{"id":8909,"date":"2017-08-18T17:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/?p=8909"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:03:06","slug":"4-take-home-messages-international-congress-conservation-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/4-take-home-messages-international-congress-conservation-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"4 take home messages from the International Congress for Conservation Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, I attended the 28th <\/span>International Congress for Conservation Biology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(ICCB)\u00a0in Cartagena, Colombia. I was at the conference to <\/span>host a workshop<\/span><\/a> about invasive lionfish management, present on our\u00a0<\/span>mobile monitoring<\/span><\/a>\u00a0during a symposium about new technologies in conservation, as well as participate in a <\/span>panel about environmental entrepreneurship<\/span><\/a>. Throughout the conference, we also hosted a booth – sponsored by\u00a0<\/span>Lionfish University<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– selling lionfish jewellery made by\u00a0<\/span>Belioness<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kaj Expressions<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thing that really struck me during the conference was the collective recognition that conservationists (both academics and practitioners alike) need to have a wide range of interdisciplinary skills to address the complex problems that the sector faces. In this blog I try to distil what I heard, experienced and thought at ICCB into four \u201ctake home messages\u201d on this subject. <\/span><\/p>\n

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#1: study history and politics<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Professor EJ Milner-Gulland summarises her thoughts in this short interview<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

A turbulent global political climate means that support for conservation is less certain than ever before \u2013 however this does not provide us with any reason to be pessimistic. ICCB symposia and workshops demonstrated that conservationists have risen to the challenge, and creative solutions designed to be financially sustainable abound. As highlighted by <\/span>Professor EJ Milner-Gulland<\/span><\/a> during her <\/span>plenary talk<\/span><\/a> about <\/span>conservation optimism<\/span><\/a>, the most promising solutions take into account historical, political and modern social contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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#2: don\u2019t be a technophobe!<\/span><\/h3>\n

The symposium about new technologies in conservation, organised by researchers at the Auckland University of Technology, was a great example of this. Presentations ranged from the potential use of Pokemon Go to increase engagement in conservation in urban settings, to the use of conservation drones for improved monitoring of remote or fragile sites. On <\/span>Tori<\/span><\/a>\u2019s behalf, I presented as part of this session, and described our journey <\/span>using smartphones to monitor Madagascar\u2019s shark fisheries<\/span><\/a>, as well as the <\/span>ODK Toolkit<\/span><\/a> \u2013 a detailed how-to guide for partners interested in establishing their own community mobile monitoring programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jen presenting on Blue Ventures’ journey using smartphones to monitor Madagascar\u2019s shark fisheries | Photo: Ruben Venegas<\/p><\/div>\n

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#3: social impacts of declining biodiversity <\/span>and<\/span> conservation activities are complex and difficult to predict. Don\u2019t shy away from the challenge. <\/span><\/h3>\n

I was also extremely interested by a presentation by <\/span>Victoria Griffiths<\/span><\/a> about the inclusion of social well-being indicators for biodiversity offsets, which I first learned about through my <\/span>Kinship<\/span><\/a> fellowship in 2014. Biodiversity offsetting is a mechanism whereby developers invest in biodiversity conservation to \u201coffset\u201d unavoidable impacts to biodiversity. Unsurprisingly, <\/span>biodiversity offsets are controversial<\/span><\/a>; while they force developers to consider and minimise biodiversity impacts, our ability to predict biodiversity impacts and effectively carry out avoidance or restoration is limited. This becomes more difficult when considering the value of biodiversity to people affected by major developments, which is often subjective and relational, and whose perspectives are almost <\/span>always<\/span><\/i> excluded. It is extremely encouraging to see efforts to include social well-being measures, as to do so is a critical step towards more socially and environmentally responsible development.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning about the <\/span>\u2018no net loss\u2019 approach<\/span><\/a> taken for biodiversity offsets inspired me when strategizing for integrated lionfish management in Belize (<\/span>read more in our recent factsheet<\/span><\/a>). We have adopted a <\/span>Coupled Human and Natural Systems approach<\/span><\/a> to lionfish management planning, which aims to leverage efforts for lionfish control (keeping this idea of \u201cno net loss\u201d to biodiversity as a central pillar to the strategy) to deliver additional socioeconomic benefits to fishing communities e.g. through the development of markets for invasive lionfish. <\/span><\/p>\n

During ICCB, we also <\/span>hosted a workshop (you can watch a recording here<\/a>)<\/span>\u00a0that discussed the relative risks and opportunities surrounding these human-centred approaches to lionfish control. I believe that through thoroughly considering all potential outcomes, we have the best chance at delivering positive impacts to people and biodiversity in Belize.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Erica Patterson<\/div><\/div>
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Photo: Matthew Halladay<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Participants rank threats related to market-based incentives for lionfish control | Photo: Erica Patterson<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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#4: people love lionfish jewellery <3<\/span><\/h3>\n

I had the opportunity to discuss my favourite example of a market-based intervention (<\/span>Belioness – Belize Lionfish Jewelry<\/span><\/a>) whilst participating in a panel about environmental entrepreneurship, alongside Dr Alex Dehgan, CEO and founder of Conservation X Labs (an innovative tech-for-conservation startup) and Chris Wood, the founder of eBird \u2013 arguably the most successful citizen science programme to date. During the panel, we discussed the need not only for businesses to do better at integrating environmental goals to their work, but also for conservationists to better understand markets and business. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is particularly true when I consider our support for Belioness. In 2015, following a series of workshops, Blue Ventures helped establish this independent business, with membership made up of women from seven of Belize\u2019s fishing communities. The business is owned completely by its members, with Blue Ventures providing support for its day-to-day management.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visitors to the lionfish jewellery booth, sponsored by <\/span>Lionfish University<\/span><\/a>, were taken by the group\u2019s story, and over 100 pieces were sold throughout the conference. Those who had seen Belioness\u2019 jewellery before noted that the quality had improved, extremely welcome feedback, as this has been a major focus for the last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Environmental entrepreneurship panel | Photo: Valentine Rosado<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Photo: Valentine Rosado<\/div><\/div>
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Photo: Valentine Rosado<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Phil Karp and Jen at the lionfish jewellery booth.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Overall, ICCB was an action-packed and busy week \u2013 only made possible thanks to <\/span>our wonderful partners<\/span><\/a> in lionfish work, and in particular Jen Solomon, Steph Green, Phil Karp and Fadilah Ali. I look forward to working through outputs of the workshop, and exploring ideas that came out of the countless interesting conversations and contacts made\u2026 watch this space!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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