This publication summarizes the results of the workshop on Sustaining Community Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services: Benefits and Strategies held during the East Asian Seas Congress 2012. 
 
The workshop aimed to explore key considerations in strengthening the initiatives of community-based organizations through the framework of ICM programs, including: 
 
o Capacity development needs for sustaining local and community-based initiatives; 
o Replicating and scaling up good practices and lessons in community-based management to other sites; 
o Sustaining and mainstreaming community-based projects into the development and investment plans of local governments; 
o The potential in establishing eco-business models for community-based management, in support of a “blue economy” at the local level; and 
o Strengthening community participation in local governance mechanism for sustainable development of marine and coastal areas and resources.

Proceedings of the Workshop on Sustaining Community Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services: Benefits and Strategies PDF

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