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An Indicators Approach to Understanding resilience of Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes: a community-level perspective

Organizer
United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies and Ministry of the Environment of Japan

Date and Time
15 October 2013 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

An indicator approach has become increasingly used to monitor progress towards achieving specific goals and targets identified in the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Millennium Development Goals and other relevant international agreements. While it has played an important role in understanding the current status and trends at the national and international levels, the usefulness of the indicator approach has not been adequately recognized at the community level. This side event aims to introduce a set of indicators developed by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies and Bioversity International to measure various aspects of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). The primary purpose of these indicators is to support local communities to understand the situation of their landscapes and to develop resilience-strengthening strategies. They have been applied in the baseline assessment in the community development project (COMDEKS) currently being implemented by UNDP, which aims to develop sound biodiversity management and sustainable livelihood activities within local communities. This side event will introduce the challenges and opportunities in applying these indicators and discuss how they can contribute to better understanding of the status of and inter-linkages between human well-being and the socio-ecological production landscape. It will also explore how different types of indicators can complement each other towards the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the implementation of ecosystem approach at various scales.