{"id":13425,"date":"2019-04-04T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/?p=13425"},"modified":"2021-06-18T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:19:57","slug":"taking-control-with-tara-bandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/taking-control-with-tara-bandu\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking control with Tara Bandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rainy season in Timor-Leste has not quite started yet, so our journey to the village of Behau, some 40 km east of Dili, was a hot and humid affair. We were visiting the Behau community for a moment that has been over a year in the making: the formalisation of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a customary law that they have used to establish a locally managed marine area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll leave my friend and colleague Ollie to tell you about the formalisation [blog coming soon!], and instead tell you about the steps on the road to this incredible community-led conservation milestone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Behau community have implemented <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the past, forbidding fishing in a very productive section of the reef through a combination of sacred rituals and formal legislation. That was over 40 years ago however, as many traditional institutions broke down as Timor-Leste struggled for independence. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lost its power in the country for many years, but the positive effects that Behau\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had on fish stocks are still remembered in the stories of fishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13427\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13427 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"955\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-673x357.jpg 673w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-745x395.jpg 745w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-1300x690.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-300x159.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1800\/955;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The village of Behau, around 40 km east of the capital city of Dili | Photo: Nick Piludu<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We first met Firminio, Behau\u2019s chief, in October 2017. I remember it well, a young, tattooed man, with a cigarette tucked behind his ear, passionately telling us that his community had a real need for sustainable marine resource management. After positive discussions on the potential of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Firminio and other leaders in the Behau community, it was decided to bring the discussion to Behau\u2019s fishers in broader consultations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These consultations were held in the outdoor space of the village administration office. Everybody would sit in a large circle as the dust from the seemingly never-ending road works filled the air, and a series of lively debates took place on the pros and cons of marine management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pull-right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every fisher we talk to tells us the same story of declining stocks, environmental damage, and concerns over food security.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are not catching enough fish anymore,\u201d one fisher says, at a particularly spirited consultation, drawing noises of assent from the rest of the gathering. Coastal communities in Timor-Leste are very aware that something is going wrong with their fisheries, and every fisher we talk to tells us the same story of declining stocks, environmental damage, and concerns over food security. However, not everybody agrees on what to do to fix this. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf we close the reef, where is my husband going to go to get our food?\u201d rebukes a woman, tension sharpening her movements as she speaks. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has often been used to create full no-take zones, so she is understandably concerned about her family\u2019s livelihood and food security.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/taking-control-with-tara-bandu\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 333px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 337px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/taking-control-with-tara-bandu\/consultations-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13431\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Community consultation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-2-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-2-644x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-2-444x333.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" align=\"left\" title=\"Community consultation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/333;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">A consultation with Behau fishers | Photo: Nick Piludu<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 447px; height: 337px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/taking-control-with-tara-bandu\/olympus-digital-camera-150\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13433\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;TG-4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1508730068&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Community consultation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-644x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/consultations-443x333.jpg\" width=\"443\" height=\"333\" align=\"left\" title=\"Community consultation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 443px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 443\/333;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Firminio is in the white t-shirt | Photo: Nick Piludu<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"pull-right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes some effort but, with the help of Firminio and the community leaders, we slowly start building trust in the fact that this is their project and that they, for once, are fully in charge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timorese coastal communities, like many others across the tropics, have a long history of being deprived of their rights. They are used to foreigners barging in to impose their views and systems. It takes some effort but, with the help of Firminio and the community leaders, we slowly start building trust in the fact that this is their project and that they, for once, are fully in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are other ways to use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> besides no-take zones,\u201d I explain. \u201cYou could simply ban destructive gears, only protect certain fisheries, use temporary closures, or limit the size of a no-take zone if you decide to implement one. It\u2019s entirely your decision &#8211; these are your resources. We are just here to help you achieve what you decide to do.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blows the consultation wide open, and suddenly everyone is discussing technicalities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo we could still sail through the protected area? What about gleaning for octopus?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe catch a lot of cuttlefish. How do we make sure we don\u2019t run out?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI heard that on Atauro Island they make tourists pay to enter the protected area. Could we do that too?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These technicalities were finalised over a year of community meetings. Blue Ventures was asked to attend some of these meetings to provide technical support, and we stayed in close communication with Firminio and the other local authorities throughout the process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When all was said and done, the Behau community decided to extend full protection to the reef that was formerly covered by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> many years ago. People can still sail on the reef, but fishing, gleaning and anchoring is forbidden. They have also decided to test a separate temporary fishery closure to see if they can improve the yield of their cuttlefish fishery.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13429\" style=\"width: 934px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13429\" class=\"wp-image-13429 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"571\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised.jpg 924w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised-578x357.jpg 578w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised-745x460.jpg 745w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/04\/Behau-Ilimanu-TB-revised-300x185.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 924px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 924\/571;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green: temporary fishery closure area | Red: no-take zone<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Ventures supported the implementation of these decisions by taking GPS coordinates, with Firminio and some of Behau\u2019s fishers, of the two new areas \u2013 marked on land by clear features, such as the local church or a lonely mangrove tree \u2013 before heading back to our office in Dili to draft the official regulations and draw maps. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, there was still some vital work that needed to be done. Although we had strived to include as many people as possible in the community consultations, it was inevitable that not everyone had participated. It\u2019s absolutely critical to make sure that the wider community is happy to test out the regulations, or they\u2019ll never be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For weeks we went door to door, leaving a simple breakdown of the new regulations and holding informal meetings with fishers on the beach. We would explain to anyone who wasn\u2019t already aware that these measures were being proposed by community representatives, and we would ask for their opinions on them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the fishers we spoke to were worried about certain specifics and how they would affect their livelihood, and were pleased for the opportunity to discuss their ideas and concerns. The informal setting of these discussions promoted openness, as well as trust in the process, and by the end of our conversations every fisher we talked to told us that they were happy to support the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and that they thought it would address their problems with declining catches. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that takes us to December 7 2018, when the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Bandu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was formalised. You can read more about this in part 2, written by my friend and colleague Ollie:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/taking-control-with-tara-bandu-part-2\/\">Taking control with Tara Bandu: part 2<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>You can sign up for Beyond Conservation blog updates on the top right of this page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read a day-in-the-life of a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/contributing-to-conservation-in-timor-leste-a-day-in-the-life-of-one-volunteer\/\">marine conservation volunteer in Timor-Leste<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Blue Ventures would like to thank our supporters and funders including the Darwin Initiative through UK Government funding.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25293 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/UK-AID-Standard-RGB_maxWidth_1920_maxHeight_1080_ppi_72_quality_60-1-300x318-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"100\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/UK-AID-Standard-RGB_maxWidth_1920_maxHeight_1080_ppi_72_quality_60-1-300x318-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/UK-AID-Standard-RGB_maxWidth_1920_maxHeight_1080_ppi_72_quality_60-1-300x318-1-61x65.jpg 61w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 94px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 94\/100;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25287 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo-281x357.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"100\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo-281x357.png 281w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo-380x483.png 380w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo-51x65.png 51w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo-300x381.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/05\/Darwin-logo.png 708w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 79px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 79\/100;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The community of Behau in Timor-Leste has decided to take control of its marine resources by using customary law to establish a locally managed marine area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338,587],"tags":[703,704,604],"class_list":["post-13425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lmma","category-timor-leste","tag-behau","tag-locally-led-conservation","tag-tara-bandu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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