Integrated management and sustainable development of ecosystems and environmental living and non-living resources is a major challenge for governments. Their decision making, planning, and policy development, on local, national, regional and world-wide scales require a solid base of updated, complete and reliable data on environment and ecosystems, including biodiversity, and needs to comply with strict conditions with respect to quality, consistency and continuity.Currently, monitoring of environment and ecosystems is mostly irregular and scattered, covers a wide range of purposes, designs and needs, and almost always depends on the availability of external project funding. Furthermore, access to existing data and its integration over time and space, is difficult for various reasons, such as the reluctance to share data, and the fact that different methods and technologies are being used for measurements and observations.
Introduction of IWEco Project, April 2019 pdf (1)iweco-project
An introduction to the GEF-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small island Developing States (IWEco) Project, presented at the Project's Third Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2 April 2019
C4.04: Design of a GEO Coastal Ocean Pilot Project for the Caribbean Region -...Blue Planet Symposium
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Oceans and Society Coastal Ocean Pilot Project for the Caribbean Region is a response to the need for a Pilot Project to demonstrate the added value of an end-to-end System of Systems for Ecosystem-Based Approaches for monitoring and managing the coastal zone (GEO 2012 – 2015 Work Plan, SB-01-C4-02 [1]).
The Pilot Project design will be based on principles established by the Group on Earth Observations “Oceans and Society: Blue Planet [2]” task and developed in collaboration with the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Alliance (GRA) for the Caribbean, IOCARIBE-GOOS [3]. It will incorporate concepts and recommendations from GOOS Pub. 193, Requirements for Global Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Coastal GOOS [4], and will be tailored to provide meaningful and sustainable value for Caribbean Region marine ecosystems and the populations they impact. The Design document will be developed in increasingly detailed stages, with distribution, review, and comment at each stage, leading to a final Design Plan, at which time we will seek approval to move ahead with GEO support for implementation planning and financing.
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
Introduction of IWEco Project, April 2019 pdf (1)iweco-project
An introduction to the GEF-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small island Developing States (IWEco) Project, presented at the Project's Third Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2 April 2019
C4.04: Design of a GEO Coastal Ocean Pilot Project for the Caribbean Region -...Blue Planet Symposium
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Oceans and Society Coastal Ocean Pilot Project for the Caribbean Region is a response to the need for a Pilot Project to demonstrate the added value of an end-to-end System of Systems for Ecosystem-Based Approaches for monitoring and managing the coastal zone (GEO 2012 – 2015 Work Plan, SB-01-C4-02 [1]).
The Pilot Project design will be based on principles established by the Group on Earth Observations “Oceans and Society: Blue Planet [2]” task and developed in collaboration with the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Alliance (GRA) for the Caribbean, IOCARIBE-GOOS [3]. It will incorporate concepts and recommendations from GOOS Pub. 193, Requirements for Global Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Coastal GOOS [4], and will be tailored to provide meaningful and sustainable value for Caribbean Region marine ecosystems and the populations they impact. The Design document will be developed in increasingly detailed stages, with distribution, review, and comment at each stage, leading to a final Design Plan, at which time we will seek approval to move ahead with GEO support for implementation planning and financing.
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
Cawasa e source newsletter july to september 2012CAWASA
In This Issue:
- Secretariat News Page 2 and 3
- Managing Caribbean Waste Water Pages 3 and 4
- Desalination: Is it worth the cost? Page 5
- World Without Water? Pages 6 and 7
- Health Benefits of Water Page 8
- Climate Change Challenges for
- Caribbean Water Page 9
- Rain Water Harvesting Barbados-style Back Page
Natural Capital Accounting in the Caribbean eftec January 2021iweco-project
This presentation, made at a UNEP GEF IWEco Project Partners' Webinar in January 2021, gave context on the conceptual underpinnings of natural capital accounting, and the general process by which the accounts are built. Links to international initiatives, such as the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounts (UN SEEA-EA), which provide a standardised understanding of how accounts should be produced (such as by National Statistics Offices), and the Sustainable Development Goals, were also explored. The practical application of natural capital accounting in the Caribbean was demonstrated through the UK Government funded “Caribbean Overseas Territories Regional Natural Capital Accounting Programme”. This programme is building capacity for natural capital accounting in the five Caribbean UK Overseas Territories, working with local government departments, and other local organisations, to collect data and produce environmental statistics within the natural capital accounting framework. These statistics will be able to sit alongside other national economic indicators, such as GDP, to help support better decision making in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA AND ITS MARITIME FRONT.pptIwl Pcu
The task of both commissions is to adopt and coordinate plans and measures aimed at protecting the aquatic environments and their fauna, promoting research.
The Second Public Workshop for the LCWA's Conceptual Restoration Plan was held at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on March 8th, 2012. These are the slides from the presentation at the Aquarium's Honda Theatre.
This is a presentation that was given by Eric Zahn and Taylor Parker of Tidal Influence for the Moffatt & Nichol consulting team in charge of the Conceptual Restoration Design for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority. If you have questions or concerns, please email info@tidalinfluence.com
This a presentation that was given by Eric Zahn and Taylor Parker of Tidal Influence for the Moffatt & Nichol consulting team in charge of the Conceptual Restoration Design for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority. If you have questions or concerns, please email info@tidalinfluence.com
Each of the eight Priority Program teams associated with Imagine Austin presents a brief description of the program and the members of the team, as well as work already taking place and items on the horizon.
Cawasa e source newsletter july to september 2012CAWASA
In This Issue:
- Secretariat News Page 2 and 3
- Managing Caribbean Waste Water Pages 3 and 4
- Desalination: Is it worth the cost? Page 5
- World Without Water? Pages 6 and 7
- Health Benefits of Water Page 8
- Climate Change Challenges for
- Caribbean Water Page 9
- Rain Water Harvesting Barbados-style Back Page
Natural Capital Accounting in the Caribbean eftec January 2021iweco-project
This presentation, made at a UNEP GEF IWEco Project Partners' Webinar in January 2021, gave context on the conceptual underpinnings of natural capital accounting, and the general process by which the accounts are built. Links to international initiatives, such as the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounts (UN SEEA-EA), which provide a standardised understanding of how accounts should be produced (such as by National Statistics Offices), and the Sustainable Development Goals, were also explored. The practical application of natural capital accounting in the Caribbean was demonstrated through the UK Government funded “Caribbean Overseas Territories Regional Natural Capital Accounting Programme”. This programme is building capacity for natural capital accounting in the five Caribbean UK Overseas Territories, working with local government departments, and other local organisations, to collect data and produce environmental statistics within the natural capital accounting framework. These statistics will be able to sit alongside other national economic indicators, such as GDP, to help support better decision making in the region.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA AND ITS MARITIME FRONT.pptIwl Pcu
The task of both commissions is to adopt and coordinate plans and measures aimed at protecting the aquatic environments and their fauna, promoting research.
The Second Public Workshop for the LCWA's Conceptual Restoration Plan was held at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on March 8th, 2012. These are the slides from the presentation at the Aquarium's Honda Theatre.
This is a presentation that was given by Eric Zahn and Taylor Parker of Tidal Influence for the Moffatt & Nichol consulting team in charge of the Conceptual Restoration Design for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority. If you have questions or concerns, please email info@tidalinfluence.com
This a presentation that was given by Eric Zahn and Taylor Parker of Tidal Influence for the Moffatt & Nichol consulting team in charge of the Conceptual Restoration Design for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority. If you have questions or concerns, please email info@tidalinfluence.com
Each of the eight Priority Program teams associated with Imagine Austin presents a brief description of the program and the members of the team, as well as work already taking place and items on the horizon.
Findings of Baltic Coast project! by Gerald Schernewski, Head of Coastal and Marine Management group, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research at the workshop 'What are the research needs for planning in 21st century?' at the 2nd Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Forum in Riga, Latvia on 23-24 November 2016 (the final conference of the Baltic SCOPE collaboration).
Video and other presentations - www.balticscope.eu
www.vasab.org
Marine Knowledge Meeting, 11-12 Oct 2012, Brussels: JPI Healthy and Productiv...saragara3
Rudy Herman, Flemish Government of Belgium and Angell-Hansen Katherine, JPI Oceans - The Research Council of Norway, gave the presentation: JPI Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans - A New Frontier at the Marine Knowledge All Projects meeting held on the 11-12 October 2012 in Brussels.
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
Challenges, how we resolved them and what lessons we have learned so farIwl Pcu
Presentation by David Vousden of the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem at the 1st targeted workshop for GEF IW projects in Africa in April 2012 in South Africa.
It is impossible to deny the role of stock assessments and simulations of harvest control rules in the increase of sustainable fisheries in the North Atlantic. Across the spectrum from data rich to data limited, new methods are being applied that further improve the evidence base for management. However, all fisheries are obliged to operate under the ecosystem approach (EA) and the narrative exists that traditional fisheries science does not equate with EA. Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) requires an assessment of risk, and the trade-off between management objectives. Higher risk, requires stronger evidence. This talk will highlight how fisheries science, whether implicitly or explicitly, is contributing to EBFM and that in the highly fished North Atlantic, EBFM cannot be executed without strong stock assessments, forecasts and MSEs. It will also lay out some challenges ahead for fisheries science as fisheries management needs to deliver to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Goods & Services in the Caribbean: A review and...Iwl Pcu
7th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Barbados Presentation on Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Goods & Services in the Caribbean by Patrick Debels and Laverne Walker
Presentations for CTA/WUR Inception Workshop on “Mainstreaming Tertiary Education in ACP ARD Policy Processes: Increasing Food Supply and Reducing Hunger”.
Presentations for CTA/WUR Inception Workshop on “Mainstreaming Tertiary Education in ACP ARD Policy Processes: Increasing Food Supply and Reducing Hunger”
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 5. Using ICT; Flexible and Distance Learning.
Rafael discussed E-Learning as an innovative approach to problem solving and information literacy for critical thinking in advancing science and technology in the Pacific. He discussed learning in relation to the development of knowledge and understanding. The Internet appears to be reshaping teaching, learning and research. Therefore it is important that academic libraries take a leading role to support web-based e-learning by creating and developing new services and linking them to the various programmes in universities and research organisations. Electronic delivery can change the way faculty and students, organisations and communities access, create and use information, and libraries will continue to play a central role in linking all to quality information sources.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 4. Communication, Consultation and Cooperation.
Tessa Temata from NZAID spoke on behalf of both New Zealand and Australia as development partners. She talked of the business orientation of New Zealand farmers and the reliance on research to which the universities are well attuned. In the Pacific there are clear needs for increased investment in tertiary education to meet the challenges. Public-Private Partnerships can help to ensure that real needs` are being addressed by the universities. She itemized what the development partners need from us to make their programmes effective, what the current programmes are and what is on the horizon.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 4. Communication, Consultation and Cooperation.
Justin Kehatsin from the PNG University of Technology’s Department of Language and Communications gave a presentation on communicating science for development. This is a major theme of his Department, emphasizing the critical need for agricultural practitioners to learn and find ways to communicate with farmers and their communities in meaningful and empowering ways to effect innovative development. He stated that communication skills are vital in establishing trust, goodwill and success in rural based projects and outlined the responsibilities of land users, governments, NGCs and universities. The university offers a two year Diploma of Technology in Communication for Development with another two year extension for a Bachelor in Technology degree. The Department also now administers and offers the modular Graduate Certificate in Communicating Science and Technology which has been tried, tested and proven useful in PNG.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 3. Producing the Kinds of Graduates Required.
Willie Maso presented papers describing how the University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) programmes enable students to acquire the skills and confidence to manage available resources to the extent of managing their own or community farming enterprises. The emphasis is on student participation, hands-on involvement and responsibility. This echoed the Vice Chancellor’s theme of training for job creation, not just training for a job. So far UNRE does not have the problem experienced elsewhere of attracting good students into agriculture and fisheries
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 3. Producing the Kinds of Graduates Required.
Peter Navus presented papers describing how the UNRE programmes enable students to acquire the skills and confidence to manage available resources to the extent of managing their own or community farming enterprises. The emphasis is on student participation, hands-on involvement and responsibility. This echoed the Vice Chancellor’s theme of training for job creation, not just training for a job. So far UNRE does not have the problem experienced elsewhere of attracting good students into agriculture and fisheries.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 3. Producing the Kinds of Graduates Required.
Presentations on this theme were one from the PNG University of Technology, a joint presentation from the two Fijian institutions (in 2010 to be merged in the Fiji National University), one from the USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology and two from UNRE. Dr Maia Wamala presented a detailed profile of the Department of Agriculture of the University of Technology, its role in teaching, research and extension but with particular emphasis in his presentation on post-graduate studies.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 2. Support for and Promotion of Research.
There were two presentations from two of PNG’s major research institutions. Dr Simon Saulei of the PNG Forest Research Institute discussed innovation development with reference to biodiscovery and safeguarding the results. University, government and private industry partnerships are critical for institutional strengthening and capacity building support.
Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 2. Support for and Promotion of Research.
There were two presentations from two of PNG’s major research institutions. Dr Ramakrishna of PNG’s National Agricultural Research Institute spoke on realizing the potential of PNG youth: linking university education, research and business. The challenges for agriculture and real and critical. Partnerships are necessary to meet the shortcomings in institutional capacity, entrepreneurship and leadership. The key is in enhancing the attractiveness of agricultural education through development of the opportunities and advantages of the partnerships.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 1: What Kind of Graduates are Needed?
Four speakers represented the private sector support service, training of agriculturalteachers, the needs of conservation organization and oil palm research.
Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 1: What Kind of Graduates are Needed?
Four speakers represented the private sector support service, training of agriculturalteachers, the needs of conservation organization and oil palm research.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
2. Sustainable Management of the
Shared Living Marine Resources of the
Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem &
Adjacent Regions
• Participating States -23 GEF- Eligible countries and 2 Associated
countries
• Timeline: May, 2009 –April, 2013
• GEF Focal Area: International Waters
• Financing: GEF $7M ; co-financing $45M
• Implementing Agencies: UNDP & UNESCO-IOC
• Executing Agency: UNOPS
3. GOAL
Sustainable provision of goods and services by the shared living marine
resources of the WCR
OBJECTIVE
Sustainable management of the shared living marine resources of the CLME
through an integrated management approach that will meet WSSD targets for
sustainable fisheries
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
To identify, analyze and agree upon major issues, root causes and actions required to achieve
sustainable management of the shared LMR in the CLME.
To improve the shared knowledge base for sustainable use and management of transboundary LMR
To implement legal, policy and institutional reforms to acheive sustainable transboundary living marine
resources management.
To develop an institutional and procedural approach to LME level monitoring, evaluation and reporting
5. Ecosystem Approach to Management
• CLME project advocates using ecosystem approaches to
management: The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the
integrated management of land, water and living resources
that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an
equitable way to reach a balance between conservation,
sustainable use and the fair and equitable sharing of the
benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources
(CBD, 1992)
– Ecosystem approach to fisheries management
– Ecosystem-based management
7. Key Transboundary Issues
• Unsustainable
exploitation of
resources
• Pollution
• Habitat degration and
community
modification
8. CLME Project Components
Finalized
• Transboudary Diagnostic Assessments
Under Dev.
• Pilot Projects and Case Studies
• Development of a proposed Regional Governance Under Dev.
Framework
• Development of an IMS/REMP Initiated
• Strategic Action Programme Under Dev.
• Project Management Ongoing
9. Transboundary Diagnostic
Assessments, TDA
• Scientific and technical process of fact-finding
(or diagnosing) the state of, and threats to,
international waters
– Identify, quantify and set priorities for
environment problems
– Identify immediate underlying root causes for
environmental problems
10. Casual Chain Analysis
• Causal Chain Analysis traces the cause-effect
pathways from the socioeconomic and
environmental impacts back to its root causes.
• Understanding the linkages between issues
affecting the transboundary aquatic
environment and their causes, stakeholders
will be better placed to support sustainable
and cost-effective interventions.
11. Causal Chain Analyses ACTIONS OF CLME SAP
environmental & root
socio-economic causes
impacts
12. Pilot Projects and Case Studies
• Utilize best available information, including
credible science-based assessments, in reviewing
and strengthening governance/management and
policy processes.
– Spiny lobster pilot project (OSPESCA)
– Reef fishery and reef biodiversity pilot project (UNEP-
CAR/RCU)
– Shrimp & groundfish case study – (FAO)
– Case study on the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish –
(CRFM)
– Case study on the Large pelagic fishery – (CRFM)
13. What is a Strategic Action Programme?
• Negotiated policy document
• Endorsed at the highest level of all relevant
sectors
• Establishes clear priorities and commitments
for action to resolve the priority problems
identified in the TDA
• Undertaken prior to the development of
technical assistance, capacity-building, or
investment projects
14. the SAP development process & TDA guidance
Vision for the Wider Caribbean C
EcoQOs: 3 ecosystem fisheries, 3 problems O
Key + Socio-economics (Societal Benefits) N
Problems
S
Strategic Directions defined U
L
T
Root Priority Actions selected A
Causes
September – T
October 2012 I
= draft SAP assembled O
November 2012 N
Final Draft sent to National Focal Points
for review/comments December 2012
P
SAP approved by CLME Steering Committee
R
January 2013
O
C
Endorsement @ ministerial level, all countries
April 2013 E
S
15.
16. Policy Cycle
ANALYSIS AND
ADVICE
REVIEW AND DATA AND DECISION
EVALUATION INFORMATION
MAKING
IMPLEMENT-
ATION
17. LME Governance Framework
Global marine policy cycle
Global
Caribbean Sea
regional policy cycle
Regional
Tourism
Biodiv-
Fisheries Land-
ersity
National Trans- based
portation pollution
Local Climate change adaptation
Climate change adaptation
18. Need for a High Level Science-Policy Interface
Target IGOs
ACS/CSC
CARICOM SICA OECS
Science policy interface
Major
governance gap
OSPESCA
TNC
Integrated monitoring GAME
WECAFC
and reporting Caribbean
component
UNEP ECLAC
CARICOMP Other
contributor
Other
ICOIN
contributor
Data and information contributors
19. The role of contamination (LBS) within
the CLME Project
• Eg. - Shrimp and ground-fish case study
• Participating countries: Brazil, French Guiana,
Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and Trinidad &
Tobago
• Objective: Review and complete the TDA gap
filling activities as a basis for the preparation
of the SAP..
• TDA identified land-based pollution as a
priority transboundary issue for this
ecosystem.
20. Shrimp and Groundfish Governance
Assessment Findings concerning LBS
• The regional arrangement is new but well established, but
there is no subregional arrangement. This may mean that
the subregional issues are underserved by the regional
arrangement.
• This Subregion is part of an overall Wider Caribbean Region
regional process. Only three countries have ratified the LBS
Protocol. Only Trinidad and Tobago is preparing an NPOA.
• Brazil is not a member of the CEP and as such not party to
the Convention & Protocol.
• Amazon river has a major influence on the Caribbean Sea
22. DIAGRAM IMS/REMP
USERS
SEARCHES/QUERIES
PORTAL/INTERNET
IMS METADATA
GIS-RDMS
TABLE
HIPERLINKS
WEBSITES | ARCHIVES | PUBLICATIONS | MAPS | TABLES | GROUPS | EVENTS
DATA – INFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION
CLME/SAP
IN SITU ECOSYSTEMS
MONITORING BIODIVERSITY
REMP
REMOTE ENVIRONMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMY/
FISHERIES EFFORTS
23. CTA general
• encourage sound natural resource management in
ACP countries
• provide access to information and knowledge
• facilitate policy dialogue
• strengthen the capacity of agricultural and rural
development institutions and communities
• focus on policy processes, value chains, information,
communication and knowledge management
24. CTA approaches
• training and capacity building
• information provision
• market development
• role of science and technology
• needs and requirements
• for all levels
25. CTA 2011-2015
• multi-stakeholder policy dialogue
• national, regional and international
• food and nutritional security
• climate change impacts
• regional trade and markets
• role of innovation
• role of ICT technology
• all-encompassing
• enable dialogue
• convey key policy messages
• provide a platform for learning
26. Questions
• What is or could be the position of CTA in relation to CLME
and the ecosystem approach to a regional policy cycle of
governance?
• What is the potential role that CTA could play contributing
to an improvement of regional policy cycles through CLME?
• What is required at the national and (sub)-regional level to
attain effective and inclusive policy cycles?
• How can the relation between CTA and CLME best be
developed and implemented?
27. More information CLME and IMS/REMP:
E-mail : PatrickD@unops.org
Or visit us at www.clmeproject.org