Integrated management and sustainable development of ecosystems and environmental living and non-living resources is a major challenge for governments. Their decision making, planning, and policy development, on local, national, regional and world-wide scales require a solid base of updated, complete and reliable data on environment and ecosystems, including biodiversity, and needs to comply with strict conditions with respect to quality, consistency and continuity.Currently, monitoring of environment and ecosystems is mostly irregular and scattered, covers a wide range of purposes, designs and needs, and almost always depends on the availability of external project funding. Furthermore, access to existing data and its integration over time and space, is difficult for various reasons, such as the reluctance to share data, and the fact that different methods and technologies are being used for measurements and observations.

1. Overview of UNDP/UNESCO-IOC GEF
CLME Project
Wageningen, 21 June, 2012

2. Sustainable Management of the
Shared Living Marine Resources of the
Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem &
Adjacent Regions
• Participating States -23 GEF- Eligible countries and 2 Associated
countries
• Timeline: May, 2009 –April, 2013
• GEF Focal Area: International Waters
• Financing: GEF $7M ; co-financing $45M
• Implementing Agencies: UNDP & UNESCO-IOC
• Executing Agency: UNOPS

3. GOAL
Sustainable provision of goods and services by the shared living marine
resources of the WCR
OBJECTIVE
Sustainable management of the shared living marine resources of the CLME
through an integrated management approach that will meet WSSD targets for
sustainable fisheries
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
To identify, analyze and agree upon major issues, root causes and actions required to achieve
sustainable management of the shared LMR in the CLME.
To improve the shared knowledge base for sustainable use and management of transboundary LMR
To implement legal, policy and institutional reforms to acheive sustainable transboundary living marine
resources management.
To develop an institutional and procedural approach to LME level monitoring, evaluation and reporting

4. CLME Geographic Scope

5. Ecosystem Approach to Management
• CLME project advocates using ecosystem approaches to
management: The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the
integrated management of land, water and living resources
that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an
equitable way to reach a balance between conservation,
sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of the
benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources
(CBD, 1992)
– Ecosystem approach to fisheries management
– Ecosystem-based management

6. Key Fisheries Ecosystems of CLME
Project
• Reef Ecosystem
Biodiversity &
Fisheries
• Continental Shelf
Fisheries
• Pelagic Fisheries

7. Key Transboundary Issues
• Unsustainable
exploitation of
resources
• Pollution
• Habitat degration and
community
modification

8. CLME Project Components
Finalized
• Transboudary Diagnostic Assessments
Under Dev.
• Pilot Projects and Case Studies
• Development of a proposed Regional Governance Under Dev.
Framework
• Development of an IMS/REMP Initiated
• Strategic Action Programme Under Dev.
• Project Management Ongoing

9. Transboundary Diagnostic
Assessments, TDA
• Scientific and technical process of fact-finding
(or diagnosing) the state of, and threats to,
international waters
– Identify, quantify and set priorities for
environment problems
– Identify immediate underlying root causes for
environmental problems

10. Casual Chain Analysis
• Causal Chain Analysis traces the cause-effect
pathways from the socioeconomic and
environmental impacts back to its root causes.
• Understanding the linkages between issues
affecting the transboundary aquatic
environment and their causes, stakeholders
will be better placed to support sustainable
and cost-effective interventions.

11. Causal Chain Analyses ACTIONS OF CLME SAP
environmental & root
socio-economic causes
impacts

12. Pilot Projects and Case Studies
• Utilize best available information, including
credible science-based assessments, in reviewing
and strengthening governance/management and
policy processes.
– Spiny lobster pilot project (OSPESCA)
– Reef fishery and reef biodiversity pilot project (UNEP-
CAR/RCU)
– Shrimp & groundfish case study – (FAO)
– Case study on the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish –
(CRFM)
– Case study on the Large pelagic fishery – (CRFM)

13. What is a Strategic Action Programme?
• Negotiated policy document
• Endorsed at the highest level of all relevant
sectors
• Establishes clear priorities and commitments
for action to resolve the priority problems
identified in the TDA
• Undertaken prior to the development of
technical assistance, capacity-building, or
investment projects

14. the SAP development process & TDA guidance
Vision for the Wider Caribbean C
EcoQOs: 3 ecosystem fisheries, 3 problems O
Key + Socio-economics (Societal Benefits) N
Problems
S
Strategic Directions defined U
L
T
Root Priority Actions selected A
Causes
September – T
October 2012 I
= draft SAP assembled O
November 2012 N
Final Draft sent to National Focal Points
for review/comments December 2012
P
SAP approved by CLME Steering Committee
R
January 2013
O
C
Endorsement @ ministerial level, all countries
April 2013 E
S

16. Policy Cycle
ANALYSIS AND
ADVICE
REVIEW AND DATA AND DECISION
EVALUATION INFORMATION
MAKING
IMPLEMENT-
ATION

17. LME Governance Framework
Global marine policy cycle
Global
Caribbean Sea
regional policy cycle
Regional
Tourism
Biodiv-
Fisheries Land-
ersity
National Trans- based
portation pollution
Local Climate change adaptation
Climate change adaptation

18. Need for a High Level Science-Policy Interface
Target IGOs
ACS/CSC
CARICOM SICA OECS
Science policy interface
Major
governance gap
OSPESCA
TNC
Integrated monitoring GAME
WECAFC
and reporting Caribbean
component
UNEP ECLAC
CARICOMP Other
contributor
Other
ICOIN
contributor
Data and information contributors

19. The role of contamination (LBS) within
the CLME Project
• Eg. - Shrimp and ground-fish case study
• Participating countries: Brazil, French Guiana,
Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and Trinidad &
Tobago
• Objective: Review and complete the TDA gap
filling activities as a basis for the preparation
of the SAP..
• TDA identified land-based pollution as a
priority transboundary issue for this
ecosystem.

20. Shrimp and Groundfish Governance
Assessment Findings concerning LBS
• The regional arrangement is new but well established, but
there is no subregional arrangement. This may mean that
the subregional issues are underserved by the regional
arrangement.
• This Subregion is part of an overall Wider Caribbean Region
regional process. Only three countries have ratified the LBS
Protocol. Only Trinidad and Tobago is preparing an NPOA.
• Brazil is not a member of the CEP and as such not party to
the Convention & Protocol.
• Amazon river has a major influence on the Caribbean Sea

21. Policy cyle
IMS-REMP
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22. DIAGRAM IMS/REMP
USERS
SEARCHES/QUERIES
PORTAL/INTERNET
IMS METADATA
GIS-RDMS
TABLE
HIPERLINKS
WEBSITES | ARCHIVES | PUBLICATIONS | MAPS | TABLES | GROUPS | EVENTS
DATA – INFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION
CLME/SAP
IN SITU ECOSYSTEMS
MONITORING BIODIVERSITY
REMP
REMOTE ENVIRONMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMY/
FISHERIES EFFORTS

23. CTA general
• encourage sound natural resource management in
ACP countries
• provide access to information and knowledge
• facilitate policy dialogue
• strengthen the capacity of agricultural and rural
development institutions and communities
• focus on policy processes, value chains, information,
communication and knowledge management

24. CTA approaches
• training and capacity building
• information provision
• market development
• role of science and technology
• needs and requirements
• for all levels

25. CTA 2011-2015
• multi-stakeholder policy dialogue
• national, regional and international
• food and nutritional security
• climate change impacts
• regional trade and markets
• role of innovation
• role of ICT technology
• all-encompassing
• enable dialogue
• convey key policy messages
• provide a platform for learning

26. Questions
• What is or could be the position of CTA in relation to CLME
and the ecosystem approach to a regional policy cycle of
governance?
• What is the potential role that CTA could play contributing
to an improvement of regional policy cycles through CLME?
• What is required at the national and (sub)-regional level to
attain effective and inclusive policy cycles?
• How can the relation between CTA and CLME best be
developed and implemented?

27. More information CLME and IMS/REMP:
E-mail : PatrickD@unops.org
Or visit us at www.clmeproject.org