Agulhas Current (LME)
LME
2,632,308 Km2
17,703 Km
The Agulhas Current LME is located in the southwestern Indian Ocean, encompassing the continental shelves and coastal waters of mainland states Mozambique and eastern South Africa, as well as the archipelagos of the Comoros, the Seychelles, Mauritius and La Reunion (France). At the centre of the LME is Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, with an extensive coastline of more than 5000km (McKenna and Allen 2005). [Source: LME Portal http://lme.edc.uri.edu]
- African Union Economic Commission - Union Africaine
- Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
- Secretariat of the Nairobi Convention
- Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Organization (WIOMSA)
- South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC)
- Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
- Sustainable Seas Trust (SST)
- East African Wild Life Society (EAWS)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- Consortium for the Conservation of Coastal & Marine Ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO-C)
- S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources - preparation (Concept Proposed)
- A Ridge-to-Reef Approach for the Integrated Management of Marine, Coastal and Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Seychelles - active (Project Approved)
- Western Indian Ocean LMEs Strategic Action Programme Policy Harmonization and Institutional Reforms SAPPHIRE Project - active (Project Approved)
- Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Protection of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based Sources and Activities - active (Under Implementation)
- LME-AF Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa (PROGRAM) - preparation (Concept Proposed)
- Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa (Tranche 1, Installment 2) - closed (Concept Approved)
- Regional Activities of the Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub Saharan Africa, Tranche 1 - closed (Completed)
- Demonstrating and Capturing Best Practices and Technologies for the Reduction of Land-sourced Impacts Resulting from Coastal Tourism (COAST) - closed (Project Completion)
- Western Indian Ocean Marine Highway Development and Coastal and Marine Contamination Prevention Project - closed (Project Closure)
- SP-SFIF: Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa (Tranche 1, Installment 1) - preparation (Concept Proposed)
- Programme for the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems: Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME) - closed (Project Completion)
- Addressing Land-based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO-LaB) - closed (Project Completion)
- Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) - closed (Project Completion)
- Western Indian Ocean Islands Oil Spill Contingency Planning - closed (Project Closure)
The Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean (Volume 2: Diagnostic Analysis)
Appendices to the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean
newsletter
[SWIOFP] The Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Project: GEF Concept Note
Fisheries partnership-Project brief
[GEF IWC9 Poster] - Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Protection of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based Sources and Activities & Western Indian Ocean LMEs Strategic Action Programme Policy Harmonization and Insti
Engaging the private sector in protecting the Western Indian Ocean with a new approach| LME Factsheet | ||
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| Total cost | 309.00M US$ |
| GEF allocation | 87.00M US$ |
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[LME/Regional Seas] "1. Creation and execution of a pre-TDA stage, the Marine Ecosystem Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA). The production of the nine MEDA reports represents an early delivery to the Project countries of information which is immediately useful to researchers and particularly resource managers. 2. The ASCLME Project has undertaken a Policy and Governance process which ha... |
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