The 10-year Caribbean & North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems Strategic Action Programme (CLME+ SAP )

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1 The 10-year Caribbean & North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems Strategic Action Programme (CLME+ SAP ) 3 rd Meeting of the LBS STAC, Miami, Florida 31 October 2 November, 2016

2 Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) Sixty-six LMEs have been delineated globally (NOAA) LME s constitute a meaningful geo-spatial unit to promote implementation of ecosystem-based management (NOAA, GEF )

3 The Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (4.4 million km 2 ) CLME + region = 2 LMEs: the CARIBBEAN LME and the NORTH BRAZIL SHELF LME 25 GEF-eligible countries + 18 overseas territories + USA

4 Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Programme (SAP) SAP - negotiated policy document Endorsed at the highest level of all relevant sectors of government TDA identify key environmental problems that are transboundary in nature; identify associated causes Establishes clear priorities for action (e.g., policy, legal, institutional reforms, or investments) to resolve the priority transboundary problems Mechanism used to seek fact-based agreement among countries on priority issues

5 Threats to the CLME+ CLME+ Transboundary issues CLIMATE CHANGE UNSUSTAINABLE FISHERIES SOCIETAL CHANGE POLLUTION HABITAT DEGRADATION

6 ROOT CAUSES of the 3 (+1) CLME issues Weaknesses in GOVERNANCE limited HUMAN & FINANCIAL resources; inadequate (ACCESS to) DATA and INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE inadequate public AWARENESS and INVOLVEMENT inadequate consideration of the VALUE of ECOSYSTEM goods & services POPULATION GROWTH and CULTURAL pressures; trade and EXTERNAL DEPENDENCY

7 STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT (SAP): FLOW CHART AND KEY CONCEPTS 2.a. Set Ecosystem Quality Objectives (EcoQOs) 1. Define a (long-term) VISION for the CLME + region 3. Specify the Directions for Strategic Action (SDs) 2.b. Set Societal Benefits Objectives (SBOs) CLME + SAP: a 6 (+4) Strategies Programme and its correspondent Actions 4. Agree upon the overarching and ecosystem-specific Strategies 4. Agree upon the Priority Actions The SAP will be implemented through a series of projects: 5. Define & Agree on specific Activities

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9 CLME+ SAP: 6 main STRATEGIES and 4 sub-strategies S1 Protection of the Marine Environment S2 Sustainable Fisheries S3 Inter-sectoral Coordination S4 EBM, Reef Ecosystems S4a S4b Spiny Lobster Fisheries Queen Conch Fisheries S5 EAF, Pelagic Ecosystem S5a S4b Flyingfish Fisheries Large Pelagics Fisheries S6 EAF, Continental Shelf

10 CLME+ SAP Endorsements As of September, 2016, 34 ministers in 25 countries had endorsed the CLME+ SAP

11 CLME+ Strategic Action Programme: 3 Regional Strategies APPLY SUBSIDIARITY PRINCIPLE!

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14 The GEF-supported TDA-SAP process = a cyclical process State of the Marine Ecosystems Reporting mechanism SAP M&E mechanism

15 The CLME+ umbrela SAP UMBRELLA SAP CLME+ SAP = Comprehensive road-map towards sustainable living marine resources management through strengthened and consolidated regional cooperation REQUIRES PROGRAMME COORDINATION & OVERSIGHT! - among institutions, programmes, projects and initiatives working on a given topic - across & among the 3 priority topics: habitats pollution - fisheries Exisitng Projects New Projects Implementation of new projects under the SAP supported by the GEF

16 CLME+ SAP Endorsements

17 As of September, 2016, 34 ministers in 25 countries had endorsed the CLME+ SAP

18 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE STAC 1. Recommend additional joint LBS-SPAW STACs in the future 2. Recommend progressive integration of efforts under LBS and SPAW Protocols e.g. integrated EBM projects 3. Recommend progressive development towards LBS COP 4 & SPAW COP 10 - of an integrated assessment on the State of the Marine Environment of the Convention Area reporting mechanism consider expanding the Monitoring & Assessment WG to include BD interests consider use of draft CLME+ SOME outline as basis recommend CLME+ PCU and UNEP CEP Secretariat to further work on a proposed outline, to be taken to COP3/9 Art 16 CC Art 7 LBS Protocol

19 Thank you CLME+ Project Coordination Unit Cartagena, Colombia