On the Conservation Training website you can follow a mangrove training course consisting of 10 modules in total. You can do it on your own or with a mentor. In case you are interested you can register for a collaborative learning group for mangroves.
Marine Litter Course
Marine Litter is a course about the global problem that affects the ocean globally. Litter is an environmental, human health and socio-economic problem that is a symptom of a highly disposable society. Everyone is free to take this course. However, if you are interested in doing the course online and also participating in our collaborative learning group organized by the Green Heritage Fund Suriname, then please fill out the form on this page, and we will contact you to give you more information.
Contemporary Issues in Ocean Governance is a course on the open2study MOOC platform that anyone can take. However, if you are interested in doing the course online and also participating in our collaborative learning group organized by the Green Heritage Fund Suriname, then please fill out the form on this page, and we will contact to give you more information. The collaborative learning activity will dive deeper in the topics touched on in this course and bring them closer to home (with Dutch transcripts of the course provided for those who prefer to study the subjects in Dutch). Experts will meet with the collaborative learning groups to discuss the topics and relate them to our own hemisphere and seas.
Blue Planning in Practice Suriname
Blue Planning, i.e. ecosystem-based marine and coastal planning and management is regarded as a useful approach to support integration of environment and resource management, sustainable development and governance priorities at local, national and regional scales. The Training aims to provide an overview of the theory and practical concepts of coastal and marine spatial planning (MSP) to enable enable national and local planners and practitioners develop and implement integrated coastal and marine policies and plans in the local context. The Training was developed under the ‘Blue Solutions’ initiative which is coordinated by Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (http://bluesolutions.info/capacity-development/blue planning in practice planning in practice)
Exploring Our Oceans is a course in general knowledge about the ocean and how our actions affect the hidden face of our planet on the MOOC platform futurelearn. Everyone is free to take this course. However, if you are interested in doing the course online and also participating in our collaborative learning group organized by the Green Heritage Fund Suriname, then please fill out the form on this page, and we will contact you to give you more information.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) lead the first ever sea space use discussions on the unique Pedro Bank and Cays. These consultations and the resulting plan plotted out the uses of the sea space by the numerous users and determined how both its protection for both sustainable fishing resources and unique marine biodiversity can be achieved.
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As coastal development increases in Brazil, artisanal fishers struggle to protect their resources. By leveraging the government-created Extractive Reserves' (RESEXs) legal structure and working with government, local fishers' organizations, and communities, Rare's Fish Forever program in Brazil has 1) established community-led governance and authority over artisanal fisheries; 2) designated managed-access fishing areas, combined with no-take reserves; and 3) improved participation of fishers and communitiy members in fisheries management and decision-making.
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“The process for declaring Playón and Playona as a protected area for the conservation of Dermochelys coriacea and Eretmochelys imbricata turtles, considers citizen participation as a right, as well as a very important tool to guarantee the success of protection activities undertaken by the local community with the support of environmental authorities,” said Julia Miranda Londono, Director of the National Natural Parks of Colombia. “This will enhance the influence and leadership of civil society in conservation policies and activities in the region.”
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On Feb 23rd 2018, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement for co-management of the Marine Sanctuary Arrecifes del Sureste with a local non-profit consortium/co-management body; comprised of local NGOs, private sector organisations and the NGO Blue finance.
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The Centre of Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) of the University of West Indies, Barbados, and Sustainable Grenadines Inc. collaboratively established a marine space-use information system (MarSIS) and a participatory geographical information system (PGIS) together with a wide range of stakeholders from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Carriacou & Petite Martinique islands of Grenada. The collaborative development of a MarSIS and PGIS facilitated the development of a multi-use zoning plan for the islands, which assisted both countries with conservation and sustainable livelihood initiatives.
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The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization offered by UC Davis through the Coursera Platform can be audited for free. This will specifically be about how to use GIS and to start with, what is GIS. In case you are interested in taking this course in a collaborative learning group, please fill out the form on this page, and we will contact you to give you more information.
