Fishadapt Project 2019 Highlights
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FishAdapt Project 2019 Highlights FishAdapt Project Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of fisheries and aquaculture dependent livelihoods in Myanmar 2 Project background Myanmar is a country dependent on fish and aquatic In order to address these issues and to support products for its food and nutrition security and economy implementation of National Adaptation Plan of Action but the sector is highly vulnerable to the impacts of (NAPA), the project addresses three main barriers to climate change. For fisheries (marine and inland) these climate change adaptation, including: impacts include changes in sea surface temperature, higher inland water temperature, changes in ocean Lack of climate resilient sector policies, and limited currents, changes in the frequency of El-Nino Southern integration of fisheries specific climate responses into Oscillation (ENSO) events, sea level rise and changing national policies levels of rain and water availability. he aquaculture sector is also exposed to hazards such as salt-water intrusion, Lack of capacity and resources within the sector to flooding of ponds, shortages in water supply, invasive support communities in planning and responding to species and ad hoc development planning altering local climate related stressors and fisheries and aquaculture ecosystem dynamics and undermining their resilience, adaptation to climate change impacts. integrity and functionality. Limited knowledge sharing and communication within At present, Myanmar faces significant challenges in the sector and with fisheries and aquaculture addressing these issues and achieving sustainable dependent communities, limited coordination and lack management and utilization of its aquatic resources. of real-time/working level understanding of climate These include weak governance, organizational change and its’ impacts on fisheries, aquaculture and capacities, institutional arrangements, limited technical their livelihoods. capacity and knowledge, and limited resources for the development and implementation of adaptation plans. 3 FishAdapt 2019 Highlights The project will support Myanmar in achieving its community user areas and in the longer term on national development goals and especially those for larger areas through upscaling of best practices. fisheries and aquaculture and food security. Long term strengthening of climate change The project will address the limited capacity in adaptation knowledge sharing networks and Myanmar to analyse vulnerability, to plan and environmental monitoring will be undertaken by implement interventions and to develop policy and ensuring these will operate within national governance at national, sub-national, and community mechanisms and resources by project completion. levels in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Capacity development is the heart of the project and A national Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment the project supports to address individual, will identify “at risk” ecosystems and dependent organizational and institutional capacities and communities, in particular small-scale traditional provides the effective and comprehensive capacity fisheries and fish farming systems for specific action. development practices by adopting participatory approaches. The project also supports technical assistance on ecosystem approaches to fisheries and aquaculture Contribution to FAO’s strategic objectives management. These will form the basis for interventions ensuring community engagement in all elements of the project. SO2: Make Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries more Productive and Community level adaption approaches and Sustainable technologies will be carried out in the Yangon Region, Ayeyarawady Region, and Rakhine State. Environmental sustainability will be ensured through positive impacts of the introduced climate change SO5: Increase the resilience of adaptation plans, fisheries management plans, livelihoods to threats and crises technologies and approaches on a range of ecosystem services, which will be developed in local 4 FishAdapt 2019 Highlights Project Objective To enable inland and coastal fishery and aquaculture stakeholders to adapt to climate change by understanding and reducing vulnerabilities, piloting new practices and technologies, and sharing information. Project Components 5 Key Messages Climate change is posing a major threat to their infrastructure; and the broader threat posed by livelihoods and the ecosystems on which they climate change to development and food security is depend; therefore, the farmers and the fish farmers increasing. To help people out of poverty and to need to have a better understanding about climate prevent from descending further into it, communities change and its likely impacts to their livelihood need to have a better understanding how to identify opportunities for better preparation and adaptation. their own vulnerabilities. Climate change is creating huge challenges for Capacity it national, regional and local levels of livelihoods who are already facing serious threats governance should be mobilized and the government from socio – economic factors such as poor officials and other institutions should be trained to management of resources, lack of understanding of facilitate the communities identify the vulnerabilities ecosystems, etc. Lives are already vulnerable in many affected by climate change impacts. fishery – dependent communities because of poverty and the lack of social services and essential 6 FishAdapt 2019 Highlights Climate change adaptation in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is a participatory process, where the actors at different levels engage to define and implement the sector policies. Climate change adaptation strategies should be developed and implemented among the key actors, partners and in close cooperation with the communities through transparent processes, allowing for meaningful participation of fisheries stakeholders at all levels, including the poor and vulnerable in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Sector – related organizations should be coordinated to describe the issues and challenges in the sector, work on the methodologies and results, share Role of women in dry shrimp processing in Ayeyarwaddy Region information and give access to everyone from the government officials to the sector - dependent communities. FishAdapt promotes public awareness on the impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture sector and increases access to knowledge and information to mitigate the impacts and strengthen the adaptive measures of climate change. 7 Thematic Areas 8 FishAdapt 2019 Highlights Legal Policy Framework Fisheries Aquaculture Vulnerability Assessment Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Capacity Development Knowledge Management Monitoring & Evaluation Gender 9 Legal Policy Framework Inventory of national policies, strategies and legal major stakeholders, in the workshop on frameworks related to the development of fisheries understanding the legal needs and gaps of fisheries and aquaculture has been collected and recorded to and aquaculture development in Myanmar. The report support the project’s endeavor to nurture the on analysis of the Fisheries Regulatory Framework ecosystem and to promote adaptation in climate (Marine, Inland, and Aquaculture) with preliminary change in terms of policy and legal aspects. recommendations has been drafted. The policies, strategies, and laws, which can directly The analysis of the Freshwater Fisheries Laws and immediately impact fisheries and aquaculture ratified in three regions/states: Yangon Region, sector were reviewed following international and Ayeyarwaddy, and Rakhine is also completed, along regional legal standards and frameworks. Review on with the environmental conservation law and the Marine Fisheries Law and other aquaculture related Myanmar Natural Disaster Risk Management Law. law has been initiated. The results of analysis and recommendations were presented to and validated by 10 FishAdapt 2019 Highlights Legal awareness of the participants on the importance Concept of capacity building on the legal and policy of policy and legal frameworks in aquaculture, climate frameworks is currently under preparation in order to change and disaster management has been raised in promote the adaptive capacities of the fisheries and EAAM and CBCCA/DRM trainings. As a result, the aquaculture sector in 2020. The capacity building will participants are able to facilitate community training be delivered at national, sub-national and community by linking how legal framework is supportive to levels. community participation, co-management, planning and decision making process in fisheries and aquaculture management. Workshop on understanding the legal needs and gaps of fisheries and aquaculture sector in Myanmar 11 Fisheries With defining the coastal module as a backbone, the Aquaculture Department), WorldFish, Network Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Activities Group (NAG) and Rakhine Coastal Region EAFM capacity plus training modules were Conservation Association participated in this training. developed on inland fisheries, irrigation, small – scale fisheries, co-management and CCA/DRM. Regional/ State level (Yangon, Ayeyarwaddy and Rakhine) EAFM training was conducted on Sep and National level Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Oct 2019. In these trainings, FishAdapt encouraged Management EAFM Capacity Plus, ToT and the IFT staffs as a main trainer in some sessions