Building MPA practitioner skills, knowledge, and comfort with tools used to monitor climate change and methods for implementing coastal ecosystem adaptation strategies

This event formed part of a larger ongoing programme of capacity building for MPA managers in the WIO initiated by WIOMSA in 2012 in collaboration with NOAA of the US, and supported by funding from USAID, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (US), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and WIOMSA. The tools training was designed to: Increase the confidence, skills and ability of practitioners to take action to address non-climate stressors, such as upland/watershed impacts on the coastal environment, as well as evaluate climate threats or stressors; provide an opportunity for practitioners already conducting monitoring and/or adaptation activities to share techniques, cost evaluations and community engagement strategies; engage scientists and managers – creating a conduit for continued dialogue; increase the breadth of knowledge of local trainers who will serve as regional nodes for future capacity building efforts