Nexus Action for Mangroves in Selangor, Malaysia: protection through value creation for community-public-private partnerships (NexAMS)

红树林通过多种生态系统服务为企业和社区做出贡献，但在马来西亚和全球范围内，红树林被低估和保护不足。NexAMS利用NetComFish(牛顿-翁库-奥马尔基金项目)的成果和经验教训、能力建设和共同创建，旨在推动政策和商业倡议，通过可持续利用改善包容性红树林保护，并建立公共-私营-社区伙伴关系，重点是雪兰郭州。通过利益攸关方参与、案头工作和知识交流，将通过以下方式实现这些目标：(1)分析地方、州、联邦和国际计划、政策和承诺，以找出差距，并就现有倡议如何影响红树林以及如何加以修改以支持红树林的可持续发展吸取经验教训；(2)评估过去、现在和未来对红树林的潜在社会、经济和环境威胁，以确定针对公共和私营部门的缓解行动；(3)确定企业为尽量减少对红树林的影响、支持红树林恢复和促进沿海社区发展而采取的可行行动；(4)社区参与，以确定红树林保护的最佳领域，以促进可持续利用和促进企业与社区的联系；(5)沿着政策路径和企业网络进行外联、参与和有针对性的交流。为了产生持久的影响，NexAMS将：与地方、州和联邦各级的利益攸关方合作，多部门地与地方社区、私营部门、政府、非政府组织和学术界合作；建设利益攸关方通过可持续利用更好地管理红树林资源的能力；促进不同利益攸关方群体之间更多的互动，以促进伙伴关系的建立。这些影响将支持雪兰莪州及其他地区的沿海社区生计和对环境敏感的经济发展。

Mangroves contribute to businesses and communities through multiple ecosystem services, yet are undervalued and under-protected in Malaysia and globally. Using outputs and lessons from NetComFish (Newton-Ungku Omar Fund project), capacity building and co-creation, NexAMS aims to advance policy and business initiatives for improved, inclusive mangrove protection through sustainable use and build public-private-community partnerships, focusing on the state of Selangor. Using stakeholder engagement, desk work and knowledge exchange, these aims will be achieved through: (i) analysis of local, state, federal and international plans, policies and commitments to identify gaps and learn lessons on how existing initiatives impact mangroves and can be modified to support sustainable development with mangroves; (ii) assessment of past, present and potential future social, economic and environmental threats to mangroves to identify mitigating actions targeted at public and private sectors; (iii) identify achievable actions for businesses to minimise their impact on mangroves, support mangrove restoration and contribute to coastal community development; (iv) community engagement to identify optimum areas for mangrove protection for sustainable use and facilitation of business-community linkages; (v) outreach, engagement and targeted communication along the policy pathway and among business networks. For lasting impact, NexAMS will: work with stakeholders across local, state and federal decision-making tiers, and mutlisectorally, with local communities, the private sector, government, NGOs and academia; build the capacity of stakeholders to better manage mangrove resources through sustainable use; and facilitate increased interaction between different stakeholder groups to enable partnership building. These impacts will support coastal community livelihoods and environmentally sensitive economic development in Selangor and beyond.