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Programme for the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems: Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME)

The Objective of the Project is to work with two other "thematic" GEF international waters projects in the area as part of a "strategic approach" to fill gaps in understanding of transboundary living resources of the two LMEs and to build capacity of the participating countries to utilize this improved understanding for more effective management by use of an ecosystem approach. This information and capacity then would be utilized by governments as part of the frameworks being established by the three projects collectively. The project is innovative in that it is being designed to complement two existing projects in the same LMEs, each with a different GEF implementating agency covering a different aspect of the same system with linkages created between them. This is being tried in these 2 LMEs for the first time to test reducing transactions costs of IA interactions. This is also the first replication of the approach taken in the Benguela Current LME project on the other side of Africa. Bilateral funding was used to build country capacity in sampling and then understanding their transboundary resources before GEF was asked to assist. The capacity was built through joint cruises and sampling to understand how their transboundary living resources worked so that information could underpin management. This project replicates that approach but utilizes GEF resources along with a ship potentially provided by Norway to slowly build country understanding to fill essential gaps on the transboundary nature of living resources and in doing so build their capacity to bring this information for fisheries/living resources management purposes. This is a pre-SAP project and will contribute at project's end to a revised TDA/SAP for the LMEs as one outcome in conjunction with the other 2 projects.

Project Category Large Marine Ecosystem

Ecosystems LME

Project website http://archive.iwlearn.net/asclme.org/index.html

Waterbodies Agulhas Current (LME) , Somali Coastal Current (LME)

TDA/SAP
The Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean (Volume 2: Diagnostic Analysis) A Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for Sustainable Management of the Western Indian Ocean Large Marine Ecosystems Appendices to the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean The Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean (Volume 1: Baseline)

Documents & Resources
report [ASCLME] South Africa MEDA Report Tanzania MEDA Report [ASCLME] Somalia MEDA Report [ASCLME] Seychelles MEDA Report [ASCLME] Mozambique MEDA Report Mauritius MEDA Report [ASCLME] Madagascar MEDA Report [ASCLME] Comoros MEDA Report [ASCLME] Kenya MEDA Report [ASCLME] Principles and Guidelines for ASCLME Data and Information Management [ASCLME] Appendix X. Results of the Causal Chain Analyses for Main Area of Concern 03: Declines in Living Marine Resources [ASCLME] Appendix IX. Results of the Causal Chain Analyses for Main Area of Concern 02: Habitat and Community Modification [ASCLME] Appendix VIII. Results of the Causal Chain Analyses for Main Area of Concern 01: Water Quality Degradation [ASCLME] Appendix VII. Issues of Concern – National and Regional Matrix [ASCLME] Appendix VI. Results of the National Scoping Exercise [ASCLME] Appendix V. List of Treaties and their Ratification in the WIO [ASCLME] Appendix III. List of Recorded Alien Species [ASCLME] Appendix II. Regional ASCLME Data and Information Management Plan [ASCLME] Appendix I. Principles and Guidelines for Data and Information [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Mauritius [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Seychelles [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Madagascar [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Mozambique [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - South Africa [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Kenya [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Tanzania [ASCLME] Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal - Comoros [ASCLME] RV Algoa Cruise Report - Mozambique Channel [ASCLME] 2010: FRS Algoa Cruise Report [ASCLME] LOCO and ATLAS Cruise Report [ASCLME] 2008: East Madagascar Current Cruise Report [ASCLME] 2012: Regional Alliance Cruise [ASCLME] Benthic Biodiversity of Seamounts in the Southwest Indian Ocean Cruise Report ASCLME Final cruise report: Southern Indian Ocean Seamounts 2009 [ASCLME] Coastal Livelihoods Assessments - Mauritius [ASCLME] Coastal Livelihoods Assessments - Seychelles ASCLME Coastal Livelihoods Assessments-South Africa ASCLME Coastal Livelihoods Assessments-Madagascar ASCLME Coastal Livelihoods Assessments-Somalia [ASCLME] Coastal Livelihoods Assessments - Tanzania [ASCLME] Coastal Livelihoods Assessments - Kenya ASCLME Coastal Livelihoods Assessments-Mozambique [ASCLME] Coastal Livelihoods Assessments - Comoros [ASCLME] The Coastal Oceans of South-Eastern Africa Report [ASCLME] Mid-Term Evaluation Report [ASCLME] The First Project for Steering Committee and Inception Workshop Report [ASCLME] The First Steering Committee Meeting and Inception Workshop Report 47 ASCLME CLA Mauritius final draft 07-12-2010 47 ASCLME CLA Mauritius final draft 07-12-2010 36 Seychelles Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME 30 Comoros Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME 31 Kenya Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME 40 ASCLME CLA Comoros final draft 24-11-2010 Mauritius_MEDA_FINAL-ELECTRONIC Madagascar_MEDA_FINAL_Electronic 56 Seamounts cruise report 2011 - James Cook 066 Somalia_MEDA_FINAL-Electronic ASCLME_SWIOFP_TDA_Vol1_Electronic Appendix V treaties 45 ASCLME CLA Madagascar final draft 9-02-2011 35 Madagascar Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME INATEXCruiseReport_Alg179 48 ASCLME CLA Somalia final draft 22-11-2010 46 ASCLME CLA Seychelles final draft 09-12-2010 42 ASCLME CLA Tanzania final draft 24-11-2010 Final SAP English 131007 41 ASCLME CLA Kenya final draft 8-11-2010 32 Tanzania Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME South_Africa_MEDA_FINAL-Electronic 37 Mauritius Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME ASCLME_PSC_III_Final_Draft_101209 36 Seychelles Policy and Governance Final Report ASCLME results-notes [ASCLME] Results and Achievements from the ASCLME Project [ASCLME] 2011 Results Notes - UNDP-GEF Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project workshop [ASCLME] Second Project Steering Committee Meeting Progress Report: March 2009 [ASCLME] The First Steering Committee and Inception Workshop Report [ASCLME] 2008 Cruise project-document [ASCLME] Project Document newsletter [ASCLME] Media Release for the ASCLME Project [ASCLME] October 2009: ASCLME News [ASCLME] February 2009: ASCLME News [ASCLME] June 2008: WIOMSA Newsbrief Sunday_Times Media Release Portuguese -Inception Workshop S-G Mechanism asclme_dlist_poster File [ASCLME] Mid-Term Evaluation Report Comoros Launch (English) Comoros Launch/Lancement du Project dan les Comores (Francais) Current Affairs Draft Joint Steering Committee Meeting of the ASCLME & SWIOFP Projects (PDF Format) NOAA ASCLME Partnership Announced OceanObs09 Poster (Email Quality) OceanObs09 Poster (High Quality Print) [ASCLME] Long-Term Monitoring and Early Warning Mechanisms for Predicting Ecosystem Variability and Managing Climate Change [ASCLME] Policy Brief: The UNDP/GEF ASCLME Project [ASCLME] Poster [ASCLME] Preliminary Results from the 2008-2009 Ecosystem Assessments in the South Western Indian Ocean [ASCLME] Regional Meeting of Technical Coordination Groups [ASCLME] Regional Project Coordination Forum [ASCLME] Media Release: Adopt a Drifter Link Rivers of Life, Oceans of Plenty map Somali Current maps_graphic asclme map new Sunday_Times Cape_Times ASCLME_Oricle Videos Rivers of Life, Oceans of Plenty

General information
GEF ID	1462
Project type	Full-Size Project
Status	closed (Project Completion)
Start Date	26 Feb 2007
End Date	31 Mar 2014

GEF characteristic:
GEF Allocation to project	USD 12,200,000
Total Cost of the project:	USD 30,462,500

Results
YES - See results data (1462)

Partners
Countries Comoros , Kenya , Madagascar , Mauritius , Mozambique , Seychelles , South Africa , Tanzania United Republic of , Regional Lead implementing agency United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Executing agencies United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

Project contacts
Nik Sekhran MR Regional Coordinator for UNDP/GEF Policarpo Napica GEF National Focal Point Claire Attwood Media Consultant David Vousden Project Director James Stapley IT and Communications Coordinator Magnus A.K. Ngoile Policy and Governance Coordinator Ali Salad Sabriye Information Manager Lucy Scott Data and Science Coordinator Andrew Hudson Head of Water & Ocean Governance Peter Scheren Leader of the Coastal East Africa Initiative

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