Large Marine Ecosystems Track 2

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Large Marine EcosystemsTrack 2

• Chairs Ken Sherman, Mick OToole
• Facilitators David Laroche, Andy Hudson
• Rapporteur Marea Hatziolos
• Panelists Mick OToole, Edwin Barnes, Marcelo
  Hergo, Ricardo Medina, Nicole Glineur , Inesis
  Kis Kis, Jan Thulin, Tang Qisheng

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WSSD Mandate for Coastal and Ocean Governance

• Program of Action endorses ecosystem based
  approach to management
• Sets targets for restoration of depleted fish
  stocks by 2015 and Representative Systems of MPAs
  by 2012
• Promotes Integrated Coastal Management

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Large Marine Ecosystems

• Large areas of the ocean (gt200,000 km²)
• Characterized by distinct bathymetry,
  hydrography, productivity and trophic
  interactions
• Produce 95 of the worlds fish catch and
  encompass the highest concentration of marine
  biodiversity

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Challenges and Experience in Applying LME Approach

• Scale (Guinea Current, 15 countries, Baltic)
• Scope (Assessing and Prioritizing Key Threats)
• Pollution
• Overfishing
• Changes in trophic dynamics
• and community structure
• Pollution
• Eutrophication
• Toxic/Industrial Waste
• Loss of Biodiversity
• Loss of ecosystem goods and services loss
  of economic, social and environmental
  sustainability

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Challenges (cont.)

• Reaching Consensus on a Program of Action
  (reconciling local and national priorities with
  regional ones)
• Creating a Governance Framework
• Information-based Decision-making
• Assessment and monitoring, economic valuation,
  cost/benefit analysis, benefit flows
• Interpreting this to stakeholders

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Key Lessons Learned

• LME approach
• requires endorsement at highest levels
• can bring stakeholders together across
  socio-economic scales, cultural and governance
  traditions regional integration
  (sustainability science)
• takes considerable time and effort
• Should build capacity w/in region
• for technical and financial sustainability
• Has potential for strong synergy with other LME
  projects to maximize impact in area
• East Asian Seas, West East Coasts of Africa

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Recommendations to GEF Family

• Develop simple, concise handbook for LME
  approach GEF/IAs to streamline procedures
• Factor in appropriate time scales 10 years
• --Organization/Implementation phase 5 yrs
• --Operational phase 5 yrs
• Improve valuation of ecosystem goods and services
• Strengthen incorporation of outcome indicators at
  LME project program levels
• Enhance synergies between LME Projects
• Share information and best practice
• Incorporate WSSD targets for ecosystem mgt,
  restoration of depleted fish stocks,
  establishment of MPAs, adoption of ICM