Caribbean North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems 10

Caribbean & North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems 10 -year CLME+ SAP and 5 -year UNDP/GEF CLME+ Project Patrick Debels Regional Coordinator Patrick. D@unops. org Laverne Walker Senior Project Officer Laverne. W@unops. org

CLME Sustainable Management of the Shared Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) and Adjacent Regions 4 -year project (co-)financed by GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF) GEF Contribution: aprox. US$ 7 million Focal Area : International Waters Start Date: May 2009 End Date: Feb 2014

GEF Operational Strategy For IW kinds of GEF interventions: q Foundational Capacity Building: NOW (2009 -13) q Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) q National Inter-sectoral consultation &coordination q Strategic Action Program (SAP) developed & approved CLME PROJECT – current phase aim: start in 2014 q Implementation of SAP - Stress Reduction Measures: based on an agreed SAP, GEF supports a “SAP Implementation Project”, including policy/legal/institutional reforms & enhancements, demonstration investments for transboundary priorities, regional institution-building - ECOSYSTEM APPROACH 2014 -2019 GEF support for implementation of CLME SAP

ROOT CAUSES OF THE 3 CLME+ ISSUES

CLME SAP: 6 main STRATEGIES and 4 sub-strategies S 1 – Protection of the Marine Environment S 2 – Sustainable Fisheries S 3 – Inter-sectoral Coordination S 4 – EBM, Reef Ecosystems S 4 a Spiny Lobster Fisheries S 4 b Queen Conch Fisheries S 5 – EAF, Pelagic Ecosystem S 5 a Flyingfish Fisheries S 4 b Large Pelagics Fisheries S 6 – EBM/EAF, Continental Shelf

CLME Strategic Action Programme: 3 Regional Strategies

The CLME+ SAP Umbrella PILOT PROJECTS CASE STUDIES SAP “UMBRELLA” TRANSBOUNDARY DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS GOVERNANCE ANALYSIS IMS-REMP PROTOTYPE PROJECT / PROGRAMME COORDINATION & OVERSIGHT Exisitng Projects New Projects Implementation of new projects under the SAP supported by the GEF

+ CLME and others Catalyzing implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of the Shared Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf LMEs 5 -year project (co-)financed by GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF) GEF Contribution: aprox. US$ 12, 5 million Focal Area : International Waters Start : 2014 End : 2019

The UNDP/GEF CLME+ Project catalyzing implementation of the SAP! Component 1: Strengthening and consolidating the institutional, policy and legal frameworks Component 2: Enhancing the capacity of key institutions and stakeholders to implement knowledge-based EBM/EAF Component 3: Piloting the implementation of EBM/EAF (replication of best practices, upscaling of early results, demonstration of improved/alternative livelihoods, . . ) Component 4: (Pre-)feasibility studies to identify major high-priority investment needs and opportunities Component 5: Monitoring and assessing progress of and results from the overall implementation of the CLME+ SAP