Mission, Vision and Values
OUR MISSION
To advance the practice of community-based marine resource management and conservation by providing a forum for practitioners (communities, traditional leaders, individuals, organizations, and researchers) to share experiences and information. We work collaboratively to spread resources and knowledge on locally-managed marine areas (LMMAs) and community-based adaptive management (CBAM) and to promote and improve this approach.
Former Helen Reef ranger Benedict Pedro on patrol, Palau. Photo: Wayne Andrew
School of black surgeonfish swim over a reef in Kayangel, Palau. Photo: William Andrew
Sea cucumber harvest, Indonesia.
Photo: Cliff Marlessy
OUR VISION
- Healthy ecosystems and communities, abundant fish and other marine resource stocks, and sustainable fisheries utilization.
- Protected marine biodiversity.
- Sustainable development in coastal communities.
- Understanding of what communities are doing in managing marine areas.
- Understanding of ecological and socio-economic responses to LMMA implementation.
- Global awareness of the biological and social-economic science related to LMMAs coming out of Asia-Pacific.
OUR VALUES
- Commitment - as a way to stay focused on goals.
- Teamwork - because we can achieve more working together than we can on our own.
- Objectivity - to enhance our science and our relations with our partners.
- Transparency - to promote open and honest sharing of information and experience.
- Empowerment - of individuals to take responsibility and be accountable for results.
- Respect - that makes it possible to challenge each other without threatening our relationships.
- Fun - as a way to stay energized and motivated.
- Quality - in all that we do.
Enipein community monitoring, Pohnpei.
Photo: Conservation Society of Pohnpei