Day 2
26 Sep 2002

An Information and Communication Tool for Multi-stakeholder Participation

It is increasingly recognized that no single country,donor, agency or any individual effort can effectively resolve the environmental management problems of today including those of the coastal and marine environment.

National priorities & criteria may not include regional &/or global considerations e.g. National priority pollution hot-spots may have no transboundary impacts in the short to medium term

Since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, overfishing, loss of coastal habitats, coastal pollution, and loss of biodiversity continue to erode the sustainability of $10.6 trillion in goods and services generated by c...

To achieve sustainable socio-economic development through equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources.

Lake Tanganyika is exceptionally old. It was formed about 12 million years ago and some sediments date back twice this period. Four riparian countries share the Lake: Burundi; the Democratic Republic of Congo; Tanzania; and Zambia.

With more than two or three countries Government endorsement of a SAP is difficult, if not impossible. SAP documents are often adopted at solely at the Ministry level and do not go through an inter-sectoral consultation procedure.

The Gulf of Guinea is recognised by the countries bordering it as being very importance for their socio-economic well-being. All along the coast, there are major urban human settlements as well as industries and harbours. The coastal environment m...

The Gulf of Guinea is recognised by the countries bordering it as being very importance for their socio-economic well-being. All along the coast, there are major urban human settlements as well as industries and harbours. The coastal environment m...

The task of both commissions is to adopt and coordinate plans and measures aimed at protecting the aquatic environments and their fauna, promoting research.

THE BENGUELA CURRENT LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM PROGRAMME (BCLME): EXPERIENCES AND SOME LESSONS LEARNED
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The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Programme (BCLME) is a multi-country cross-sectoral regional initiative originally conceived in 1995 and developed by Angola, Namibia ad South Africa in partnership with UNDP and GEF as a means to ensur...

The Logic Framework Analysis approach used in the project planning phase was an ideal framework to prepare the TDA i.e. defining goals, issues, outputs, verifiable indicators, assumptions, risks and a timeframe for activities.

Within this basin lie Lake Victoria, a fresh water resource, and the second largest fresh water in the world.

A legal frame for co-operation to assure the protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin.

An Institution that Takes Full Market Risk with Sponsors in Projects that are NOT Backed by Central Government Guarantees of Repayment.

UNDP is an implementing Agency of the GEF and a partner with the GEF Secretariat, UNEP and the World Bank in organizing this Conference. Therefore, on behalf of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Mark Malloch Brown...

Ocean is a treasure house of resources, including minerals (sand, polymetallic nodules, cobalt crust, hydrothermal vents) energy (oil and gas, gas hydrate)and food ( fish etc.) for sustainable human development .