The Action Plan in New Caledonia
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ACTION PLAN NEW CALEDONIA AUGUST 2014 → JANUARY 2018 Financed by / Financé par ACTION PLAN NEW CALEDONIA AUGUST 2014 → JANUARY 2018 PACIFIC COMMUNITY (SPC) NOUMEA NEW CALEDONIA / 2017 © Pacific Community (SPC) 2017 All rights for commercial / for profit reproduction or translation, in any form, reserved. SPC authorises the partial reproduction or translation of this material for scientific, educational or research purposes, provided that SPC and the source document are properly acknowledged. Permission to reproduce the document and/ or translate in whole, in any form, whether for commercial / for profit or non-profit purposes, must be requested in writing.Original SPC artwork may not be altered or separately published without permission. Original text: French Pacific Community Cataloguing-in-publication data New Caledonia – INTEGRE/Project Action Plan /August 2014 > January 2018 This report is the product of work coordinated by the SPC (INTEGRE) Publication Section Pacific Community (SPC) 95, promenade Roger Laroque, BP D5 – 848 Noumea, New Caledonia Email: [email protected] — Tel.: +687 26 20 00 Written by Yolaine Bouteiller, Peggy Roudaut and Estelle Bonnet-Vidal Proofreading and layout by Éditions du Ouen Toro Cover photo: Ouaieme estuary, Hienghene © SPC - INTEGRE Published by the Pacific Community – BP D5 Noumea, New Caledonia Noumea, New Caledonia – 2017 CONTENT Key figures ............................................................................. 4 PART 4 Highlights ............................................................................... 5 PILOT SITE: Map of New Caledonia ............................................................ 6 OUVEA AND BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE ATOLL..................... 26 Atolls at the ends of the earth ....................................................27 PART 1 • Geography .................................................................................27 UNDERSTANDING THE BACKGROUND • Biodiversity ...............................................................................27 AND ISSUES IN NEW CALEDONIA ....................................... 7 • Economy ...................................................................................28 New Caledonia's originality and uniqueness .......................... 8 • Environmental pressure ...........................................................29 • Geography - The “Rock” of the South Pacific ............................8 • Local governance arrangements .............................................29 • Population - 70% of the population lives near the coast ..........8 INTEGRE implementation ..................................................... 30 • Governance - Natural heritage management is driven by the provinces ...........................................................8 • Management committee ..........................................................30 • Economy - The coast as an effective economic lever ...............9 • Site evaluation ..........................................................................31 • Biodiversity - Outstanding environment .................................10 • Objectives ..................................................................................32 • Manmade threats .....................................................................10 • Action plan and budget.............................................................32 PART 2 PART 5 INTEGRE PROJECT: INTEGRE PILOT SITE: IMPROVING INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT NORTH-EASTERN COASTAL AREA .................................... 33 FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITIES ................................ 11 From ridge to reef ........................................................................34 Sustainably managing islands and coastal areas .................. 12 • Geography .................................................................................34 • The issues - A coveted heritage ...............................................12 • Biodiversity ...............................................................................34 • Management - Sustainably managing this common heritage ...13 • Economy ...................................................................................35 • Definitions - Integrated coastal management .......................13 • Environmental pressure ...........................................................35 • Local sustainable development ..............................................13 • Local governance arrangements .............................................36 The INTEGRE project ............................................................ 14 • Project objective .......................................................................14 INTEGRE implementation ..................................................... 36 • Regional component ................................................................14 • Management committee ..........................................................36 • Local component ......................................................................15 • Site evaluation ..........................................................................37 • Logframe .................................................................................. 16 • Objectives ..................................................................................38 • Governance ...............................................................................17 • Action plan and budget.............................................................38 • Budget .......................................................................................17 • Monitoring and evaluation .......................................................17 PART 6 INTEGRE in New Caledonia .................................................. 18 COOPERATE AND MAXIMIZE RESULTS TO ENSURE A • Specific objectives ....................................................................18 TERRITORY-WIDE REACH AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ..... 39 • Local governance .....................................................................19 Cross-sector activities to ensure a territory-wide reach ....... 40 • Setting up a pilot organic-farm network .................................. 40 PART 3 • Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy .................40 PILOT SITE: • Building capacity and fostering exchanges .............................40 ............. 20 NEW CALEDONIA’S GREAT SOUTHERN LAGOON Sharing and disseminating ................................................... 41 From mine to lagoon ...................................................................21 • Target groups ............................................................................41 • Biodiversity ...............................................................................21 • Messages ..................................................................................42 • Economy ...................................................................................22 • Open access to information .....................................................42 • Environmental pressure ...........................................................22 • Local governance arrangements .............................................23 PART 7 INTEGRE implementation ..................................................... 23 • Management committee ..........................................................23 BALANCE SHEET AND APPENDICES................................. 43 • Site evaluation ..........................................................................24 • Project overview .......................................................................44 • Objectives ..................................................................................24 • References ................................................................................46 • Action plan and budget.............................................................25 • INTEGRE team contact details .................................................47 KEY FIGURES NEW CALEDONIA m % 1623 sq. km XPF 269,000 10 highest peak 18,600 3.5 inhabitants of world nickel in land area million: deposits (Mount Panie) per capita GDP BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS 24,000 sq. km 106 of lagoon endemic reptile 3400 2nd largest lagoon km plant species, 3400 species, i.e. 1% in the world, 60% 1700 coastline 74% of which reef fish species of the world’s reptile of which is UNESCO are endemic population World Heritage listed 1700 reef fish species INTEGRE IN THE PACIFIC OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES 4 OCTs XPF 1.43 French Polynesia, 5 billion budget, people coordinating New Caledonia, 9 50 i.e. EUR 12 million pilot sites the project at SPC partners Wallis & Futuna and Pitcairn INTEGRE PROJECT IN NEW CALEDONIA 3 sq. km pilot sites: Great 16,505 XPF (including 4590 sq. km Southern Lagoon, 258 million budget, of land): coastal areas cove- Ouvea & Beautemps-Beaupre 50 i.e. 2.25 million euros funded activities red by the project atolls and the north-eastern coastal area HIGHLIGHTS New Caledonia’s marine and coastal areas bustle cus on supporting sustainable environmental man- with human activities and are one of its most pow- agement initiatives. erful potential economic levers. They are also host to a natural heritage that is recognised worldwide as INTEGRE’s regional activities focus on strengthen- outstanding. But this heritage, shaped over 35 mil- ing regional cooperation in integrated coastal man- lion years of geographical isolation, is now seriously agement and promoting sustainable