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GOG LME PROJECT - LESSONS. BY EDWIN P. D. BARNES. PROBLEMS OF THE LME. DECREASING FISH CATCHES COASTAL EROSION LOSS OF HABITAT FOR VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES POLLUTION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES DAMS AND HYDRO STATIONS HARBOURS AND PORTS. PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(1). GENERAL
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GOG LME PROJECT - LESSONS • BY • EDWIN P. D. BARNES
PROBLEMS OF THE LME • DECREASING FISH CATCHES • COASTAL EROSION • LOSS OF HABITAT FOR VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES • POLLUTION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES • DAMS AND HYDRO STATIONS • HARBOURS AND PORTS
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(1) • GENERAL • DEVELOPMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE CONCEPT OF ECOSYSYEM WIDE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGING THE GOG-LME
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS (2) SPECIFICS • POLITICAL SUPPORT • SOME 350 SCIENTISTS AND MANAGERS INVOLVED • DEVELOPMENT OF NETWORKS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(3) • CAPACITY BUILDING OF INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS • INSTITUTIONALISATION OF BASIC DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DECISIONMAKING
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(4) • PREPARATION OF COASTAL PROFILES FOR THE SIX COUNTRIES • FORMULATION OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS • INVOLVEMENT OF GRASSROOTS IN ALL PROGRAMMES
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(5) • DEVLOPMENT OF ACTIVE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE SUB-REGION
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS(1) • DEVLOPMENT OF NECESARY COORDINATION AMONG INSTITUTIONS SOME OF WHICH HAD THEIR OWN FIXED WAY OF DOING THINGS • HIGH STAFF TURNOVER BOTH AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS(2) • FOREIGN CONSULTANTS WITHOUT A GOOD APPRECIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY HAD TO OPERATE – DID THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA?