key outputs at country level, in Fiji, PNG and the Solomon Islands were increased participation of practitioners in developing national best management practices guidelines.
IUCN convened two regional learning meetings to coincide with the Pacific Nature Conservation Roundtable meetings in 2014 and 2015. These were very beneficial for the countries who discussed shared challenges and lessons learned which they then integrated into their subsequent coastal resource management efforts. Lessons were documented at these meetings.
In addition, country-specific manuals were produced: the iTaukei Affairs Conservation Handbook for Government Officers dealing with environment management and conservation; the PNG manual was entitled the Code of Good Practice in Community Conservation and Resource Management in Papua New Guinea and local approaches to promoting spread of community-based resource management from village to village: Lessons from Mararo Community Based Organization, East ‘Are’are, Solomon Islands.
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