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IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. Guillermo García Montero Chairman IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. The purpose of this talk… What is IOCARIBE? The region: main characteristics. Main environmental issues. Top priority areas.

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IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

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  1. IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Guillermo García Montero Chairman IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

  2. The purpose of this talk… • What is IOCARIBE? • The region: main characteristics. • Main environmental issues. • Top priority areas. • Main Programs in: • Oceans Sciences, • Ocean Services, • Operational Observing Systems, • Capacity Building. • Data management needs.

  3. “Specialised mechanism of the UN system to co-ordinate ocean scientific research and ocean services world-wide” IOCARIBE Is a major subsidiary body of IOC

  4. IOC Regional Subsidiary Bodies

  5. The Region

  6. The Region: Main Facts * excluding US and Mexico

  7. MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES... In IOCARIBE CONCERNING OCEANS AND COASTS… • Pollution (oil spills, sewage unprocessed and uncontrolled, debris…) • Coastal erosion (mainly sandy beaches) • Marine habitat degradation (coral reefs, mangroves, wetlands…) • Fisheries depletion. • Natural hazards (hurricanes, storm surges…)

  8. TOP PRIORITY AREAS Fisheries Agriculture Tourism Coastal Populations Marine Biological Diversity Marine Pollution Maritime Safety Weather Forecast Storms and Hurricanes Storms Surges Tsunamis

  9. IOCARIBE S-C Main Facts… Historic Background: 1968: CICAR 1975: IOCARIBE Association 1982: IOCARIBE Subcommission • 29 Member States… • Regional Offices located in Cartagena, Colombia.

  10. IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions The Programs… Ocean Sciences. ‘Reducing scientific uncertainties about coastal and global ocean processes in the context of marine ecosystems’

  11. IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions The Programs… Ocean Services. ‘Open and full access to ocean data and management of relevant information for all’

  12. IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions The Programs… Operational Observing Systems. ‘The monitoring and forecasting capabilities needed for the management and sustainable development of the open and coastal ocean’

  13. IOCARIBE IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions The Programs… Capacity Building. Strategic to the overall role and supports of capacity building efforts that are focused within the IOC’s scientific programmes.

  14. IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Ocean Sciences… HAB • HAB-ANCA… to determine the conditions that influence on harmful algal blooms origin and intensity, and to forecast its appearance and trajectories.

  15. Gulf of Mexico SE US Continental shelf Caribbean North Brazil shelf IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Ocean Sciences… LME • Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem… • Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem… • …Sustainable management of the shared living marine resources of the Caribbean LME and adjacent regions through an integrated management approach that will meet WSSD targets for sustainable fisheries.

  16. IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Ocean Sciences… ICZM • Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in Latin America and the Caribbean… • …To contribute to the sustainable management of marine and coastal zones through sound science, technology and services.

  17. IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Ocean Services… • Caribbean Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System. Tsunamis and other Coastal Hazards. US Virgin Islands, 1867 US Virgin Islands, today

  18. Caribbean Tsunamis 1530-2004

  19. Western North Atlantic Tsunami Fatalities in last 150 Years Date Place Fatalities 1853 Venezuela 600-4,000 est.* 1867 Virgin Islands 23 1882 Panama 75-100 1907 Jamaica 500 1918 Puerto Rico 91-100 1929 Canada 28 1946 Dominican Republic 1,790; 75 1991 Costa Rica 2 TOTAL 2,584 *not included

  20. Proposed Atlantic DART Buoy Locations

  21. IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Ocean Services… data management. • ODINCARSA… Ocean Data and Information Network for the Caribbean and South America Region… …To develop, coordinate and improve marine information and data exchange and management centers.

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  23. IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Operational Observing Systems. • IOCARIBE-GOOS… …The Regional component of the Global Ocean Observing System.

  24. IOCARIBE-GOOS / Definition “…is a basic source of information, services and products to support sustainable social and economic development, welfare, and safety, through systematic observations and associated research on coasts and seas… The system is … designed to yield products and services that meet the needs of users… …it is also a tool for integrated management of the coastal zone…

  25.     GONE     NOT OPERATIONAL    UNKNOWN      OPER / NO XMIT   OPER / XMIT                                                IOCARIBE: Tide Gauges Network Status Status reported GLOSS IX 02/05

  26.  CPACC    RONMAC     US NWLON     IOC/UNEP      UK   FRANCE                                  MEXICO       CUBA        DOM REP      SMITH. INST  IOC  PANAMA     FIN  VENEZ  CUR   NOAA NOAA IOCARIBE: Tide Gauges / Tsunamis Program 63 stations, 41 via GOES. ref. IOCARIBE Tsunami Proposal Annex III

  27. The ARGO Float…

  28. Data to manage… • Sediments, • Salinity, • Currents, • Sea level, • Waves, • Coastal Morphology, • Dissolved Oxygen, • Water Color, • Sea Temperature, • Coastal Vegetation, • Biodiversity, • Bathymetry.

  29. Process and phenomena • Coastal Erosion, • Coastal Flooding, • Storm Surges, • Sea Level Rise, • Coast Line Changes, • Bathymetry and sediment grain seize changes, • Habitat Modification, • Eutrophization, • Mass Mortality, • Species Abundance.

  30. Models and Products • Coastal Erosion, • Sediment Transport, • Storm Surges, • Coastal Flooding, • Sea Level Rise, • Habitat Modification, • Coast Line and Bathymetry Changes, • Water Quality, • Oil Dispersion and transportation, • Communities and Ecosystem Dynamics.

  31. Observing, Analysis and Forecasting Main Elements Phenomena and processes(observation and description) Data and Variables(acquisition) Products (Including forecasting) (Development and delivering) Models (development and application)

  32. GRACIAS

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