DEVELOPED BY THE PEOPLE OF MUR COMMUNITY, RAI COAST
DISTRICT MADANG PROVINCE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM
MAKATA INC.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction
1.1. Development of plan
The idea of
conservation or management is linked with an icon, one of the prehistoric
reptiles of all time, the leatherback turtle.
This animal was used traditional as a means for the famous barter
system, the coastal communities would trade the leatherback turtle for garden
crops. This was a traditional practice for this community; however locals did
not know that this assess was not going to be around for long if there were no
actions taken to protect them as they were historically part of history. The
people of Mur have expressed their desire to manage their resources and have
therefore sought assistance from MAKATA Inc, to facilitate a process to achieve
this desire. The seven clans that have traditional ownership of the area met on
the ______(date)__________________to agree to have a marine management area.
This plan is put together by the clans with assistance from MAKATA their
overall vision is to__________________________________________.
2. Definition of terms (Need to define)
Management area –
Clans-
Kunai grass-
3 .Description of the management area
Mur
community is about three to four hours by speed boat and are situated in
East of Madang
town
in the Rai Coast District of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea.Mur Community is located in Ward 5, Rai coast Madang . It is at
least three to four hours by a 40hp engine boat. It is nestled along long
stretches of fine black sandy beaches. The people here are subsistence farmers
and fishermen.The proposed management
boundaries extend from _(Name)____________to __(Name)___________________. Each
clan have designated specific strategies within their clan areas and management
would be solely their responsibility.
Mur is made up of one big village and
several hamlets. They have seven major clans. Here are the
clans and the number of people in each
clan.
Clans and Population
1. Marasok – M = 136 –F= 109 – Total
= 245
|
2. Maigomba - M = 72 – F=50 – Total
= 122
|
3. Yakot - M = 69 – F= 42 – Total =
111
|
4. Kamdau - M = 72 – F = 26 – Total
= 98
|
5. Sokila - M = 58 – F = 22 – Total
= 80
|
6. Mur - M = 115 – F = 64 = Total =
179
|
7. Dawang - M = 112 – F = 56 = Total
= 168
|
The population is: Male 634; Female
369; Total = 1003 .
The nearest health center, primary
school and other government service is at Saidor, the district
headquarters, some two hours walk away
from Mur. The only service in the community is the
elementary school.
The main source of income is cocoa and
copra. Another source of income is by selling local crops
at the market, like bettle nut (buai),
mastard (daka), lime (kambang), peanut, greens, garden
produce, fish etc at the local
markets. Mr. Tilom Dabaliga also produces and sells organic stock
feed, a skill he learnt from the
agriculture officers based at Rai Coast District.
4. Description of the plan
This management is an agreement between the
seven clans of Mur Community, namely;
1.
Marasok 2. Maigomba 3.
Kamdau 4. Sokila 5. Mur 6. Dawang . This
plan was developed to protect and safeguard the community resources in the
condition they are in before it is over exploited to the point where it cannot
recover.
The management plan describes the resources
that the community value discussing their importance and their uses and the
condition that these resources are currently at. It also goes on to discuss the
threats and provides strategies or regulations and penalties to eliminate or
control the threat to the important resources. Inclusive is a monitoring plan
that will work towards measuring the effectiveness of the implemented
management plan.
The management plan will be implemented by
the Mur community members.
5. Community resource use & management Issues
5.1.Description of current use (Can include pictures here if wanted to show the targets or resources)
The following community targets are of high
value to the community leaders; (1) Cocoa (2) Fish (3) Turtle (4) Coral Reefs
(5) Sea shells (6) Kunai Grass (7) Sago (8) River
Cocoa , is a cash crop, primarily to earn
income. A lot of the locals have fermentations that allow for them to dry their
cocoa and then take it to the market for the buyer to pay cash. The locals are
highly dependent on this resource as mentioned for income.
Fish is a local protein and communities
harvest when need be to complement local garden crops such as sweet potato
(kaukau), banana and cassava (tapiok)
Turtle,this
animal is used for traditional purposes to trade. They
don’t sell turtle meat and eggs. Traditionally they killed turtles mainly to
trade with the inland people for taro. Even today they still don’t sell them.
They use it for their own consumption.
Coral Reefs, this target resource provides
for other important marine resources such as fish and shells. There are also
cultural stories tied to this resource that the communities still treasure.
Sea shells this is a delicacy for the
locals as well, making up part of the meal, only when there is availability.
Kunai
Grass- Used especially for roofing thatch. This material is available
easily and therefore harvesting is over
a large areas. It is also cut and burnt to make areas for gardening. Locals
also burn the grass to hunt for pigs.
Sago – The bark of the sago tree is beaten
for its starchy substance which is food for the local. The palm leaves are also
used for thatch roofs, such as that of kunai grass. Also where sago palms are
found there are small outlets of water where locals use for bathing and washing
dishes.
River, the locals use this area for washing
clothes and dishes and bathing.
5.2.Description of community targets and threats
The conditions of each target based on
local observation are as follows and the trend of the resource overtime .
Target resource
|
Condition at present
|
Trend over time
|
Cocoa
|
Good
|
Increasing
|
Fish
|
Very good
|
No change
|
Kunai Grass
|
Good
|
Declining
|
Sea shells
|
Very good
|
No change
|
Coral Reef
|
Very good
|
No change
|
River
|
Good
|
No change
|
Turtle
|
Good
|
No change
|
Sago
|
Good
|
No change
|
The table above show that a lot of the
resources are perceive by locals as being good and that it will remain in this
condition for the next 20 years. For the
Kunai grass locals are seeing areas that are reduced in the mountains and the
valleys. The threats that were identified are; (Can also include photos here to show the threats )
Threat
|
Threat score
|
Priority
|
Overharvesting
of resources
|
38
|
1
|
Poison
rope fishing
|
34
|
2
|
Cutting down
|
22
|
4
|
Binatang
(insect spoiling the crops)
|
28
|
3
|
Burning
or making fires
|
19
|
5
|
Human
Waste
|
16
|
6
|
Night
spear
|
16
|
6
|
Oil pollution
|
16
|
6
|
Man
Stil (Stealing)
|
16
|
6
|
The most threatened resource identified by
locals can also be seen in the table prioiritised below.
Resource
|
Overall
threat scores
|
Prioritisation
|
Cocoa
|
50
|
1
|
Fish
|
36
|
2
|
Turtle
|
23
|
7
|
Coral
Reefs
|
28
|
5
|
Sea
shells
|
30
|
4
|
Kunai
Grass
|
32
|
3
|
Sago
|
22
|
8
|
River
|
26
|
6
|
Participatory discussions have led to
identification of the root causes of the majority of the threats which are;
1.
Lack of education and awareness
2.
Demand of resources due to
population increase
3.
Demand for income to meet basic
necessities
4.
Modern technology and improved
way of living (Western culture replacing traditional culture)
5.
Demand for land to make gardens
to feed increase in population
6.
Traditional systems have died
out so no respect
6. Community Vision & Management Objectives (Please review with the committee this and edit if need be)
Vision Statement
Preserving the environment for the future
generations to live a self-sustaining life.
Goal
To protect and sustainably use our land and
sea resources to provide us with income,food and beauty contributing to a
healthy community
Specific Objectives
1.
To ensure there is beautiful
beaches and forest areas for Mur community to enjoy within the next three (3) years
2.
To gain income through tourist
operations within our marine area with the next
five years.
3.
Ensure fish stocks are
maintained at current condition within the management area
4.
In the next 3 years we will identify
and protect fish breeding areas at identified sites
5.
In the next 5 years increase
the population of nesting leatherback
turtles within Mur management area.
7. Specific Terms and Conditions
7.1 Zoning of the area for specific uses
The
designation of zones have been delineated by clans . (still to add if other clans have decided)
A Map needs to be inserted here to show the proposed protected areas. (Adolf to provide after discussions)
Clan name
|
Area
|
Designated
zone
|
Dawung
|
Mot reef
|
Tambu (Protected)
|
Dawung
|
Parangamal reef
|
Restriction during spawning times
|
7.2.Management Rules
The following set of rules will apply to
areas that are open to harvesting.
Rules
|
Total ban of the use of poison rope for fishing
|
Ban use of double Hook for fishing
|
Ban use of gill nets for fishing
|
No use of gas tank to dive for fish and other marine
resources
|
No night diving
|
Oil pollution/spillage
|
No use of dynamite
|
Noken kilim torosel
|
Stop long kisim gramsel
|
Stop long kisim kiau blong torosel
|
At tambu or protected areas is banned from the all forms of harvesting.
7.3.Controls and enforcement of Rules (Fees or Penalties and Control Measures)
The following penalties have will be
imposed if rules are breached.
Rules
|
Penalties
(to be discussed and
confirmed to insert)
|
Total
ban of the use of poison rope for fishing
|
|
Ban
use of double Hook for fishing
|
|
Ban
use of gill nets for fishing
|
|
No use
of gas tank to dive for fish and other marine resources
|
|
No
night diving
|
|
No Oil
pollution/spillage
|
|
No use
of dynamite
|
|
No
Killing of turtles (Is
this all species?)
|
|
No
harvesting of giant clans
|
|
No
harvesting of turtle eggs
|
(need to confirm this with
community) The management area will be managed by a Committee
made of local community members.
The rules outlined above will be enforced
by the LMMA Committee and will be enforced through the village court system.
The duties of the enforcement team is ; (1) To ensure that rules are followed
(2) Will apply and collect penalties (3) responsible for erecting of the sign
posts.
The Marine Management Committee will include
(number of males and females and name the members)___________________________________________________________________
8.Resource Management Actions
To ensure the effective management of the
LMMA the following activities have to be undertaken by the committees and
working with our partners, especially when there is need for technical support.
A set of actions that will be a workplan that needs to be developed by
the local management team. Look at the root causes such as Lack of awareness,
so you would have to develop an activity and this will go in table
Activity
|
Lead
person/Agency
|
Time
|
9. Monitoring
The monitoring plan will be
developed with the partner organization MAKATA Inc so that it the methodologies are aligned with
the scientific methodology. The plan will outline the following;
A local monitoring team
will be established and trained to carry out the community-based monitoring.
Needs to be developed with the community can be done as part of the
community biological monitoring training
Indicator
species
|
Monitoring
method
|
When to do it
|
Survey site
|
Who will do
survey
|
Who to share
information to
|
10. Others
The management plan will be reviewed
annually for adaptive management purposes. If there are changes that need to be
done to the document the LMMA committees in consultation with the community may
make necessary changes during the review of the plan.
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