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Abidjan Convention Sustainable Seas Pilot Workshop Grand-Bassam (Côte D’Ivoire) 18–21 June 2012 Abidjan Convention Sustainable Seas pilot workshop Grand-Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire) 18–21 June 2012 Workshop report The Abidjan Convention Sustainable Seas pilot workshop has been organized by the Abidjan Conven- tion Secretariat and GRID-Arendal under the auspices of the Abidjan Convention and UNEP, with con- tributions from the Institute of Marine Research (Norway), the World Wildlife Fund and ODINAFRICA. Abidjan Convention Sustainable Seas pilot workshop Grand-Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire) 18–21 June 2012 Workshop report Background 4 Workshop approach and organization 7 Opening of the meeting 9 Session I: the Ecosystem-based Management framework 10 Session II: Involvement of the offshore oil and gas sector in EbM 14 Session III: Marine data and Information Management in EbM 16 Session IV: Marine assessments 18 Way forward 20 Annex I: List of participants 22 Annex II: Agenda 23 Annex III: Results of the survey among the member states of the Abidjan Convention 25 4 Background Life on earth is fundamentally and inextricably linked • Applying an ecosystem services perspective, where to the marine environment. Our oceans and seas regu- ecosystems are valued not only for the basic goods late global processes such as climate and weather and they generate (such as food or raw materials) but provide us a vast array of goods and services: food, en- also for the important services they provide (such as ergy, minerals, medicines, transport and social services clean water and protection from extreme weather). for society. The ocean’s “natural capital” is however globally depreciating due to the cumulative effects • Understanding and addressing the cumulative im- of human activities and unsustainable management pacts of various activities affecting an ecosystem. practices. Besides everyday impacts from human use, climate change effects such as sea-level rise, increas- • Managing for and balancing multiple and some- ing temperatures and ocean acidification all put ad- times conflicting objectives that are related to dif- ditional stress on the marine environment. ferent benefits and ecosystem services. Coastal communities from Mauritania to South Africa • Embracing change, learning from experience, and (the region of the Abidjan Convention) are particularly adapting policies throughout the management vulnerable to changes in their environment because of process. their dependency on marine resources and sensitivities to climate change risks and pollution. The expansion • Involving stakeholders centrally in all stages of of the offshore oil and gas industry in the region offers EbM planning and implementation opportunities for socio-economic development in this regard; at the same time, it’s possible environmental Implementation of Ecosystem-based management impacts threaten livelihoods and well-being of coastal can be achieved through introducing a monitoring- communities. Yet their voices often remain unheard assessment-management cycle in the marine man- when socio-economic decisions are being taken at the agement (fig.1.). national and international level. Concurrently, the his- torical knowledge of these same communities contains Access to and availability of sound and reliable en- a vast and often ignored “database” of adaption and vironmental data, knowledge and information and balanced management experience that would benefit the necessary skills to collect, manage and interpret all societies from developed to developing. these data are an important aspect of successful Future welfare of human populations in the region will therefore depend to a large extent on the capac- ity of countries to manage uses and impacts in order Strategy & Targets & not to undermine the health and resilience of the objectives indicators marine ecosystem. Ecosystem-based management (EbM) is a holistic, in- tegrated approach that looks at marine and coastal ecosystems as units with many ecological and social links. Essential in this process is the balance between the needs and interests of the different stakehold- Evidence collection Management & monitoring – ers and safeguarding the marine environment and its & advice baselines & trends rich biodiversity, in contrast to the traditional secto- rial approach to management. Ecosystem-based Management has six core principles: Assessment • Recognizing connections among marine, coastal, & reporting and terrestrial systems, as well as between ecosys- Figure 1. Ecosystem-based Management is based upon a tems and human societies. monitoring-assessment-management cycle. Phase I Phase II Phase III 5 Network Development Implementation Operation (± 1 year) (3–5 years) Network development Projects Fully operational Identification Sustainable Seas nodes Sustainable Seas nodes stakeholders/priorities/needs Cyclical production of Project formulation tools, products and processes Figure 2. Phases in project implementation. EbM. Furthermore, integration, translation and com- Phase I of the Sustainable Seas capacity development munication of this information into marine policies is programme is targeted towards the identification essential, while at the same time, awareness raising of capacity development needs of the participating is needed to put these issues on the national and in- states, by means of a pilot workshop and an identifi- ternational political agendas. cation process of stakeholders, priorities and needs, and the formulation of projects. This will take ap- The Sustainable Seas programme of UNEP/GRID-Aren- proximately 1 year. dal is aimed to develop capacity in developing countries for sustainable management of the marine environ- UNEP/GRID-Arendal is currently cooperating with ment. This programme builds further on the achieve- the Abidjan Convention Secretariat to initiate the ments of UNEP/GRID-Arendal with the UNEP Shelf pro- Sustainable Seas programme in the region (phase I). gramme. Where the UNEP Shelf programme is focused This report summarizes the outcomes of the Abidjan on delineation of the outer limits of the continental Convention Sustainable Seas Pilot Workshop. This pi- shelf, the Sustainable Seas programme now wants to lot workshop is aimed to identify needs and priorities support developing states in the growth towards sus- for capacity building on EbM in the region. The iden- tainable management of the zones under their juris- tified needs and priorities will be used as input for a diction through the support with specialized tools, full scale programme proposal. products and services, developed in cooperation with Norwegian and other international expertise. Custom Specific characteristics of the programme in West Af- assistance and training has been delivered to over 60 rica are: developing states in the UNEP Shelf Programme. • Five thematic areas: The EbM framework, data and information management, marine assessment The Sustainable Seas programme is aimed to: capacity, offshore oil and gas environmental man- • Support developing states with the production agement and outreach and communication of specialized products, processes and tools for • Building further on existing capacity and initia- Ecosystem-based Management, through co-devel- tives in the region opment with international experts and regional • Implementation through the Abidjan Convention experts through capacity building activities. network • Build further on the achievements of the UNEP • Leading to relevant products, tools and processes for Shelf Programme. sustainable management of the marine environment • Be independent of major donor funding in the long term. Norwegian and other international experts will be in- • Enhance participation in global processes such as volved to cooperate in the programme activities. Nor- the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN way has a long history of cooperation and assistance Regular Process and UNCLOS. on marine management with developing countries through the Nansen programme, collaboration be- The proposed capacity development programme in tween the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) the region of the Abidjan Convention focuses on the and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) are funded core competencies of GRID-Arendal: direct technical by the Norwegian Agency for Development Coopera- training, realistic marine spatial planning and com- tion (NORAD). Since 1975, the Nansen Programme car- municating marine priorities. Needs and priorities ried out fisheries resources and environmental surveys will be identified in phase I of the project, and will be in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin Amer- used as a basis for projects in Phase II. ica using the vessel R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen, operated by IMR. The early phases of the programme focused The regional implementation of the programme will on exploration of fisheries resources for development consist of 3 phases: and later resource assessments and monitoring with 6 Group picture – 21 June 2012 – Grand-Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire). standardized information collection systems. The pro- The available archive contains valuable and scientifi- gramme has been expanded in the early 1990 with cally unique information and data on species distribu- capacity building activities in fisheries research and tion, abundance, species interactions, environmental management (institutional strengthening in partner conditions and ecosystem characteristics. countries) and post-survey meetings with fisheries ad- ministrations. The programme focuses on countries UNEP/GRID-Arendal and the Abidjan Convention and institutions in Northwest Africa, the Gulf
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