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GVI
Joins
Fiji
Locally
Managed
Marine
Area
Network
(FLMMA)
Executive
Committee
In
December
2012,
GVI
attended
the
FLMMA
Province
and
Annual
General
Meeting
in
Navakaka
village,
Cakaudrove
Province,
Vanua
Levu.
GVI
provided
funding
for
the
Assistant
Coordinator
Tito
Elo
of
the
recently
formed
Nacula
Tikina
(District)
Yabula
(environment)
Management
Support
Team
to
attend
along
with
Taione
Delai,
GVIs
Marine
Science
Coordinator.
On
the
first
day
of
the
Province
Meeting
there
was
a
review
of
the
Best
Practices
for
Community
Resource
Management
Outcomes
of
FLMMA
covering
the
following
topics:
Herbivore
species
and
Harvest
area
Marine
Protected
Area
Management
Yabula
Management
Support
Teams
Site
Audits
Land
Use
Management
Reef
Enrichment
Initiatives
Tai
gave
a
lessons
learned
presentation
on
the
importance
of
educating
communities
on
the
need
to
manage
areas
that
are
open
to
fishing
and
how
there
can
be
positive
outcomes
for
these
open
areas.
Tai
proposed
that
awareness
should
be
raised
within
communities
to
manage
their
fishing
practices
in
unprotected
areas
using
non-destructive
fishing
techniques
and
have
gear
restrictions
set
in
place
so
that
less
damage
is
caused
to
coral
reefs,
their
inhabitants
and
surrounding
ecosystems.
On
the
second
day
of
the
Province
Meeting
the
FLMMA
AGM
was
held,
Global
Vision
International
Fiji
was
nominated
to
join
the
executive
committee
of
the
FLMMA
Network.
The
GVI
Yasawa
Marine
Conservation
Program
is
now
officially
registered
to
represent
and
carry
out
FLMMA
objectives
in
The
Nacula
Tikina.
FLMMA:
Who
We
Are
(excerpt
from
FLMMA
website
(www.
lmmanetwork.org/whoweare)
The Locally-Managed Marine Area Network is a group of practitioners involved in various community-based marine conservation projects around the globe, primarily in the IndoPacific, who have joined together to learn how to improve our management efforts. We are interested in learning under what conditions using an LMMA strategy works, doesnt work, and why. The Network's membership consists largely of conservation and resource management projects that are using (or planning on using) an LMMA approach, and includes: Community members Land-owning groups Traditional leaders
Elected decision-makers Conservation staff University scientists and researchers Donors
The Network spans the people and cultures of Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and the Americas. Some nations have their own countrywide network, which operate autonomously, but within the framework of the overall Network. Independently and together, we work toward our five objectives: 1. Learn about the LMMA approach (through systematic and question-driven monitoring and/or other assessment approaches). 2. Protect biodiversity at specific sites. 3. Promote the LMMA approach (and lessons from using it) in the Indo-Pacific and globally. 4. Build capacity for learning and implementation of Community-Based Adaptive Management (CBAM). 5. Develop the policy environment at local, regional, country and international levels to support widespread adoption of LMMAs.