Highlights and Achievements October 2018 Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 2 Highlights and Achievements

Highlights and achievements October 2018 Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 2 Highlights and achievements

CCRES highlights and achievements

Key results Number of direct project beneficiaries (participants at focus groups, workshops, training): 2800 % beneficiaries who are women: 47% Number of tools completed: 15 Our coastal ecosystems — coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds — Number of outputs (scientific papers) provide fish to eat and sell, support tourism and protect the coastline from that call for reducing stress to maintain storms. Coastal communities rely on these ecosystems for their livelihoods value of ecosystem services: and food security. Unfortunately, these ecosystems are under threat from 8 pollution, overfishing, unsustainable development and climate change. Number of coastal resource management projects/plans/sites The Capturing Coral Reef and Related development or collectively to build a utilising CCRES models or tools in Ecosystem Services (CCRES) Project system-wide solution. For example, their design: is working to ensure the long- based on work at Bungaiya and Parak, it term sustainability of these coastal is now clear that when different CCRES 29 ecosystems. In collaboration with our tools are used collectively to solve a Number of information-sharing and project partners and end-users, we coastal management problem, better dissemination campaigns have developed a suit of innovative outcomes can be achieved. Together, models, tools and knowledge products the MPA toolkit, FishCollab, My Future, 46 to assist managers, policy-makers and My Oceans and the EbBD output planners to strengthen the governance of Waste2Enterprise have empowered the coastal ecosystems. Parak community at Selayar to a) prepare community-designed Marine Protected The tools have been developed by Areas (MPAs) and a management plan Our networks multi-disciplinary teams that include and b) start their own garbage bank scientists, policy-makers, businesses Our partners: to create alternative livelihoods from and other experts from a range of fields. the collection and value-adding of 18 They are the result of collaboration plastic waste. between leading centres of discovery, Our researchers and experts: learning and engagement in North We take this opportunity to thank all our America, Australia and the East Asia- partners and collaborators who have 100+ Pacific region, and specifically alongside made such a contribution to our progress Our subscribers: partners in Indonesia and the Philippines. and will ensure our tools are supported by end-users. 1000+ As we move towards the end of the project, we would like to share some Liz Izquierdo Our followers (Twitter): highlights with you to demonstrate Project Manager how we are already having impact with October 2018 479 our tools. Our followers (Facebook): The tools can be used individually to 583 address a specific challenge in coastal Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 3

Marine planning

3 Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning for MPAs hosted by UQ, UniMelb and WWF Indonesia. Photo: P. Mumby

THE TOOL: Rebuilding reef fisheries with core zones toolbox

The Rebuilding reef fisheries with core What the science says Coral Reef Health Index, which zones toolbox comprises a set of tools has been applied to all COREMAP that enables coastal planners and policy- • Achieving the 10% target for marine sites monitoring data on coral reefs makers to support decisions on the total reserve coverage (under UN Aichi in Indonesia, and for MPA planning coverage/number, placement and local Convention on Biological Diversity) at Aceh size of MPAs, in order to sustain and in the Coral Triangle is likely to raise rebuild fisheries and to protect coastal fisheries productivity and catch MESOAMERICA biodiversity. but this requires protection from • The marine planning tools are fishing, not simply the designation set be used to support a RARE of protected areas. Tripling this project (Belize, Honduras, Mexico); level of protection would enhance and an MPAConnect training Key results fisheries benefits and align with workshop for MPA managers of 10 conservation goals (published in Caribbean countries using MPA Size Number of institutions (research, PLOS Biology, Jan. 2017) Optimisation tool has been held government and NGOs) which have • Seagrass beds reduce bacteria (September 2018) attended trainings for MPA design tools pathogenic to humans and PACIFIC 30+ marine life by up to 50% (published in SCIENCE Magazine, • The government of Palau in Number of research outputs that call Feb. 2017) the western Pacific Ocean has for reducing stress to maintain value of requested support to assist Koror ecosystem services Where we’ve had uptake State to apply the MPA toolbox to support decision-making 8 INDONESIA • The marine planning tools have PHILIPPINES Number of coastal resource been used by World Wildlife Fund • Haribon Foundation, which is a management projects/plans/sites (WWF) Indonesia and the Ministry Responsible Partner of the DENR/ utilising MPA tools in their design of Marine Affairs and Fisheries UNDP Smart Seas PH Project, 27 (MMAF) in 27 locations across has used Fish SPACE to evaluate 34 Indonesian provinces marine reserve design and fisheries • The MPA toolkit has been used by management initiatives in Lanuza COREMAP to develop the National Bay, Surigao del Sur Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 4 Highlights and achievements

• Smart Seas PH is using Lanuza Bay as a model site to roll out the Stories of uptake MPA design tools in other Marine Key Biodiversity Areas such as the Davao Gulf and the Verde MPA design in Indonesia: a collaborative effort Island Passage The use of CCRES tools by WWF MPA Design Specialist), both from • The Palawan Council for Indonesia to undertake Marine The University of Queensland (UQ). Sustainable Development and Protected Area (MPA) design The workshop was a collaboration WWF Palawan are using Fish applications at 27 locations across between the CCRES project SPACE and the MPA Size and Indonesia started with a workshop and Estra Divari and Christian Placement Optimization Tools to two years ago. Handayani of WWF Indonesia, support MPA design in Cluster 5 At this workshop practitioners, NGOs based on a related project funded in northeastern Palawan, which and government agencies set out by the Australian government (ARC includes the municipalities of El to support improved MPA design Linkage). The workshop provided Nido, Linapacan, Taytay, Dumaran, for fisheries. They downloaded new opportunity for participants from Roxas and Araceli marine planning tools from CCRES diverse areas around Indonesia • Fish SPACE and the MPA Size and in order to design MPAs using their to share their experiences and Placement Optimization tools have own computers. knowledge of the systems and been used in Oriental Mindoro, practicalities of MPA design. Lanuza Bay, Palawan and Batangas The activity focused on the benefits of effective MPAs, reef vulnerability “It was fantastic to see local • The Zoological Society of London and coral reef connectivity, as NGOs taking our new connectivity working in the Panay and Negros well as the overall coverage, size optimisation tool and already islands, and the Macajalar Bay and placement of strict no-take applying it to advice on MPA design Development Alliance in Misamis fishery reserves. questions in the Sunda Banda,” Oriental have developed workplans remarked Nils. to use the MPA design tools “In the past, MPAs were created to • The Protected Area Management protect biodiversity. Now the focus “It has been an inspiration for us at Board of the El Nido-Taytay is shifting towards designating areas CCRES for these practitioners to Managed Resource Protected based on building fisheries,” said share the challenges they face, and Area will consider Fish SPACE Prof Peter Mumby, CCRES Chief for us to consider ideas for research results and associated research Scientist, who led the workshop to address those problems,” in implementing and planning for together with Dr Nils Krueck (CCRES Peter added. protection and interventions in the protected area

WHAT TOOL USERS SAY “We will be making use of the tools as a support for decision-making — for example, to describe the conditions in an MPA plan area.”

3 Ibu Estra Divari, WWF Indonesia. Photo: P. Mumby Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 5

Peer reviewed publications CCRES work has delivered several publications in major scientific journals, with many more in the pipeline as the project comes to a close. Publications include:

Recruit fresh talent for Reserve Sizes Needed to Seagrass ecosystems Global inequities between coral reefs Protect Coral Reef Fishes reduce exposure to polluters and the polluted: Nature. 557:492. Conservation Letters bacterial pathogens climate change impacts on June 2018 Early view online of humans, fishes, coral reefs September 18, 2017 and invertebrates G. Ahmadia, E. Darling, D. Global Change Biology Andradi-Brown, M. Barnes, Nils C. Krueck, Christelle Science magazine Volume 21, Issue 11 Gill D. Estradivari, L. Glew, Legrand, Gabby N. Volume 355, Issue 6326 November 2015 E. Gress, G. Gurney, V. Ahmadia, Estradivari, February 17, 2017 Pages 3982–3994 Horigue, R. Jakub, S. Alison Green, Geoffrey P. Pages 731–733 Nicholas H. Wolff, Simon D. Mangubhai, H. Valles and Jones, Cynthia Riginos, Joleah B. Lamb, Jeroen Donner, Long Cao, Roberto A. Wenger. Eric A. Treml and Peter A. J. M. van de Water, Iglesias-Prieto, Peter F. Sale J. Mumby. David G. Bourne, Craig and Peter J. Mumby. High refuge availability Altier, Margaux Y. Hein, Incorporating larval on coral reefs increases Evan A. Fiorenza, Nur Abu, dispersal into MPA design Jamaluddin Jompa and C. Communicating physics- the vulnerability of reef- for both conservation and Drew Harvell. based wave model associated predators to fisheries predictions of coral reefs overexploitation using Bayesian belief Ecological Applications Marine Reserve Targets networks Ecology Volume 27, Issue 3 to Sustain and Rebuild Early view online April 2017 Unregulated Fisheries Environmental Modelling & January 12, 2018 Pages 925–241 Software PLOS Biology Volume 108 (2018) Alice Rogers, Julia L. Nils C. Krueck, Gabby N. Blanchard, Steven P. January 5, 2017 Pages 123–132 Ahmadia, Alison Green, October 2018 Newman, Charlie S. Dryden Geoffrey P. Jones, Hugh Nils C. Krueck, Gabby and Peter J. Mumby. P. Possingham, Cynthia N. Ahmadia, Hugh P. David P. Callaghan, Tom E. Riginos, Eric A. Treml and Possingham, Cynthia Baldock, Behnam Shabani Peter J. Mumby. Riginos, Eric A. Treml and and Peter J. Mumby. Peter J. Mumby. Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 6 Highlights and achievements

Business development

3 Finalist Michael Magno (left) with El Nido Mayor Nieves Rosento; Ms Mariglo, Laririt, Ten Knots; and Assoc. Prof. Damian Hine, The University of Queensland. Photo: M. King

THE TOOL: Eco-Biz Challenge

The EcoBiz Challenge is a business competition and development program. It Who we’ve engaged uncovers the nascent entrepreneurs with new ideas for sustainable enterprises and supports the development and diffusion of their business solutions across a region. INDONESIA • Local social enterprises • Bali Seafood International PHILIPPINES Key results PHILIPPINES Three winners and a runner-up at El Nido, in • Ten Knots Foundation INDONESIA January 2018 Three winners and a runner-up at Selayar, Where we’ve had uptake Indonesia, in January 2018 INDONESIA 100+ participants attended creativity • The Eco-Biz Challenge has workshops; representatives from 18 kick-started a small aquaculture 143 applications from budding barangays; 59 applicants, 26 of these are business focusing on floating entrepreneurs; 53 semi-finalists who shortlisted; 10 people trained to run creativity grouper and lobster grow- did the 3.5-day workshop training; workshops, and six to run commercialisation out cages; a conservation representatives from 40+ villages attended programs, including the workshop of mangroves business and these workshops educational tourism ‘One In the Philippines, the Eco-Biz Challenge Mangrove One Student’; and a Number of participants at Taka Bonerate, is a collaboration with the El Nido Resorts handicrafts shop with products Indonesia, waste coaching clinic (Ten Knots Development Corporation), made from recycled waste Palawan State University and the Marine 150 Science Institute — University of the • The delivery of capacity building, training and support to four villages Number of participants at Rajuni Island, Philippines Diliman which expressed an interest in Selayar, Indonesia, waste management developing community-based event, Selayar tourism through homestays 80 Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 7

PHILIPPINES • In the Philippines, the Eco-Biz Stories of uptake Challenge has kick-started businesses using coconut as an Grouper, eco-tourism, handicrafts: Eco-Biz alternative to mangrove wood, cultivating giant bamboo to reduce finalists impress with strong start logging in native forests, producing organic fertiliser commercially Only three months after the finalists “Nur’s business is focused on from food waste generated of the Selayar Eco-Biz Challenge conservation of mangroves, by restaurants and supplying were announced, CCRES business awareness and educational tourism ornamental native flowers to the development team member Dr Anna for local school children and tourists, tourism industry Phelan is impressed by the progress which she’s hoping to expand to they have made. school groups from all around the region,” Anna said. Anna, who is from The University of Queensland, was thrilled to meet The third finalist, Dita Azzahrah, has up with the three finalists during opened a small gallery in town which a monitoring and mentoring visit is focused on products, including hosted in collaboration with the handicrafts, made from plastic Econatural Society in April 2018. waste. Anna said the products included bags and small tables She said Muhammad Taufik had set WHAT TOOL USERS SAY made from recycled tyres. “The Eco-Biz workshops made up a small aquaculture business focusing on floating grouper and “The pledge for funding of a semi- me re-evaluate the steps in my lobster grow-out cages. He is also finalist by the DINAS Marine and business. It also made me value the propagating mangrove seeds in Fisheries at Selayar shows the relations (with indigenous suppliers) collaboration with another finalist commitment of local government that I have… they have helped Nur Hikmah. Nur has developed a to the solutions these business me grow my business through the small eco-tourism business called enterprises offer the local coastal supply that they deliver.” One Mangrove One Student. economy,” said Associate Professor Sheba Damian Hine from The University of Queensland Business School.

3 The three Eco-Biz winners at Selayar, Indonesia: Muhammad Taufik, Nur Hikmah and Dita Azzahrah. Photos: A. Phelan Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 8 Highlights and achievements

Business development

3 EcoBiz Challenge semi-finalists, Selayar, Indonesia. Photo: D. Hine

THE TOOL: EbBD (Ecosystem based Business Development)

This tool is a process of matching Where we’ve had uptake • The largest sustainable seafood national success cases with existing exporter in Indonesia is assessing businesses at a local site which is most • After receiving EbBD training the the possibility of Selayar being likely to adopt new solutions to tackle Patikariya, Barat Lembongan, a site of its second integrated ecosystem problems facing the site. Gusung Barat and Bahuluang sustainable small-scale It enables participants to identify and villages in Selayar are fisheries program implementing community-based develop business enterprises that share • New businesses are being tourism through homestays value fairly along the business value created as a direct result of the chain and don’t cause damage to the • The EbBD approach has been EbBd program coastal environment. used by The National Park Service in Taka Bonerate, Indonesia, in partnership with the DINAS (government unit) to promote Key results sustainable tourism and small- scale home industries and get Number of community members who commitments for a number of attended EbBD workshops, June 2017 biorock installations around Selayar 400+ to promote ecotourism and support conservation efforts • The Indonesian Institute of Who we’ve engaged Sciences (LIPI) has independently run the capacity-enhancing • The largest sustainable seafood Waste2Enterprise (W2E) workshop exporter in Indonesia 1 — an extension of the EbBD tool Attendees at the plastic • A home-based virgin coconut oil that empowers villagers to use workshop at Selayar in January 2018. producer and exporter business solutions and community- Photo: A. Phelan • A village coral recovery and based management to address the ecotourism enterprise critical issue of ocean plastics — in • A mangrove walk and museum (a Taka Bonerate and across Selayar tourism enterprise) Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 9

Stories of uptake Coastal communities look at waste management through a business lens A new workshop, Waste2Enterprise • Ideas for sustainable (W2E) — an extension of the EbBD enterprise-led solutions tool that empowers villagers to use that support small-scale business solutions and community- entrepreneurship and 1 based management to address the homegrown innovation. Plastic collection as part of the waste critical issue of ocean plastics — management clinic at Tinabo island, Taka The Taka Bonerate event has been used by the Indonesian Bonerate, Indonesia, during April 2018. was attended by 150 people, Photo: A. Phelan Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at Taka including local residents from Bonerate and across Selayar. neighbouring islands, divers and Pak Firman Tri Ajie from Center for tour operators from Selayar and Innovation, LIPI, said the workshop other parts of Indonesia, and several provided participants in coastal international visitors. communities with: The content of the W2E workshop • A better understanding of gives attendees a broad available opportunities for understanding of plastic’s origins WHAT TOOL USERS SAY capturing value from the plastic and its impacts on marine animals “It gave me an opportunity waste they collect in their and people’s health — at both the to explore business ideas. village and coastlines; and global and the local scale. Environmental conservation has always been very important to me but before I did not think that it could be used to create business opportunities.” Bobby

7 Indonesia partner Pak Firman Tri Ajie, Center for Innovation, LIPI. Photo: M. Paterson Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 10 Highlights and achievements

PHILIPPINES

Province of Guimaras EL NIDO Linapacan Tacloban City Taytay Dumaran Araceli Puerto Princesa Roxas Cantillan Carrascal Nasugbu Madrid Cortes Lanuza Tandag Lemery LianLian Mexico Balayan Taal Koror State Calaca San Luis Calatagan Belize Bauan Honduras Mabini Batangas City San Juan PALAU ISLANDS

Langkat Tingloy Lobo Puerto Galera Calapan City San Teodoro Baco

Sulawesi Tengah MESOAMERICA Banggai

Sulawesi Selatan WHERE OUR Sawai Bay Bungaiya, Maluku Kolaka Utara Sulawesi Tenggara Maluku Lampung Barrang Caddi Konawe Kepulauan Muna TOOLS ARE Kodingareng Lompo Bombana Buton Buton Selatan Kur Tam Tayando Maluku Barat Daya (Forgotten Island) BEING USED Demak Bali Taka Bonerate KKP3k Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat (Tanimbar) Nusa Tenggara Nusa Tenggara Timur Tool uptake and Barat application Bungaiya Barat Lembongan INDONESIA MARINE PLANNING

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (Eco-Biz, EbBD) Parak Gusung Barat SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (SESAMME, System Simulation Model, SYSTORY) Bontolebang

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE (MFMO, MFMO-W2E) Patikariya COASTAL GOVERNANCE (FishCollab)

Bahuluang

SELAYAR Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 11

PHILIPPINES

Langkat Tingloy Lobo Puerto Galera Calapan City San Teodoro Baco

Sulawesi Tengah MESOAMERICA Banggai

Sulawesi Selatan Kolaka Utara Sawai Bay Bungaiya, Maluku Sulawesi Tenggara Maluku Lampung Barrang Caddi Konawe Kepulauan Muna Kodingareng Lompo Bombana Buton Buton Selatan Kur Tam Tayando Maluku Barat Daya (Forgotten Island) Demak Bali Taka Bonerate KKP3k Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat (Tanimbar) Nusa Tenggara Nusa Tenggara Timur Barat

Bungaiya Barat Lembongan INDONESIA

Parak Gusung Barat Bontolebang

Patikariya

Bahuluang

SELAYAR Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 12 Highlights and achievements

System analysis

3 The SESAMME app allows discussion and analysis of coast management problems. Socio-ecological Systems App for MentaSol Mcioo-deceoll oEgliiccialt aSytiostenms App for Mental Model Elicitation

More information More information THE TOOL: SESAMME

SESAMME is an iPad app designed for use within focus group discussions to assist in the capture of information about activities, resources, pressures and their interactions. It is a practical resource for governments and NGOs involved in community engagement, and educational institutions teaching courses in systems thinking.

Key results Before (left) and after, resources, activities, pressures and decisions are mapped by local Number of locations at pilot sites where communities in Indonesia (right) and the Philippines with SESAMME. system maps for socioecological problems have been developed Where we’ve had uptake • In the Philippines, SESAMME and SYSTORY have been used by 36 • The use of SESAMME and the Eastern Visayas University SYSTORY by students from in undergraduate and graduate Number of participants at SESAMME University of Hasanuddin at teaching programs focus groups in Indonesia and two islands in South Sulawesi • SYSTORY has been used by RARE Philippines during 2015–2017 (Kodingareng Lompo and Barrang in two workshops to demonstrate Caddi) to get people’s attention on 1417 how different policy levers the reef environment acting as a positively or adversely affect the natural barrier to the shoreline outcome of marine ecosystem • SESAMME has been used by integrity and health, including Bogor Agricultural University, its impacts on income, tourism, Bogor for the past three years in carrying capacity and biological the Community-Based System index. These workshops were Dynamics course delivered to ‘Adaptive Fishery Assessment and Masters students Management’ (AFAM) for Luzon Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 13

cluster, held in Tagaytay, 11–13 July and ‘Fishforever 2.0’ held in Lapu- Stories of uptake Lapu, 27–30 June • SYSTORY has been used by the Mapping coastal systems, modelling futures Guimaras Environment and Natural Resources Office, Province of System maps using SESAMME helps managers to understand Guimaras during the Summer Eco- have been developed for five and visualise the dynamics of Camp held on 2–5 May 2018 as socio-ecological problems — food coastal systems, and assess the part of an Information, Education security, water pollution, fish catch influence of alternative scenarios and Communication Campaign on decline, mangrove loss and/or reef on system trajectories over time coastal resources delivered to 50 fisheries decline — in36 locations Speaking about SYSTORY, Ignatia youth participants at Selayar, Indonesia, and El Nido, Dyahapsari, WWF Indonesia, said the Philippines. • The use of SESAMME by the El that the app could help her see how Nido Foundation in a meeting with SESAMME is one of three tools current coastal activities may affect potential partners to demonstrate developed from the systems analysis the future. its application at a new site they work. The other two tools are: are working in Palawan “I think one of the crucial problems • System Simulation Model in the community that SYSTORY can • The project, Small Islands Initiative help to solve is the general difficulty for a Plastic Free Ocean, funded The System Simulation Model is for most of us to imagine what would by The University of Queensland’s a technical simulation model that happen in the future, based on our (UQ) Global Change Institute, quantifies interactions between current activity,” said Ignatia. will use SESAMME at four sites activities on land (such as farming in Indonesia for focus group and urban development), activities “What is also interesting is how it discussions about community- on water (such as fishing), coastal provides a scenario feature so that based waste management ecosystems (such as coral reefs we can easily paint a picture about strategies and primary drivers, and mangroves) and coastal what will happen in a system when including supply chains, of resources (such as fish). It allows we alter some inputs now.” single-use plastic in small island the user to simulate the behaviour She added that she liked that it communities, among other issues of the coastal system over time could be used by anyone, even • SYSTORY those without technical knowledge. SYSTORY is an app for Apple and Android phones and tablets that

WHAT TOOL USERS SAY “SESAMME is a very interesting tool that will help data collection and community engagement. It is very helpful with the visualisation and simulation.”

3 The SESAMME app being used on an iPad. Photo: L. Izquierdo Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 14 Highlights and achievements

Behaviour change

3 A participant in the ‘My Future, My Oceans’ program from Bontolebang village arriving with a wheelbarrow load of plastic rubbish. Photo: P. Bradley

THE TOOL: My Future, My Oceans

My Future, My Oceans is a tool for 7.0 Pre fostering behaviour change, for use by 6.5 Post villages and government which seek to 6.0 Follow up foster sustainable behaviours in low- 5.5 resource coastal households. It was 5.0 developed and piloted at Bontolebang 4.5 village on the island of Pasi Gusung at Score 4.0 Selayar, Indonesia, during May 2017. 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 Key results

Number of beneficiaries trained to be Check fish^ Responsibility village heroes (champions of change) Life satisfaction**Perceived impact* Plastic collection***Problem solving*** 96 Psychological competencies Note: ***significant at .001, **significant at .01, *significant at .05, ^marginally significant Number of end-users trained to use tools, outputs One of the most important facets of the program was measurement of the psychological 50+ competencies it targeted. My Future, My Oceans was successful in increasing all psychological skills and competencies across three time points.

Where we’ve had uptake thus their excrement) and getting • My Future, My Oceans has been • My Future, My Oceans has been centralised electricity. As a result of used by eco-tourism operator Ten used by women in Bontolebang, the MFMO, say locals Bontolebang Knots Development Corporation, Selayar, to make positive was nominated for the first time in partnership with the CCRES changes to how they live their as a ‘Desa Sehat’ (Clean Village) project, to empower villagers lives — convincing their fishermen for being one of the cleanest, to improve waste management husbands to collect marine plastic, healthiest villages in South near one of its resorts at El Nido managing roaming goats (and Sulawesi Province in the province of Palawan in the Philippines Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 15

• Following its use of My Future, My Oceans, in conjunction with the Stories of uptake EbBD output, Waste2Enterprise, the Parak community at Selayar, Indonesia — with support from the Women to create value from plastic waste Indonesian Institute of Sciences Researchers from the CCRES “We found similar, consistent (LIPI) — has established a behaviour change and business findings to our previous trials. garbage bank to create alternative development teams have delivered a Women felt empowered, and we livelihoods from the collection and new intervention designed to inspire witnessed demonstrable changes in value-adding of waste plastic coastal communities to create value behaviour. Integrating our behaviour from plastic waste. change work with Waste2Enterprise provides these communities with a Using the behaviour change tool viable means to turn their behaviour My Future, My Oceans and a into an alternative revenue stream,” business development workshop, said research leader Erik Simmons, Waste2Enterprise (W2E), researchers The University of Queensland (UQ). trialled the program at Selayar, WHAT TOOL USERS SAY Indonesia, during July. The women’s ideas included reducing the use of single-use plastics through Both My Future, My Oceans and “Since the program was delivered, reusable baskets and containers, Waste2Enterprise have been used at many people from the Regency (of expanding the existing garbage Selayar but never together. Selayar) and other villages have bank and establishing a recycling come to see what we have done.” For the joint My Future, My Oceans/ facility, looking at more innovative Bontolebang participant (“village hero”) Waste2Enterprise activity, 96 ways of being a ‘successful collector’ women from two villages – Parak and exploring potential markets for (intervention) and Padang (control) handicrafts made from plastics. – were recruited for a four-day “It was clear that many of the Parak program that included facilitator women care deeply about their training and participant workshops. community and were very interested Eleven psychometric indicators to explore enterprise-based for women in both villages were solutions for addressing plastic measured before and after the trial. waste management,” said Dr Anna Phelan from UQ.

1 My Future, My Oceans participants at Bebeladan village, El Nido, the Philippines. Photo: H. Almasco 3 Women from Parak village, Selayar, Indonesia, brainstorm in a breakout group at the Waste2Enterprise workshop. Photo: M. Paterson Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 16 Highlights and achievements

Coastal governance

3 A participatory diagnostic tool for strengthening coastal Participatory Diagnostic Tool governance by communities. Source: Design — 24Point0.com. Identifying traditional Content — Ross, Adhuri and Combining local knowledge and knowledge and Collaborative Abdurrahim Developing management science and adaptive networks practices management plan Focus and initial partnering

Adaptive coastal (fisheries) governance and Participatory diagnosis: meetings, participant observation, activities management perspective

Identify related projects and their legacies Identify social influence: Multi-level Conflict analysis champions and policy analysis THE TOOL: their strategies FishCollab

FishCollab is a diagnostic and planning a trial by the Indonesian Institute of process. It assists governments, Sciences (LIPI) to develop effective communities and NGOs to work together interventions for tackling poverty in to improve coastal management. fishing communities It enables users to identify key • Parak village, Selayar, has used stakeholders, develop networks — find FishCollab to prepare community- and develop cooperation with relevant designed Marine Protected Areas and committed parties — analyse policy, (MPAs) and a management plan analyse and reduce conflict, and identify that has been submitted for opportunities and challenges using local recognition and support by the knowledge and science. provincial government • Bungaiya village, Selayar, has used FishCollab, in conjunction Key results with MPA design tools, to check the effectiveness of the size and Number of locations where FishCollab location of community-designed is being used to strengthen coastal MPAs and prepare regulations governance and alleviate fishers’ poverty for village waters, Regulations for 1 6 coastal resources management — Coastal resources management regulations Bungaiya Village Regulation No. developed as a result of participating in FishCollab. 4/2017: Management of Coastal Where we’ve had uptake Areas Based On Local Wisdom (see right) • FishCollab will be rolled out at • On August 1, 2017, the Secretary of five locations across Indonesia the Regency of Selayar, Dr Marjani during 2018/19 — Langkat, Sultan, made a public commitment North Sumatra; Lampung, South to apply this behaviour change tool Sumatra; Demak, Central Java; in communities across Selayar West Nusa Tenggara, East Lombok; and Selayar, South Sulawesi — in Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 17

Stories of uptake Policy analysis supports design of community WHAT TOOL USERS SAY “We will use FishCollab to MPA, strengthens governance explore stakeholders’ views in relation to managing the river A policy analysis facilitated using hectares have been established FishCollab has enabled the Parak (Indonesia has set a target of 20m fishery. It would be good if it village at Selayar, Indonesia, to ha by 2020). overcomes the existing conflict or prepare a community-designed other problems associated with With the assistance of CCRES Marine Protected Area (MPA) and cultivation activities.” researchers the Parak village management plan. leaders used FishCollab to discuss This plan has been submitted for their customary rules and codify recognition and support by the them into village regulations, provincial government. with mapped coordinates of their management areas. As part of this activity CCRES FishCollab researchers joined the “This will make it easier for provincial Parak village marine surveillance government to recognise and force on a trip to map the support their regulations,” said coordinates of their traditional fishing Prof. Helen Ross, The University of ground using GPS equipment. Queensland. In Indonesia, according to CCRES “These regulations need to be country coordinator (Indonesia) Ms consistent with district and provincial Harjunani Kumoloraras, 172 MPAs regulations.” totalling approximately 19 million

1 Pak Nasir, Parak, and Dr Dedi Adhuri, LIPI, check GPS coordinates of village waters. Photo: P. Bradley Dr Dedi Adhuri and Pak Ali Abdurrahim, LIPI, collaborate with a Selayarese fisherman. Photo: H. Ross 7 Mapping coastal characteristics as part of the FishCollab process at Parak village, Selayar, Indonesia. Photo: A. Abdurrahim Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project 18 Highlights and achievements

Training workshops

3 Attendees at the marine planning training workshop at Makassar, Indonesia. Photo: L. Izquierdo

THEACTIVITY: TOOL: ToolsFishCollab training

training workshops at Makassar, the Philippines are now available on the Indonesia, during February 2018 CCRES YouTube channel. Key results • 70% of Indonesian trainees and almost 50% of Filipino trainees INDONESIA Number of end-users attending 2018 have used the tools since the Participants intend to use tools in tools training workshops training (based on August 2018 specific projects, plans 348 survey results) More than 80 representatives from government, NGOs, business, universities % of attendees who expect to use the PHILIPPINES and other research institutes attended tools in their work Tools trainees rate quality of Tagaytay 10 training workshops at Makassar, 94.5% workshops highly Indonesia, during February 2018. (agree, strongly agree) More than 90 local marine planning A program of 10 workshops was experts and coastal managers attended % of attendees who perceive a benefit delivered by a team of trainers and behavioural change, marine planning, in using information on ecosystem facilitators from Indonesia, Australia, systems analysis, and business services to support decision-making Costa Rica and the United States. development workshops at Tagaytay, 97% Philippines, during April 2018. Workshop Importantly, 98% of these participants also (agree, strongly agree) participants came from national and indicated that they or their organisation local government agencies, NGOs, intend to use the CCRES tools in specific businesses in El Nido, universities and projects or plans that reduce stress on Where we’ve had uptake research institutes, and beyond. coastal ecosystem services. • More than 90 local marine planning Feedback from participants showed that Strong networks were also created at the experts and coastal managers the quality of the workshops was highly event with some participants creating a attended training workshops regarded, with around 94% indicating What’s App discussion group to keep at Tagaytay, Philippines, during they would use the CCRES tools in their in contact and provide support to each April 2018 work. Videos capturing participants’ other in the use of the tools tackling • 80 representatives from experiences, an explanation of the tools coastal management issues. government, NGOs, business and perspectives from project partners in and research bodies attended 10 Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Project Highlights and achievements 19

Stories of uptake WHAT TOOL USERS SAY Trainees see benefits of tools in decision-making “I will apply the CCRES tool to coastal communities in relation to Nineteen of every 20 end-users who “This was very encouraging to hear,” how they can care more for the attended CCRES training workshops said Project Manager Liz Izquierdo. environment, which will have a long- in the first half of 2018 expect to “We are a technical assistance use the tools in their current or term impact for future generations.” project so it’s wonderful to know that future work. our end-users are already seeing A review of post-workshop survey the value of our tools. The co-design results reveals that 94.5% of approach our researchers have used attendees at workshops in the in developing them appears to be Philippines and Indonesia expect paying off. their organisations to use the tools in “Participants indicated that the their current or future work. tools would be used on specific Approximately 97% agree or projects or plans that reduce stress strongly agree that following their on ecosystem services. They also involvement with the CCRES gave us helpful suggestions on project, they see benefits in using individual tools to refine them for the information on ecosystem services final versions.” to support decision-making.

1 Workshop participant and trainer at the marine planning workshop, Tagaytay, Philippines. Photo: S. Clayton Marine planning training workshop attendees at Makassar, Indonesia. Photo: L. Izquierdo 7 Workshop participant and trainer at the workshops, Tagaytay, Philippines. Photo: S. Clayton CONNECT WITH US CAPTURING CORAL REEF AND RELATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROJECT

Join our community @CCRESnet ccresnet Contact Project Manager Systems Analysis Liz Izquierdo Dr Carl Smith T: +61 7 3443 3144 T: +61 7 3365 2480 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] FRONT COVER IMAGES L–R Marine Planning Behaviour Change Prof. Peter Mumby Mark Paterson Marine reserve design workshop hosted T: +61 7 3365 1686 T: +61 409 411 110 by UQ and the UP Marine Science E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Institute in Quezon City, Philippines. Photo: Philippines Country Coordinating Unit Business Development Assoc. Prof. Damian Hine Eco-Biz Challenge business skills T: +61 407 744 998 workshop in El Nido, Philippines. Photo: L. Izquierdo E: [email protected] Dr Patrick Regoniel from Palawan Visit www.ccres.net State University operating SESAMME at a focus group discussion, Sibaltan, Philippines. Photo: R. Richards Local facilitator Ibu Sunarty demonstrates how to set goals in the My Future, My Oceans workshop, Capturing Coral Reef and Related Ecosystem Services Selayar, Indonesia. (CCRES) is a regional technical support project that seeks to Photo: P. Bradley unlock the value of ecosystems for coastal communities in ABOVE IMAGE the East Asia-Pacific region. CCRES will develop knowledge Fish school over a healthy reef. products — which inform the design of global, regional Photo: P. Mumby and national projects, plans and policies — and technical models and planning tools which assist with preparation of community-based coastal resource management plans.