Resource Management

Community-based resource management councils

Setting up local governance systems that draw on biodiversity conservation for poverty alleviation is of paramount importance for the sustainable improvement of both biodiversity and livelihoods.

Three community-based coastal and marine resource management councils played an essential role in our project to improve local governance:

1. ‘Lembaga Pendiri, Pengawas, Pengelola Laut dan Pesisir’ (LP3LP) in Pejarakan
2. ‘Badan Pengelola Wilayah Laut dan Pesisir’ (BPWLP) in Sumber Kima
3. ‘Lembaga Pengelola Laut dan Pesisir’ (LPLP) in Penyabangan

Two them - LPLP, LP3LP - have received legal authorisation by their village government to

• exercise law enforcement for sustainable ornamental fish harvesting
• represent the community in policy dialogues and negotiations with the private sector.

Local Fishermen Monitor Coral Fish Stock

One of the most imporant tasks of community-based resource management councils is to monitor their natural resources, and adjust their management practices according to the results (e.g. stock size, biodiversity etc).

The practice of adaptive management is new in Bali as it requires special technical skills, for example marine resource assessment, monitoring.

ReefCheck trained the 15 community members from four villages on how to perform a participatory coastal resource assessment (PCRA). 

The new skills help the local resource managment councils conduct regular monitoring of their coral fish stock and manage their marine resources and fishing enterprise sustainably.

Marine Protected Area proposed in Sumber Kima

Reef Check has also enabled the project partners to work with the community to identify a potential Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Sumber Kima.

The geographical scope of the proposed MPA was agreed in consultation with the community. The legal procedures to officially designate the MPA are ongoing.

Updated: 18 August 2008