Global Leadership Year 2 Budget: 9,169

conservation zones. The threats assessment confirmed that the direct impacts of HIVAIDS on biodiversity are: 1 accelerated rate of extraction of natural resources due to increased dependence on wild foods and wildlife, medicinal plants, timber, and fuelwood; 2 decreased availability of labor due to sickness and death within the villages and among conservation staff; and 3 loss of traditional knowledge and skills. Currently in its second year, the PEACE project is focusing on developing a mitigation action strategy and implementing tangible actions to address the direct impacts that HIVAIDS have on coastal biodiversity. The PEACE project encompasses eight villages in the Bagamoyo and Pangani Districts as well as terrestrial and marine conservation zones adjacent to these villages. As the SUCCESS program is working in the Bagamoyo district as well, there are opportunities to build upon the lessons learned from the PEACE project, and to incorporate health aspects into the SUCCESS Program in future years. In Year 2, the SUCCESS team’s technical expertise in milkfish farming will be tapped to investigate potential milkfish farm sites in Biyuni village of Bagamoyo, which is adjacent to Sadaani National Park. HIVAIDS vulnerable groups in this community have been identified as migrant fishers and laborers in the salt works. Since alternative livelihood development has been identified as a mitigation strategy by PEACE, it will investigate the possibility of developing salt flats or a portion of the salt works into milkfish ponds. This will provide more employment opportunities for individuals in the village and opportunities for more year-round jobs – rather than reliance on temporary migrant laborers. DemocracyGovernance: CRC is recognized internationally for an approach to coastal management that sees systems of decentralized and participatory governance and the successful application of the principles of democracy as the heart of successful coastal management. The SUCCESS Program is actively working to improve governance of coastal resources at the site level. Under this intermediate result category, the number of sustainable natural resource management and conservation policies and strategies implemented will be measured. In Year 2 this will, for example, mean working towards establishing management zones for bivalve harvesting and seaweed cultivation in Tanzania. These detailed zoning plans contribute to the implementation of the Tanzania National ICEM Strategy and the Mariculture Guidelines and engage citizenry more in participatory resource management decision-making. The Policy Cycle and the Orders of Outcomes frameworks described in Section I of this document provide guides for sequencing of actions in all field programs and evaluating results. They are central to a learning system that focuses on the connection between governance and the condition of the people and ecosystem in specific places. These methods integrate across the SUCCESSS portfolio and are a central feature of the training programs. AlliancesPartnerships: In each country and region where the SUCCESS Program operates, there is a growing number of coastal resources management initiatives funded by national governments, business interests, NGOs, and international donors. The SUCCESS Program will inform itself of these activities and, through its regional networks and training courses, work to form alliances with initiatives with similar goals. Such alliances and more formally structured partnerships will be explored to promote collaborative learning and, where appropriate, collaborative action. A goal of the SUCCESS Program is to foster a long-term capacity to generate the knowledge and appropriately prepared professionals that can contribute to sound coastal governance in each targeted nation and region. These will be structured as regional 48 partnerships modeled on the U.S. Sea Grant Program. Securing leveraged funds for such regional partnerships will be a priority. Year 2 Task Description and Objectives In Year 2, the SUCCESS Program will pursue specific partnerships. This includes working more closely: ● In Tanzania, with private sector groups in the seaweed industry for the implementation of the National Seaweed Development Strategy and establishing a model site in Bagamoyo ● With private sector buyers who can provide significant extension support and expertise to communities – this may be a more effective approach than government-supported extension efforts ● In Nicaragua, with the small-scale shrimp producer associations in Estero Real to develop product diversification strategies, and more engagement with other estuary-related management issues For all of the cross-cutting themes, the task is to mainstream consideration of these issues into the overall fabric and on-going activities of the field sites, network discussions, and training. As such, no SUCCESS budget is allocated specifically to these crosscutting themes. 49