PROJECT MANAGERS WORKSHOPS “TDA-SAP Discourse” 28 th October, 2009 Guinea Current LME

1. PROJECT MANAGERS WORKSHOPS “TDA-SAP Discourse”28th October, 2009Guinea Current LME STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMMEStephen Maxwell Donkor, Ph.D & Christian Susan Executive Secretary/Coordinator Project Manager Interim Guinea Current Commission, Water Management Unit

2. GCLME – STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP) • www.gclme.org

3. GCLME Project 16 riparian countries: Angola Benin Cameroon Congo Dem. Rep. Congo Cote d’Ivoire Gabon Ghana Equatorial Guinea Guinea Guinea Bissau Liberia Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Togo

4. PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Introduction • Objectives, rationale and priorities • Endorsing Countries • The “Real” Challenge • Basis for Cooperation • Policy, Crosscutting and Investment Actions • Arrangements for Future Cooperation

5. INTRODUCTION • This Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem is • a negotiated policy document which identifies: • policy, legal and institutional reforms and • investments needed to address the priority problems of a transboundary nature investigated in the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA).

6. The primary goal of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) is to mitigate or ameliorate the current rate of environmental degradation and restore eventually the health of the GCLME and its natural resources. The SAP contains priority actions that need to be undertaken at both national and regional levels by a variety of stakeholders. Set out measurable and quantifiable performance indicators for implementation of programme. Objectives, Rationale and Priorities for the SAP

7. GCLME - SAP The document outlines the intervention actions required to resolve the priority problems. The preparation of the SAP has been a cooperative process among the participating countries.

8. GCLME - SAP AGREEMENT:

9. THE CHALLENGE The real challenge is to develop systems and structures to address the naturally highly-variable and potentially fragile nature of the GCLME and its coastal environment to: reverse declines of fish stocks and non-optimal harvesting of living resources; loss of ecosystem integrity arising from changes in community composition;

10. THE CHALLENGE (contd) threats to vulnerable species and biodiversity; introduction of invasive alien species; deterioration in water quality from land and sea-based activities; harmful algal blooms; habitat destruction and alteration including modification of sea bed and coastal zone, degradation of coasts capes and coastline erosion.

11. THE CHALLENGE (contd) These regional transboundary environmental problems have implications, which can be mitigated through cooperative regional actions to manage the complex ecosystem on an integrated and sustainable basis.

12. BASIS FOR COOPERATIVE ACTION United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ABIDJAN CONVENTION ACCRA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ABUJA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION (2006) => INTERIM GUINEA CURRENT COMMISSION (IGCC)

13. BASIS FOR COOPERATIVE ACTION

14. BASIS FOR COOPERATIVE ACTION Linkages, Collaboration and Expanded Cooperation: Cooperation with sub-regional & regional bodies; Cooperation with Partners,Donors,etc; Cooperation with International Organizations; Cooperation with other LMEs (CC, AS & BC LMEs)

15. POLICY, CROSS CUTTING AND INVESTMENT ACTIONS

16. Sustainable Management and Utilization of Marine Living Resources Regional Fish Stock and Ecosystem Assessments Joint fish and productivity surveys and assessments Regional Harmonization of Policies Assessment of under-utilized species

17. Sustainable Management and Utilization of Marine Living Resources (cont’d) Regional Mari culture Policy Socio-economic evaluation Conservation measures FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing Monitoring Control and Surveillance (for Pirate fishing) Physical Alteration and Destruction of Habitats (PADH)

18. Management of Mineral Exploitation Regional consultation framework Harmonization of Policies Cumulative Impact Assessment Co-ordination of interventions relating to offshore exploration and production of oil and gas.

19. Effective Assessment of Environmental Variability, Ecosystem Impacts and Development of Early Warning System for Ecosystem Change: Development of Environmental Early Warning System; Environmental Baseline Establishment; Enhancing Predictability of Extreme Events; Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs); Global Climate Change.

20. Management of Pollution Combating Coastal and Marine Pollution; Waste Minimization and Cleaner Technology Policy; c) Oil Pollution Contingency Plans and Regional Policy; d)Implementation of MARPOL 73/78; e) Marine Debris, Tar Balls and Beach Litter; f) Prevention of Toxic Waste Dumping in the GCLME Region; g) Development of Protocol on LBA and implementation of NPAs

21. Maintenance of Ecosystem Health, Integrity and Protection of Biodiversity a) Vulnerable Species and Critical Habitats; b) Ship Ballast Water Policy; c)Protection and Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity;

22. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES a) Capacity Building and institutional strengthening; b) Stakeholder participation; c) Public participation; d) Investment Actions.

23. NATIONAL ACTION PLANS (NAPs) identify actions to be taken at national level to address strategic transboundary issues. present details of additional national actions (investments, legal&regulatory changes) to implement the SAP. to be endorsed at national level

24. MONITORING & IMPLEMENTATION IGCC SUCCESS / PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (RBM) ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL PEER REVIEW MECHANISM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NAPs

25. ARRANGEMENT FOR FUTURE COOPERATION MEMBER COUNTRIES COMMITMENT TO SAP IMPLEMENTATION; ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT GCC; SUSTAINABLE FUNDING; COOPERATION & COLLABORATION with pertinent institutions, NGOs, private sector, etc.

26. External Supportive Elements: UNCLOS; ABIDJAN CONVENTION Predecessor Project: GOLF of GUINEA PROJECT; Project Achievements: TDA SAP ABUJA DECLARATION => IGCC NAPs GCC GCLME recap

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