IPSI Case Study Summary Sheet
Basic Information
Title of case study (should be concise and within approximately 25 words)
Community-based monitoring and information systems as an emerging toolkit to improve management ofSEPLS
Submitting IPSI member organization(s)Forest Peoples Programme

Other contributing organization(s) (IPSI members and/or non-members)

Author(s) and affiliation(s)Maurizio Farhan Ferrari, Caroline de Jong (Forest Peoples Programme)
Format of case study (manuscript or audiovisual) Manuscript
Language
EnglishKeywords (3-5 key concepts included in the case study)Community-based monitoring, customary sustainable use, indigenous peoples and local communities,
Convention on Biological Diversity
Date of submission (or update, if this is an update of an existing case study)
22 December 2015
Web link (of the case study or lead organization if
http://www.forestpeoples.org/
available for more information)

Geographical Information
Country (where site(s) or activities described in the case study are located – can be multiple, or even “global”)
GlobalLocation(s) (within the country or countries – leave blank if specific location(s) cannot be identified)Longitude/latitude or Google Maps link (if location is identified)
Ecosystem(s) (please place an “x” in all appropriate boxes)
Forestx
Grasslandx
Agriculturalx
In-land waterx
Coastalx
Dryland x
Mountainx
Urban/peri-urban x
Other (Please specify) x (all)Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics of the area (within 50 words)
In different parts of the world, indigenous peoples and local communities are developing their own monitoring
approaches, based on traditional knowledge and a holistic view of people and environment, often using andadapting new technologies and innovative approaches (see section on methodology). As a result of efforts to
get together and share these experiences, an informal network on community-based monitoring andinformation systems (CBMIS) has been forming during the past few years.
Description of human-nature interactions in the area (land-use, traditional resource management practices etc. – within 50words)

CBMIS is understood as ‘the bundle of monitoring approaches related to biodiversity, ecosystems, land and waters, andother resources, as well as human well-being, used by indigenous and local communities as tools for their managementand documentation of their resources’.

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Status (“ongoing” or “completed”)
ongoing
Period (MM/YY to MM/YY)
2013Rationale (why activities or policies described, or information shared in the case study are needed – within 50 words)
CBMIS is particularly relevant to SEPLS because of the interaction between humans (indigenous peoples andlocal communities) and their environment and natural resources, and focus on SEPLS key issues such as species
used as food and medicine, documenting and monitoring effects and changes of land and resource-usepractices, and monitoring of customary rules and norms.
Objectives (goals of activities or policies described, or of producing the case study – within 50 words)
Generally the primary aim of the data collection and monitoring is to strengthen the local knowledge base forterritorial resource management and community development. However, the contribution of case studies andcomplementary data for monitoring of progress towards international targets and agreements is an important
added value of CBMIS initiatives, which is gaining increasing acknowledgement and support from international
policy-makers, conservation and development agencies, and the academe.
Activities and/or practices employed (within 50 words)

CBMIS is very diverse and can range from technically simple and basic to technologically advanced andsophisticated. Some of the methodologies and processes that have so far been presented in the network
include community mapping, resource inventories, eco/agri-calendars and biodiversity registers and othercommunity-based biodiversity monitoring (CBBM) approaches.
Results (within 50 words)
While monitoring activities by communities at the local level have taken place for a long time, the recent initiative of a
network of indigenous peoples and local communities to focus on CBMIS is sharpening the role that community
monitoring can play at local, national and international level. At the local level, it has contributed to strengthen theknowledge base and institutional capacities of local communities and to develop concrete activities to protect andsustainably use their territories and resources. At the national level, it has started to facilitate improved community
participation in national policies and in some cases resulted in legal reforms. At the global level, it is being increasingly
recognised in the CBD and other relevant processes, including IPBES, SDGs and UNFCCC.

Lessons learned (factors in success or failure, challenges and opportunities – within 40 words)
The case studies demonstrate how CBMIS can be used to take stock of resources on the ground and ofcommunity wellbeing, to protect communities and the resources on which they depend from unwanted
external pressures and potentially unsustainable activities, to support communities in developing,
implementing and monitoring their own territorial management plans, and to contribute data and information
to national environmental and development processes, thereby participating more effectively in them.
Key messages (within 40 words)
While a number of challenges are emerging, CBMIS initiatives have the potential to become importantcomplementary data sources for global, regional and national assessments relevant to biodiversity, climate andsustainable development and for monitoring implementation of international processes and agreements. Most
important of all, however, is that CBMIS tools should remain controlled by, and useful to, indigenous peoples
and local communities on the ground in their daily lives.
Relationship to other IPSI activities (if the case study is related to any other IPSI collaborative activities, case studies, etc.)
This case study originally appeared in the Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review v. 1.
Funding (any relevant information about funding of activities or projects described in the case study)

Contributions to Global Agendas
CBD Aichi Biodiversity Targets (https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/)
The table below shows based on the self-evaluation by author(s).  and  indicates the “direct” or “indirect” contributions to theCBD’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets respectively to which the work described in this case study contributes to.

Strategic Goal AStrategic Goal BStrategic Goal C

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Strategic Goal D

Strategic Goal EUN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs)
The table below shows based on the self-evaluation by author(s).  and  indicates the “direct” or “indirect” contributions to theSDGs respectively to which the work described in this case study contributes to.
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