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The Nature Conservancy's approach to marine conservation is built on sound science and focused on Places, Partners, and Tools to facilitate better conservation and management on land and in the water.
Toolkits make it easier to access the latest science, information and resources so that our partners such as local managers and stakeholders can make informed decisions about conservation and resource use in their places, the lands and waters we call home.
With many partners, three primary toolkits have been developed to facilitate better conservation and management.
Building Reef Resilience
This toolkit focuses on coral bleaching and reef fish spawning aggregations and aims to help practitioners build resilience into their coral reef conservation and Marine Protected Area (MPA) programs so that these valuable natural systems can survive anticipated rapid changes and provide for escalating human needs.
Ecosystem-based Management (E-BM)
Most place-based management focuses on one management objective at a time (e.g., fishery production, hazard mitigation, biodiversity conservation) and is thus highly fractured and ineffective. To plan and manage effectively we must address these multiple management goals together; this is the crux of ecosystem-based management.
The aim of this toolkit is to guide managers and practitioners in the use of common tools for regional planning and to illustrate through case studies approaches to advance ecosystem-based management by jointly addressing multiple objectives in conservation, fisheries and coastal hazards.
Marine Conservation Agreements
The Marine Conservation Agreements toolkit identifies the necessary steps and resources to acquire proprietary rights to lands and resources lying within ocean and coastal waters for conservation purposes. Marine conservation agreements, such as proprietary rights strategies, enable organizations to protect important places and biodiversity while positioning them to address comprehensive marine conservation approaches such as zoning, resiliency planning, and ecosystem-based management.
Effective conservation and management of coasts and oceans takes many approaches; no single approach alone will be sufficient. These linked toolkits help bridge gaps and understanding in some of the most important areas in marine management. The toolkits do not address every facet of management in MPAs, E-BM, or proprietary rights and they will grow over time.
Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo Global Marine Team (practitioner site banners); Photo © Daniel & Robbie Wisdom (Nudibranchs).
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