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White Water to Blue Water: A WSSD Partnership Initiative

White Water to Blue Water: A WSSD Partnership Initiative. WW2BW. Healthy, well-managed and productive watersheds and marine and coastal ecosystems that support stable and secure economies and livelihoods in the Wider Caribbean Region. WW2BW Initiative. Improving collaboration between

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White Water to Blue Water: A WSSD Partnership Initiative

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  1. White Water to Blue Water: A WSSD Partnership Initiative

  2. WW2BW Healthy, well-managed and productive watersheds and marine and coastal ecosystems that support stable and secure economies and livelihoods in the Wider Caribbean Region.

  3. WW2BW Initiative Improving collaboration between governments, IOs, NGOs, and the private sector A catalyst for: Enhancing existing partnerships and promoting new partnerships Capacity building/training Promoting best practices - integrated management procedures - partnership models and principles

  4. WW2BW Outcomes and Lessons Learned +++ Over 100 new partnerships -- Not all participants have equal capacity to reach out and partner. March 2004 Conference Ongoing Network to Support and Promote Caribbean Partnerships - Current Open Grants Competition • Metrics Primer English and Spanish (New) • Resources Primer - Coming

  5. Next Steps • Increased communications efforts – new listserve and enhancement of partnership website • Coordinate through regional meetings and promote cross-sectoral communication • Identify and mobilize resources within the region. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WW2BW WWW.WW2BW.ORG

  6. WW2BW Four Theme Areas Marine Ecosystem- based Management Shipping Integrated Watershed Management Sustainable Tourism • Recognizes the overlapping natures of the topics • Promotes new approaches of integrated management

  7. In Watersheds… Globally, 80% of marine pollution derived from land-based sources • Increased sedimentation/nutrients • from deforestation and agricultural • practices • Destruction of wetlands and habitats • Urban run-off and wastewater

  8. In Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems… • Overfishing • Poorly managed aquaculture • Destructive ecosystem practices Use of explosives Unintentional bycatch Bottom trawling Loss of important habitats

  9. In Shipping/Maritime Transportation… • Release of ballast water • Discharges of waste and other substances • Lack of port reception facilities • Need for oil spill prevention and preparedness

  10. In Tourism… • Direct discharge of sewage and waste water from coastal developments into the marine environment • Loss of habitat and biodiversity • Removal/destruction of key plant species needed to inhibit erosion • Damage to coral reefs and other resources • Lack of management guidelines

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