Problem Definition Exercise

Summary & Discussion

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General Summary

Responses from ½ of those surveyed (n=14/31) Broad and narrow in scope Narrow – related to specific goal

Managing freshwater supply Recovery of listed species

Broad – encompassing wider range of NRM goals Strategic conservation planning Land- and sea-scape scale conservation Achieve shared conservation objectives

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Action Statements

Primary focus of resource allocation: planning Natural & social science strategic action plan Develop framework for LCD Support research efforts Need for expanding/protecting PAs Climate vulnerability assessment Prioritize conservation targets Others?

Action Establish PA system Removal of aquatic barriers

Planning + Action

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Goals – Broad

Broad – encompassing wider range of NRM goals Sustain, conserve, protect & recover natural and cultural

resources Support socio-ecological system Improve conservation & management effectiveness Identify & fill knowledge gaps Off-set impacts of climate change & urbanization Develop/implement Integrated, landscape-scale planning

tools

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CLCC Mission Statement (Added to ppt during meeting)

To assist the conservation community to develop, provide, communicate, and make available the most up-to-date conservation

science and conservation strategies to agencies decision makers organizations

researchers and the general public in order to conserve, restore, and sustain natural and

cultural resources.

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Goals – Narrow

Narrow – related to specific goal Enhance accountability of LCC efforts Balance over-development Increase habitat connectivity Sustain freshwater supply Recover listed species

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Spatial Extent

US Caribbean With consideration of wider Caribbean region

Broader than US Caribbean

Southeast & Central region of PR

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Temporal Extent

Short- & long-term 5 years or less 50 years Infinite time horizon

Distinction between planning & implantation horizons

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Constraints & Uncertainties

Constraints Evolving political regimes Cost Jurisdictional limitations Divers cultural perspectives Competing priorities Unreliable long-term buy-in + lengthy planning process

Uncertainties Ecological system dynamics Climate change, SLR Human growth & distribution, Economic conditions

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Decision Makers & Implementers

Decision Makers Federal agencies Commonwealth/Territorial agencies Local officials/agencies NGOs CLCC Steering Committee (or member agencies) private corporations

Implementers CLCC SC agencies Land managers, island nation gov’ts Community members

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Stakeholders – those affected by outcomes

Local community members Land owners/managers State agencies CLCC members Federal, commonwealth & territorial agencies Agencies that compete for funds

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To assist the conservation community to develop, provide, communicate, and make available the most up-to-date conservation

science and conservation strategies to agencies decision makers organizations

researchers and the general public in order to conserve, restore, and sustain natural and

cultural resources.