[Coral-List] 13th ICRS Session: Integrated ecosystem-based management for coral reefs and the value of socio-ecological studies

[Rusty Brainard - NOAA Federal]

Abstracts for the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) *Session
60: ‘Integrated ecosystem-based management for coral reefs and the value of
socio-ecological studies’ *are highly encouraged.  This Session was formed
by combining  three related sessions described below.  Abstracts that apply
to any or all of these session descriptions will be welcomed.



Convening co-Chairs:

Rusty Brainard, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Coral
Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP),  rusty.brainard at noaa.gov
<rusty.brainard at noaa.gov?cc=mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov,alinoperry018 at gmail.com,beth.fulton at csiro.au,h.sweatman at aims.gov.au,p.j.mumby at uq.edu.au,jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com,vvhilomen at gmail.com,Nova%20Southeastern%20University,justine.kimball at noaa.gov,alan_white at tnc.org>;
Mariska Weijerman , NOAA PIFSC CREP, mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov
<mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov?cc=rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,alinoperry018 at gmail.com,beth.fulton at csiro.au,h.sweatman at aims.gov.au,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,p..j.mumby at uq.edu.au,jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com,vvhilomen at gmail.com,Nova%20Southeastern%20University,justine.kimball at noaa.gov,alan_white at tnc.org>;
Porfirio Alexander Miel Alino, Univ of the Philippines Marine Science
Institute,  alinoperry018 at gmail.com
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Beth Fulton, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, beth.fulton at csiro.au
<beth.fulton at csiro.au?cc=mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,alinoperry018 at gmail.com,h.sweatman at aims.gov.au,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,p..j.mumby at uq.edu.au,jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com,vvhilomen at gmail.com,Nova%20Southeastern%20University,justine.kimball at noaa.gov,alan_white at tnc.org>;
Hugh Sweatman, Australian Institution of Marines Science,
h.sweatman at aims.gov.au
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Peter Mumby, University of Queensland, p.j.mumby at uq.edu.au
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Jamaluddin Jompa, Hasanuddin Univ, Makassar, Indonesia,
jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com
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Vincent Hilomen, Institute of Biology, Univ of the Philippines Los Banos
and Philippines DENR, vvhilomen at gmail.com
<vvhilomen at gmail.com?cc=mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,alinoperry018 at gmail.com,beth.fulton at csiro.au,h.sweatman at aims.gov.au,rusty..brainard at noaa.gov,p.j.mumby at uq.edu.au,jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com,Nova%20Southeastern%20University,justine.kimball at noaa.gov,alan_white at tnc.org>;
Bernhard Riegl , Nova Southeastern Univ, briegl at nova.edu; Justine Kimball,
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, justine.kimball at noaa.gov
<justine.kimball at noaa.gov?cc=mariska.weijerman at noaa.gov,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,alinoperry018 at gmail.com,beth.fulton at csiro.au,h.sweatman at aims.gov.au,rusty.brainard at noaa.gov,p.j.mumby at uq.edu.au,jamluddin.jompa at gmail.com,vvhilomen at gmail.com,Nova%20Southeastern%20University,alan_white at tnc.org>;
Alan White, The Nature Conservancy, alan_white at tnc.org
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Sub-session 1: Integrated Socio-Ecological Monitoring and Assessment to
Support Ecosystem-based Management and Conservation of Coral Reef Ecosystems




Management and conservation of coral reef ecosystems around the globe are
moving toward ecosystem-based management (EBM) that strives to achieve a
sustainable balance between ecological well-being and human well-being
through good science and governance. As a result, policy makers, resource
managers, and the scientific community are all working to define what
ecosystem-based management is, to see how it might be implemented on coral
reefs, and to identify the scientific information that is needed to ensure
it is effective in both the short- and long-term. In addition to focused
research efforts aimed at answering specific questions to guide management
effectiveness, there is a general agreement on the requirement for reliable
and robust interdisciplinary information about the status and long-term
trends in key biotic and abiotic components of coral reef ecosystems. This
session aims to bring together scientists, managers, and key stakeholders
to share and discuss existing and potential interdisciplinary approaches to
the long-term integrated assessment and monitoring of key indicators and
drivers of the health and condition of coral reef ecosystems as well as the
human dependencies and human-environment interactions. Capacity building,
integrated learning, scaling-up mechanisms and other best practices will be
discussed in a companion EBM session entitled GIVE PEACE.



Sub-session 2: Governance Initiatives and Valuing Ecosystems: Policy
Enhancement through Adaptive Coastal Education (GIVE PEACE)



Good governance and science-based management of coastal ecosystems, such as
coral reefs and their associated habitats, are important pillars of
ecosystem-based management (EBM). Interdisciplinary engagements, aside from
allowing the application of ecosystem-based management concepts, also help
improve and sustain management effectiveness.  Various capacity building
and synergizing initiatives are being undertaken regionally, nationally,
and locally to accelerate and scale-up conservation measures for coral
reefs and other coastal ecosystems.  Examples include: (i) formal courses
like the Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management
(PM-TMEM), (ii) the Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Support Network (MSN)
continues the learning to sustain the effectiveness of MPA and alliances
between adjacent governance units; (iii) monitoring and evaluation of
governance performance using the MPA Effectiveness Assessment Tool (MEAT)
and gains from managing social-ecological systems using the Socio-Economic
Assessment Tool (SEAT); (iv) scaling up MPA networks nationally and
regionally using the Network Effectiveness Assessment Tool (NEAT); and the
regional Essential Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (E-EAFM)
training-of-trainers curricula on developing operational EAFM plans. This
session aims to share experiences and best practices in joint
science-management adaptive coastal education and use of incentives to
sustain good governance. A companion EBM session will focus on integrated
socio-ecological monitoring of coral reefs.



Sub-session 3: Integrated Ecosystem Models as decision-support tools for
Ecosystem-based Management of coral reef resources


Reefs are increasingly affected by local human-induced disturbances and
climate change. Managing and understanding the consequences of these
stressors and maintaining the reefs’ high biodiversity, productivity and
multitude of dynamic interactions necessitate an integrated ecosystem
approach. This complexity also challenges assessing management outcomes.
Comprehensive, integrated ecosystem modeling is a useful tool to gain
insight into reef dynamics while considering the multiple interacting
stressors to these ecosystems. The coral reef ecosystem modeling session
will highlight the difference and similarities of coral reef models and
their use as decision-support for Ecosystem-based Management (EBM).
Ecosystem models are increasingly advocated by scientists and managers to
assist in management strategy evaluation. They also play a key role in the
identification of resilience indicators and tipping points. This sessions
aims to bring together ecosystem modelers, managers and scientists to learn
from each other the effectiveness of management approaches based on model
outcome, the effects of climate change, and the integration of ecological
and socioeconomic research in ecosystem models. Based on each participants
experience we can hope to consolidate the lessons-learned and best
practices for model development to be adopted in EBM.