ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Tuesday, July 23
morning session: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Symposium: Capacity, Constituency and Conservation: An Integrated Approach to Protect
Near-Shore Fisheries for People and Biodiversity
Room 301
Tuesday, July 23, 8:00 to 10:00
Organizer(s):
Amielle Dewan, RARE; Jake Kritzer, EDF
The loss of biodiversity and coral reef habitat to overfishing, along with the collapse of near-shore fisheries and fishing-dependent
communities, create a conservation-livelihood challenge of unprecedented scale. Territorial-user rights for fisheries (TURFs)
have emerged as potential solution with demonstrated fisheries and conservation benefits. Although TURFs with a no-take
protected area have been associated with improvements in fish biomass and coral reef health, the adoption of a new and exclusive
fisheries management solution is challenging without strong leadership, appropriate training, science-based management, and
effective communication about the benefits for fishers. By bringing together key specialists who are working together to achieve
biodiversity conservation and livelihood results, this symposium will create a unique opportunity to showcase the power of
a collaborative, yet rigorous, approach for implementing the TURF solution in biodiversity hotspots across the globe. This
symposium will also provide a unique and needed contribution to the ICCB, presenting not only the latest science on the
ecological and social aspects of TURF adoption but also a training and communications model to ensure lasting success of
conservation interventions on the ground. By capitalizing on the interactive format, this symposium will provide a forum for
understanding how multi-disciplinary approaches can be applied to other critical conservation challenges.
Tuesday
08:00 Going beyond NTZs: designing TURF-Reserves for fish and fishing
Dawn Dougherty; University of California Santa Barbara
08:15 Marine reserves revisited: integrating spatial management with harvest control rules in data-limited tropical
fisheries
Jake Kritzer; Environmental Defense Fund
08:30 Increasing the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Belize
Larry Epstein; Environmental Defense Fund
08:45 The role of communication and social marketing in community-based conservation campaigns
Stacey Sowards; University of Texas El Paso
09:00 Building an integrated approach to protect near-shore fisheries in Indonesia and the Philippines
Eleanor Carter; Rare
09:15 A complex systems approach to conservation conflict transformation: reevaluating our current practices to
effectively address human-wildlife conflict.
Francine Madden, Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration; Joshua Fisher, The Earth Institute, Columbia Univ.
Open discussion period follows from 9:30 to 10:00
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