Mangrove Planting, Community Participation and Integrated - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Dr Klaus Schmitt Chief Technical Advisor GIZ CZM Project, Soc Trang, Vietnam

Mangrove Planting, Community Participation and Integrated Management in Soc Trang Province, Viet Nam

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• Narrow belt of mangrove forest along the coast line
• Dynamic coast line (process of accretion and erosion; 30 m)

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Aim: protect and sustainably use the coastal wetlands for the benefit of the local population

Effective mangrove management and protection with emphasis on resilience to climate change 5 lessons learnt

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Planting mangroves alone is of little use

• www.czm-soctrang.org.vn
• Species, site, planting time and technique
• Innovation: mimic nature & conversion using canopy gaps

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Planting mangroves alone is of little use – they need to be protected and managed

• Co-management is a partnership agreement in which a

resource user group gets the right to sustainably use natural resources on a defined area of state-owned land (Protection Forest) while being responsible for the sustainable management and protection of these resources

• All stakeholders share the responsibility and authority for the

management of a given area and a defined set of natural resources

• Resource users and local authorities jointly negotiate a

formal agreement on their respective management roles, responsibilities and rights

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Planting mangroves alone is of little use – they need to be protected and managed

• Get acceptance from all stakeholders for the piloting of co-

management

• Follow a four-step process of: consultation and organisation;

negotiation and agreement; implementation; and monitoring and evaluation

• During this process, four principles must be applied: integrated

coastal area management, participation, zonation and monitoring

• The key elements of co-management can be summarised as

participation, an agreement and a pluralistic governance body

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• Open access => sustainable use
• Rules (who, area, time, tools = 6W)
• Zonation

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Impacts of co-management

• Co-management is an effective way of maintaining and

enhancing the protection function of the mangrove forest belt

• Co-management provides livelihood for local communities
• Co-management contributes to better governance

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Looking at the status quo is not enough

• Historic information provides an important input for the development
• f climate change adaptation measures.

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Site specific and appropriate solutions

• Site specific approaches to adaptation to climate change

(dynamic coast, different ecosystem and socio-economic settings – not one solution fits all; not maintain status quo at all costs)

• Mimic nature, co-management ...

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Bamboo wave breakers and fences (appropriate and site specific solutions)

• Mangroves grow along sheltered coast lines; in erosion sites it

is necessary to first reduce erosion, stimulate sedimentation

• Numerical modelling which simulates hydrodynamics and

shoreline development to minimise downdrift erosion

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Bamboo wave breakers and fences (appropriate and site specific solutions)

• Work together with other experts (integrated approach)

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Integrated management

• Different site-specific and appropriate solutions must be

applied both along the coastline as a linear structure as well as along the coastal zone from the sea to the land

• Institutionalised co-ordination

and cooperation of local authorities from provincial through district to commune level (Ecosystem Approach)

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Integrated management (ICAM) and participation

• Parts of the coastal zone cannot be effectively managed in

isolation (sectoral approach) – need for integrated approach

• Participation of all affected stakeholders in the planning

Non monetary benefits Shared monetary benefits (PES)

Mangrove co-management Clam cooperative

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Awareness rising and communication

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Mangrove Tool Box

Coastal Protection

Analysis of experience with past mangrove rehabilitation/ planting and management

International experience and analysis of historic changes Testing of new approaches Mangrove rehabilitation Mimic nature Planting in erosion sites

Co- management

Protection

Livelihood Sustainability and PES Mangrove management Monitoring Planting alone is of little use Increased forest, more resilience

• Planting alone is of little use
• Looking at the status quo is not

enough

• Site specific and appropriate

solutions

• Integrated management and

participation

• Awareness rising and

communication

• Don’t put all your eggs into one

basket

Thank you for your attention

Management of Natural Resources in the Coastal Zone of Soc Trang Province Project