Strengthening coral reef monitoring and ocean equity for marine co-management in Tonga. (Old ID 30026)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
The proposed project would aim to build off one of the most successfully implemented marine management programs in Tonga, the Special Management Area program (SMA). The SMA program is Tonga’s version of marine co-management and currently involves over 50 % of coastal communities (59 communities as of February 2023), with the aim to reach 100 % capacity by 2025. Implementation and scaling of the SMA program has been widely successful but is now struggling with issues in M&E, as well as community coordination. These issues have been expressed to us from the Ministry of Fisheries (MoF) and Civil Society of Tonga and are largely due to staff in these organisations being under-resourced and already working at full capacity. 1. Strengthen SMA Monitoring and Evaluation capacity in Tonga 2. Strengthen equity and resilience in the governance structure of Tonga’s Special Management Area program
Date
16 Jun 2023 - 18 Dec 2023
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Impact Evaluation;Small-scale Fisheries;Tonga;Co-management
Funding Body
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Amount
70660
Project Team
N/A