SNAPP TEAM:Coastal Outcomes
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When does coastal conservation produce positive outcomes for people and nature, and what are the co-benefits and tradeoffs between multiple outcomes?

In coastal ecosystems, scientists and managers often encourage the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in order to provide both ecological and social benefits. This group is assessing the social, ecological, and political conditions in which the use of MPAs and OECMs are associated with positive outcomes for both people and nature, as well as the synergies and trade-offs that exist between multiple outcomes.

OUR APPROACHUsing data from seven coastal countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, we will identify how MPAs and OECMs contribute to successful outcomes under different political, social, and economic conditions, and will translate the results into a tool to help managers make related decisions in the future.

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Charting the value and limits of other effective conservation measures (OECMs) for marine conservation: A Delphi study

The Coastal Outcomes SNAPP working group served as an expert panel reaching consensus that OECMs can strengthen local and Indigenous rights where social equity is prioritized. Appropriate metrics and evaluation techniques remain an obstacle to understanding OECM’s potential to contribute to 30 x 30 goals (conserving 30% of the earth’s surface by 2030).

Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs

This perspectives paper in Nature discusses the promise of OECMs to advance effective and equitable conservation and lays out five key next steps for the implementation of this new policy tool.

Equitable and effective area-based conservation: towards the conserved areas paradigm

A side project of the Coastal Outcomes group, this perspectives paper in PARKS discusses the role of global OECM policy in contributing to a more equitable, diverse and inclusive conservation sector.

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Leaders
Emily Darling
Wildlife Conservation Society
Georgina Gurney
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Members
Amber Himes-Cornell
Food and Agriculture Organization
Amelia Wenger
WCS / University of Queensland
Arun Agrawal
University of Michigan
Courtney Cox
RARE and Alliance for Conservation Evidence
David Gill
Duke University
Derek Armitage
University of Waterloo
Elizabeth McLeod
The Nature Conservancy
Estradiveri
World Wildlife Fund
Gabby Ahmadia
World Wildlife Fund and Alliance for Conservation Evidence
Gavin McDonald
University of California, Santa Barbara
Graham Epstein
University of Waterloo and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Harry Jonas
IUCN, WCPA Task Force on OECMs
Irfan Yulianto
Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia
Jessica Blythe
Brock University
Joachim Claudet
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL
Josheena Naggea
Stanford University
Natalie Ban
University of Victoria
Nyawira Muthiga
Wildlife Conservation Society
Peni Lestari
Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia
Ravaka Ranaivoson
Wildlife Conservation Society
Sangeeta Mangubhai
Talanoa Consulting Fiji
Stacy Jupiter
Wildlife Conservation Society
Stephanie D’agata
Macquarie University
Stuart Campbell
RARE Indonesia
Tim McClanahan
Wildlife Conservation Society
Vera Agostini
FAO
Whitney Friedman
NCEAS and University of California, Santa Barbara
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