{"id":90,"date":"2009-06-12T09:16:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/06\/12\/edf-scientist-participates-in-planning-un-report-on-biodiversity\/"},"modified":"2009-06-12T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T16:16:09","slug":"edf-scientist-participates-in-planning-un-report-on-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/06\/12\/edf-scientist-participates-in-planning-un-report-on-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF Scientist Participates in Planning UN Report on Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Kritzer<\/a> is<\/em> a Senior Scientist for EDF’s Oceans program.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"HongIn anticipation of the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010<\/a>, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing a major report on the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in sustaining natural resource-based industries in Latin American and the Caribbean.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report will have an economic focus and speak to policymakers, highlighting how a shift from \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d management practices that fail to value and protect biodiversity and ecosystem services ultimately lead to higher costs, declines in long-term employment opportunities, and poorer overall economic performance.\u00a0 Economic sectors to be covered include agriculture, forestry, tourism and, of course, fisheries.<\/p>\n

UNDP<\/a> recruited EDF to help with the fisheries chapter in the report.\u00a0 So, I traveled to the small rainforest town of Gamboa in Panama\u2019s Canal Zone to meet with experts from across Latin America and around the world to plan the report.\u00a0 The setting was somewhat surreal, given that we were surrounded by thick, lush jungle, with an array of colorful tropical birds darting about, and the occasional herd of capybara (the world\u2019s largest rodent) wandering into clearing to graze. All of this\u00a0while with massive cargo ship slowly traversing the Canal while pushed by powerful tugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"HongThe workshop participants were very interested in hearing about the potential for catch shares<\/a> to achieve sustainable harvest levels of fish stocks, reduce bycatch and habitat impacts, and create a community of fishermen-stewards who will advocate for habitat protection, improvement of water quality, and other needed ecosystem-based management practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Latin America presents many fisheries management challenges, for fisheries in the region are not only an important source of employment in many countries, but also a major source of protein, particularly in small coastal subsistence fishing communities.\u00a0 Fortunately, the region can look to several successful examples of catch shares management, including both the large ITQ-managed fisheries in Chile and the smaller coastal fisheries managed by \u201ccooperativas\u201d (cooperatives) or territorial use rights (TURFs) in Mexico, Uruguay and other countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As EDF looks to expand upon its existing Latin American efforts in Mexico, Belize and Cuba, this new partnership with UNDP, guided by the course charted in this report, will open exciting new possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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