Idea noteStrengthening the system ofterritorial governance and

livelihoods for adaptation to climatechange in five communities along

Nicaragua's northern coast.

• Proponent organization:Center for Autonomy and Development ofIndigenous Peoples CADPI – Nicaragua.• Counterpart:

Territorial governments from Karatá, PrinzuAwala and Tawira.• Participants:• 10 communities from the litoral. Women must

be 50%.

Background• Annual reports on Nicaragua's fishery production reflect millions of

dollars produced by fishing in Nicaragua's Caribbean.

• However the resource is being depleted , due to overfishing fromindustrial fisheries.

• Lobster at present may be seeing a mirage because of the increasein fishing areas resulting from the recent ruling of the InternationalCourt of The Hague, which allocated more than 90,000 Squaerkilometers (900,000 Ha.) of sea to Nicaragua, at the expense ofColombia. This means an increase in the area of scaling, lobster,queen snail and sea cucumber.

• The fact: For example coastal shrimp fisheries, the volume of fishinghas dropped from 4.7 million pounds of shrimp capture in 2003 to1.9 million pounds in 2014, representing a decline of more than42% of the fishery.

• Again, indigenous peoples are the one whopay the bill.

• Livelihood of IPs are been affected in coastalarea.

• Weak governance system• Weak women engagement – ensure

traditional knowledge, incomes.

Purpose - aims• Improved climate-resilience and enhanced

productivity of the agriculture and fisherysectors– -Pine tree savana– managemen– to reduce

emissions– - Recover

traditional landuse for food security

Purpose - aims

• Protect coastal areas agains erosion . Sea levelimpact – break waves – break waters.

• Mangross protection – impacto in under groundwater reservoir.

• Strengtening women organizations to ensuretheir engagement to the local market.

• Promote the establishment of communitystatutes for responsible fisheries governance toregulate relations between small-scale fishersand industrial fishers.

• Create a baseline (case studies) to facilitatethe construction of a responsible governanceof soil and fisheries resources.

• - Traditional use of the pine savanna• - Traditional use of mangroves in miskitus cays• - The traditional role of women in fishery.

Activities

• Workshops on:– Climate change– Governance

Meeting with- Women- Fishermen

- Case studies on mangroes, savanna and cays.