National Report (Final submission) National Level Policy and Governance Assessment for Marine and Coastal Resources Madagascar Dr. L. Ylénia Randrianarisoa Faculty of Law University of Toliara – Madagascar 1 Table of contents I. General A. Country Profile with reference to system of government…………………………..8 Relevant constitutional provisions ............................................................................................8 Participative/consultative processes...........................................................................................9 B. National Institutions responsible for implementing legislation and policy………..9 Organization chart for Government Agencies..........................................................................11 Bodies with regulatory authority .............................................................................................11 Coastal administrative region………………………………………………………………………...12 Policy making-process..............................................................................................................12 C. Government Scientific and Institutional support on Marine Resources Institutional research ………………………………………………………………………….....……13 Marine resources sectorial aids………………………………………………………….…........….13 II. The National range issues: A. Institutional and government structure …………………………….………14 Maritime Zones ........................................................................................................................14 Fisheries and Mariculture .......................................................................................................15 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................16 Oil and Gas...............................................................................................................................16 Parks and Wildlife Conservation ..............................................................................................17 Coastal Zone Management ......................................................................................................18 Ports and Coastal Transport ....................................................................................................18 B. Institutional structure ……………………………….......................................................19 Mar itime Zones ........................................................................................................................19 Fisheries and Mariculture .......................................................................................................19 Tourism ...................................................................................................................................20 Oil and Gas...............................................................................................................................20 Parks and Wildlife Conservation ..............................................................................................21 Coastal Zone Management ......................................................................................................21 Ports and Coastal Transport ....................................................................................................22 Coastal Agriculture and Forestry............................................................................................23 C. Legislation/policy/strategies ………………………………………………………...…..23 Maritime Zones ........................................................................................................................23 Fisheries and Mariculture .....................................................................................................24 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................26 Oil and Gas...............................................................................................................................27 2 Parks and Wildlife Conservation ............................................................................................28 Coastal Zone Management ......................................................................................................29 Ports and Coastal Transport ..................................................................................................30 Coastal Agriculture and Forestry.............................................................................................31 A. Membership of international treaties …………………………………………….....31 Coastal Agriculture and Forestry.............................................................................................31 Fisheries and Mariculture .....................................................................................................32 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................32 Oil and Gas..............................................................................................................................32 Parks and Wildlife Conservation .............................................................................................32 Coastal Zone Management......................................................................................................33 Ports and Coastal Transport/Regulation of Shipping .............................................................33 B. Funding sources …………………………………………………………………………………34 Maritime Zones ........................................................................................................................35 Fisheries a nd Mariculture .......................................................................................................35 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................35 Oil and Gas...............................................................................................................................36 Parks and Wildlife Conservation ..............................................................................................36 Coastal Zone Management ......................................................................................................36 Ports and Coastal Transport ....................................................................................................36 Coastal Agriculture and Forestry............................................................................................37 C. Gaps and need for harmonization - Nationally and bi-laterally or regionally and internationally …………………………………………………………………….37 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................37 Funding...................................................................................................................... ...............37 II. Trends and efficience analysis A. Marine and coastal resource ……………………………………………………………38 Ecosystem degradation........................................................................................................ ...38 Pressure on the marine and coastal biodiversity....................................................................38 B. Legal and regulation framework operationalization …………….…………38 C. Funding and governance ..............................................................................38 3 Attached annexes Annex 1: Madagascar map ………………………………………………………………………….40 Annex 2: Summary of Madagascar Environment Action Plan document …………………….44 Annex 3: Madagascar’s region creation legal text ……………………………………………...55 4 LIST OF ACRONYMS AEM Association des Employeurs Maritimes AFD Agence Française pour le Développement AGERAS Appui à la Gestion Régionalisée du PAE et à l’Approche Spatiale MPA Marine Protected Area AMPA Agence Malgache de la Pêche et l’Aquaculture ANGAP Association Nationale de Gestion des Aires Protégées APMF Agence Portuaire Maritime et Fluviale BAD Banque African for Development BEI Banque Européenne d’Investissement CDPHM Centre de Distribution des Produits Halieutiques à Mahajanga CECAM Caisses d’Epargne et de Crédit Agricole Mutuel CIFA Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa CITES Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna CNDT Comité National pour le Développement du Tourisme UNCLOS United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea CSA Centre de Services Agricoles CSP Centre de Surveillance des Pêches CSPN Conseil Supérieur de la Protection de la Nature DPRH Direction de la Pêche et des Ressources Halieutiques DSRP Document de Stratégie pour la Réduction de la Pauvreté EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Extractive EPIC Etablissement Public à Caractère Industriel et Commercial ESFUM Ecosystèmes Forestiers à Usage Multiple FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FED Fonds Européen pour le Développement EWF Environment World Fund FERT Formation pour l’Epanouissement et le Renouveau de la Terre FN Forces Navales FRDA Fonds Régional pour le Développement Agricole GAPCM Groupement des Aquaculteurs et Pêcheurs de Crevettes à Madagascar GEF Global Environment Facility GELOSE Gestion Locale Sécurisée IOC International Oceanographic Commission ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management GTZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit ICAR Association