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Problem Definition Exercise
General Summary
 Responses from ½ of those surveyed (n=14/31)
 Broad and narrow in scope
 Narrow – related to specific goal
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Managing freshwater supply
Recovery of listed species
 Broad – encompassing wider range of NRM goals
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Strategic conservation planning
Land- and sea-scape scale conservation
Achieve shared conservation objectives
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Action Statements
 Primary focus of resource allocation: planning
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Natural & social science strategic action plan
Develop framework for LCD
Support research efforts
Need for expanding/protecting PAs
Climate vulnerability assessment
Prioritize conservation targets
 Action
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Establish PA system
Removal of aquatic barriers
 Planning + Action
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Goals – Broad
 Broad – encompassing wider range of NRM goals
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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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Goals – Narrow
 Narrow – related to specific goal
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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
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With consideration of wider Caribbean region
 Broader than US Caribbean
 Southeast & Central region of PR
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Temporal Extent
 Short- & long-term
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5 years or less
50 years
Infinite time horizon
 Distinction between planning & implementation
horizons
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Constraints & Uncertainties
 Constraints
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Evolving political regimes
Cost
Jurisdictional limitations
Divers cultural perspectives
Competing priorities
Unreliable long-term buy-in + lengthy planning process
 Uncertainties
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Ecological system dynamics
Climate change, SLR
Human growth & distribution,
Economic conditions
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Decision Makers & Implementers
 Decision Makers
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Federal agencies
Commonwealth/Territorial agencies
Local officials/agencies
NGOs
CLCC Steering Committee (or member agencies)
private corporations
 Implementers
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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
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
CLCC Decision Statement V.1.0
The Caribbean LCC Steering Committee wants to
develop and implement a coordinated, efficient, and
effective landscape-scale natural and social science
management plan to conserve, restore and sustain
cultural, historic, recreational, and ecological
resources in the US Caribbean considering a
dynamic local political landscape, unreliable public
and agency support, financial and jurisdictional
limitations, diverse and competing perspectives and
priorities, and uncertain socio-ecological dynamics.
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DMs, Implementers, & Stakeholders
 Decision maker: CLCC Steering Committee as
developer and keeper/guider of strategic plan
 Decision implementer: Organizations represented
on the SC, and broader Cooperative membership
 Stakeholders: anyone influenced by the decisions
(stakeholder analysis to be accomplished later)
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Temporal Extent
 Temporal extent
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Planning: within 5 to 10 years
Implementation: from planning to 10 - 20 years (to
institutionalize LCD)
Adaptive management (ongoing, as appropriate)
Impacts of decisions: present to 60 - quasi infinite
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Spatial Extent
 Terrestrial and marine components within the EEZ
of the U.S. Caribbean, and Navassa Island, with
consideration of relevant drivers, policies and
impacts originating in the wider Caribbean region.
The wider Caribbean is defined by UNEP.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
CLCC Decision Statement V.2.0
The Caribbean LCC Steering Committee will develop
and implement coordinated, efficient, and effective
landscape-scale conservation design and strategy to
conserve, restore and sustain ecological resources
and services and human well-being in the US
Caribbean inside and outside of CLCC jurisdictional
boundaries. The CLCC recognizes the following
constraints and uncertainties: political and social
environments, finances, multiple overlapping decision
making authorities, diverse values, competing
priorities, and climatic and ecological dynamics.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
CLCC Decision Statement V.2.0
The Caribbean LCC Steering Committee will develop
and implement coordinated, efficient, and effective
landscape-scale conservation design and strategy to
conserve, restore and sustain ecological and cultural
resources and services and human well-being in the
Caribbean inside and outside of CLCC jurisdictional
boundaries. The CLCC recognizes the following
constraints and uncertainties: political and social
environments, finances, multiple decision making
authorities, diverse values, competing priorities, and
climatic and ecological dynamics.
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Strategic & Fundamental Obj. Hierarchy
conserve, restore and sustain ecological resources and
services and human well-being
Maximize public
satisfaction
Maximize economic
benefits from
Maximize
sustainablehuman
use of
well-being
cultural
& natural
resources
Minimize operational
costs CLCC &
partner agencies
Facilitate, efficient and
effective conservation
design (CLCC role)
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Maximize the
structure and
function of marine
and terrestrial
ecosystems
Maximize
environmental
literacy
Maximize the
value of cultural
and historical
resources
Maximize
cultural literacy
Strategic & Fundamental Obj. Hierarchy
conserve, restore and sustain ecological and cultural
resources and services and human well-being
Maximize public
satisfaction &
well-being
Maximize the value
of natural resources
Minimize operational
costs CLCC &
partner agencies
Facilitate, efficient and
effective conservation
design (CLCC role)
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Maximize the
structure and
function of marine
and terrestrial
ecosystems
Maximize the
value of cultural
and historical
resources
Exercise: Assigning objectives
Conserve, restore and sustain cultural, historic, recreational,
and ecological resources in the US Caribbean
Facilitate efficient,
effective, and
transparent LCD
Enhance the
structure and
function of marine
and terrestrial
ecosystems
Conserve and
enhance the
cultural and
historical resources
Minimize
operational costs
How can we better achieve
these?
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Maximize public
satisfaction