MOHÉLI MARINE PARK - Equator Initiative

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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIESLocal and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that workfor people and for nature. Few publications or case studies tell the full story of how such initiatives evolve, the breadth oftheir impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practitionersthemselves guiding the narrative.To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to fill this gap. The following case study is one in a growing seriesthat details the work of Equator Prize winners – vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmentalconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local successto scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models forreplication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reference to ‘The Power of Local Action: Lessons from 10 Years ofthe Equator Prize’, a compendium of lessons learned and policy guidance that draws from the case material.Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiative’s searchable case study database.EditorsEditor-in-Chief:Managing Editor:Contributing Editors:Joseph CorcoranOliver HughesDearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney WildingContributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughes,Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna WuDesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Parra,Brandon Payne, Mariajosé Satizábal G.AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Mohéli Marine Park. All photo credits courtesy of Mohéli Marine Park. Mapscourtesy of CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Mohéli Marine Park, Comoros. Equator Initiative Case Study Series. New York, NY.
MOHÉLI MARINE PARKComorosPROJECT SUMMARYBetween 1998 and 2005, the Comoros island of Mohéliwas the setting for an initiative that brought togetherinternational organizations and local communitiesin creating a co-managed marine protected area.The idea was to conserve 404 square kilometresof ocean, home to key marine species such as thecoelacanth, humpback whales, dugong and dolphin,while benefiting local livelihoods through ecotourism.The result, the Mohéli Marine Park, is an ongoingexperiment in setting the right conditions for co-managedmarine management. Benefit-sharing arrangements andenforcement of harvesting regulations are key issues thathave affected the success of the initiative in recent years;early results in increasing live coral cover on the park’sreefs and increases in tourism numbers, however, indicatethat the park may yet be able to deliver on its promise.KEY FACTSEQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2002FOUNDED: 1995LOCATION: Mohéli islandBENEFICIARIES: 10 communities of southern Mohéli coastBIODIVERSITY: Mohéli Marine ParkTABLE OF CONTENTSBackground and Context 4Key Activities and Innovations 6Impacts 73
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