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Ecosystems
Societies
Consilience
Precautionary principle
Development of an assessment method of the societal cost for best fishing practices and
efficient public policies
SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, INCO-DEV, PRIORITY A.2.2Reconciling multiple demands on coastal zones
Incofish, start-up workshop, 4-7 October 2005
eCOST
eCOST Context• The project ECOST falls under:
– the logic of the decision of Johannesburg to restore the marine ecosystems for 2015 through the establishment, by 2012, of networks of protected areas and
– the philosophy of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) for a responsible fishery
eCOST Main Objective
To develop a new approach for the evaluation of fishing activities and fishing policies in order to contribute to a better management of aquatic resources in the
world
eCOST Specific Objectives• 1-Development of far-reaching research into the capacity of traditional
models to take into account the reality of ecological, economic and social effects using purely theoretical considerations, the experience of past application, and a questioning of the notion of value.
• 2-The construction of an efficient model for societal cost. This model is based on the consilience between economics, sociology and ecology, and takes into account the variable nature of resources and marine environmental changes.
• 3-Comparison of the societal costs of fishing activities. Comparative work carried out on three levels: firstly, work on the ecosystem showing the repercussions of the use of distinct techniques and practices; secondly, comparison of the ecosystems themselves in order to highlight the responses made by the ecosystems to anthropic pressure; and thirdly, a comparison of ecosystems that have free or regulated access and the ecosystems found within marine protected areas.
• 4-Definition of options for public policy by the formulation of certain principles found within the framework of the CCRF for responsible fishing
Societal costs
The societal costs are all costs linked to fishing activities and fishery policies
SC = Ecol C + Econ C + Soc C
These may be ecological (alteration of the capacity of a system), economic (all costs linked to production, management, subsidies, and external factors) and social (the costs of poverty, social injustice, gender discrimination, food security and food safety).
eCOST
3 Eco-Regions
ASIA Great Delta Ecosytem
Perl River (China)Chao Phraya
(Thailand)
Mekong (Vietnam)
The Vo Doi marine protected area
AFRICA Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem
Senegal
Guinea Bissau
Guinea Conakry
The Tristao/Alcatraz marine protected area
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem
Jamaica
Dominicana Republic
Trinidad and Tobago
The Parque Nacional des Este
WORK PACKAGE (1)• WP 1: Study of present-day relevance of available tools and models
that were previously used for impact assessments. Questioning of the notions of value, particularly those assigned to ecosystems and monetary valuation. Definition of ecological, economic and social value as accounted for in ECOST. Development of links between ecology, economics and sociology using the consilience principle (9 months)
• WP 2: Development of an articulation platform for data and information (48 months)
• WP 3a, b: Development of a method for a sociological and economics evaluation (12 months)
• WP 4: Development and application of an ecological model to chosen ecosystems (12 months)
• WP 5: Production of ECOST model (9 months)• WP 6: Calibration and application of ECOST method to fisheries of
chosen regions (6 months)
WORK PACKAGE (2)• WP 7: Eco-region comparative analysis of societal costs according
to the ecosystems, the methods of fishing and the fishing policies (6 months)
• WP 8: Comparative analysis of societal costs with MPAs (12 months)
• WP 9: Elaboration of a generic version of the ECOST model (6 months)
• WP 10: Public and fishery policy analysis (42 months)• WP 11: Definition of public policy options towards a better
integration of societal costs in public and private decision-making (6 months)
• WP 12: Dissemination of knowledge, tools and results of the ECOST project and conceptualisation of a tool for the broadcast of the ECOST method (48 months)
Figure 1: complementarities of the partners
Ecology (WP4-WP9) NSC ENSAT CNSHB CMS CAF & CORC
Economy (WP3b-WP9) CEMARE IRD CRODT EMU DARE
Information and share platform (WP2-WP5, WP9) IRD INEP 9 Eco-region partners
Philosophy and ethics (WP1, WP11) UNIV. Hamburg INRA
Public policy (WP10-11) CEP FAO Dfid OCDE WFC CRSP CRFM SPC 9 Eco-region partners
Modelling area WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP9 And Eco-Region applications WP6, WP7, WP8
Questioning area WP1-WP11
Public policy area WP9
Sociology (WP3a-WP9) MARE IRD Univ. Hamburg, INEP EQUIS DARE
Public policy area WP9
Dissemination WP12 IRD and all partners
Incofish-Ecost ?
• Ecological modelling
• Valuation
• Law
• Case studies: Gulf of Thailand
• Other?