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RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL MANAGEMENT

From this page you will find links to key training tools, recommended reading and links in relation to the different steps/components of community based coastal management.

These resources can be used to build your own knowledge or train others be they practitioners or community members.

The resources included in these pages where utilized in trainings held in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Vanuatu over the last 12 months and refined after each activity based on feedback from participants and other trainers.

The first link below provides an overview of community based coastal management whilst the following links take you to pages which focus on a particular aspect of this process.

Community based coastal management overview
Information on the whole community based coastal management processes, models and their application, key case studies and links to further resources.

Initiating community based coastal management processes
A checklist for initiating community based coastal management processes.

Analysing the situation
After initiating the process these tools will assist in compiling the right information and designing an appropriate process with your community.

Management Planning
The main event this page provides training tools, recommended reading and important tools relating to participatory planning workshops (Process) and key contemporary concepts relating to reef ecosystems and management tools (Knowledge)

Monitoring and Evaluation
All good management plans should be reviewed and for this monitoring and evaluation information is required. This page provides training tools to improve understanding of the link between management planning and monitoring, key references to assist in the design of appropriate monitoring strategies, case studies relating to community based monitoring and links to further information and organizations that can assist in this area.

Wana's Recommended Reading

Wana Sivoi is a community development worker from Fiji,. She has been working with communities, assisting them with their community based natural resource management processes, for the last 20 years. These references are her recommendations for others wishing to successfully assist their communities in sustaining their natural resources.

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