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E-BulletinGEF IW:LEARN e-bulletin #1, October 2007
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Authored by Dr. Chua Thia-Eng, this 16 chapter-book shares the author's 20 years of practical experience in addressing issues related to the integrated management on the coasts and oceans. This book makes clear the rationale underlying the use of the integrated management approach, and the practices used to apply sustainable development principles and international environmental instruments when undertaking ICM programs.
The Role of the Coastal Ocean in the Disturbed and Undisturbed Nutrient and Carbon Cycles
The project “The Role of the Coastal Ocean in the Disturbed and Undisturbed Nutrient and Carbon Cycles” was implemented within the UNEP-GEF International Waters focal area, Operational Programme 10 – Global contaminants, the sub-programme: “Sustainable Management and Use of Natural Resources” by the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) project. This publication describes the background and context for the project, it illustrates some of the key science outputs and considers the wider management implications of the outcomes of the project.
Implementation of Ecosystem-Based Management in Marine Capture
Fisheries - case studies
This publication presents a short catalogue of good news stories
describing how key actors are pursuing more sustainable solutions.
These case studies illustrate the steps in an approach to managing
human maritime activities known as ecosystem-based management
(EBM). EBM has been used in terrestrial resource management for
about 15 years, but its application to marine resource management
only began more recently. WWF was the first global conservation
organisation to proffer an EBM framework for marine fisheries, thus
creating a testing ground for precautionary, conservation-oriented
EBM for all relevant maritime sectors. The case studies presented
here further indicate
Most popular documents (iwlearn.net)
Hai Basin - Environmental Assesment Volume 1/2
LME Governance and Socioeconomics Handbook
Recent Additions to the iwlearn.net website:
Reducing Pollution: Constructed Wetlands
Reducing Pollution: Agricultural and Livestock Nutrient Reduction
Governance, Institutions and Partnerships for IW Management in the Western Indian Ocean
Assessment & Monitoring of Transboundary Water Systems: a Tool for Tracking Project Impacts
First GEF Regional Project in the Mediterranean (Civili)
South China Sea: Presentation on Economic Valuation
Governance, Institutions and Partnerships for IW Management in the Western Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea: The GEF Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean LME
Recents project websites
PEMSEA.ORG recently upgraded
its web system into using the IW:LEARN website toolkit (based on
the Plone Content Management System, which enabled useful tools
that visitors can use to optimize access to documents and
information about PEMSEA and the East Asian Seas region. New
features include Google Maps, Members login, weblogs, live calendar
and search functionality.
Calendar of Events for
November 2007
UNU-UNESCO International Mangrove Biodiversity Training Course ( Annamalai University, India, from 12 November 2007 to 26 November 2007)
CAIWA 2007 - Conference on Adaptive and Integrative Water Management ( Radisson SAS Hotel Basel, Switzerland, from 12 November 2007 to 15 November 2007)
Water Management through Forest Management (Beijing, China, from 12 November 2007 to 16 November 2007)
2nd Pan-African Regional IW:LEARN Workshop on Public Participation in International Waters Management (Maseru, Lesotho, from 13 November 2007 to 16 November 2007)
International Conference on Environmental Informatics (Bangkok, Thailand, from 21 November 2007 to 23 November 2007)
1st World Water & Renewable Energy Congress-Expo (Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 25 November 2007 to 28 November 2007)
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Recent Job Postings
UNECE - Environmental Affairs Officer, L-3
Technical Adviser, Globallast Partnership Programme , IMO (P.3)
WWF - Managing Director, Fisheries
WWF - Gulf of California Director
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Project News
PEMSEA Welcomes
New PRF Secretariat Services Staff
PEMSEA welcomes Dr. Won-Tae Shin, Ms.
Kazumi Wakita, Ms. Magnolia Uy and Ms. Jesusa Defensor of the
PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF) Secretariat Services and Ms. Vanessa
Bautista as library assistant.
Climate change and the world's river basins: anticipating
management options
Major rivers worldwide have experienced
dramatic changes in flow, reducing their natural ability to adjust
to and absorb disturbances. Given expected changes in global
climate and water needs, this may create serious problems,
including loss of native biodiversity and risks to ecosystems and
humans from increased flooding or water shortages.
22nd International
Coastal Cleanup: Volunteerism at Work
On 15 September, volunteers in Batangas
province and Manila Bay gathered in selected coastal areas to
participate in the 22nd Annual International Coastal
Cleanup.
Philippines
Implements IIMS Nationwide
The Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) has adopted the Integrated Information Management
System for Coastal and Marine Environment (IIMS) as its database
platform for the Philippines.
Lake Chad Basin Project - IWRM Capacity Building Workshops
The workshop for the promotion of IWRM in
the member states of the Lake Chad Basin Commission was held in the
Central African Republic, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and
Nigeria.
Monitoring and Early Warning System (MEWS) for the Upper Basin of
Yangtze River
China Research Academy of Environment
Sciences is designing an indicator system for the Upper Basin of
the Yangtze River.
PEMSEA
Library Expands Collection and Facilities
PEMSEA announces the opening of the new
PEMSEA Library.
2nd
Workshop of the Yellow Sea Partnership
NOWPAP RCU hosted and organized the
second Workshop of the Yellow Sea Partnership (YSP) on 1 October
2007 in Busan, Republic of Korea.
Yellow Sea LME releases Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
report
The Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for
Yellow Sea LME by UNDP/GEF YSLME project was published. It is a
principal output/deliverable for the project.
Data
input issues dominate 5th Mekong Flood Forum
MORE than 130 participants from 17
countries attended the 5th Annual Mekong Flood Forum in Ho Chi Minh
City, Viet Nam on May 17 and 18, 2007 to share information on
“Improving Data Inputs Towards Medium-term Flood Forecasting
and Warning in the Mekong Basin”, the theme of this year's
forum.
PEMSEA Library
Expands Collection and Facilities
PEMSEA announces the opening of the new
PEMSEA Library. Located in the new PEMSEA building, the PEMSEA
Library has a bigger space, and is complete with a reading area and
computers to accommodate researchers.
2007 Twinning
Workshop to Focus on Policy Reform, Sustainable Financing and
Investment for Pollution Reduction
The Seminar on Policy Reform, Sustainable
Financing and Investment for Pollution Reduction in the East Asian
Seas, to be held 17-19 October in Tianjin, PR China, aims to enable
participants to consider and incorporate in project formulation and
implementation adequate strategies and approaches to policy reform
in managing impacts from river basins and coastal seas, as well as
addressing bottleneck
Successful First
Meeting of Executive Committee Chairs
The First Executive Committee (EC)
Meeting of the PEMSEA regional mechanism was held at the new PEMSEA
Office in Quezon City, Philippines, on 14-15 September..Mr. Hiroshi
Terashima, Technical Session Chair for the EAS Partnership Council
served as the Acting Chair of the Meeting. Among the priority
issues discussed during the gathering were: a) The Global
Environment Facilitys approval of the new
Strengthening
Networking among Local Governments: A Way forward for ICM Scaling
up
DANANG CITY, VIETNAM --- The 2007 Forum
of the PEMSEA Network of Local Governments for Sustainable Coastal
Development (PNLG) was successfully organized and conducted as a
result of the joint efforts of the Peoples Committee of Danang, the
PNLG Secretariat, and the PEMSEA Resource Facility, with financial
support from the Swedish Environmental Secretariat for
Asia.
Getting Down to
Business – The First Partnership Council Meeting
MANADO CITY, INDONESIA -- The East Asian
Seas (EAS) Partnership Council has successfully conducted its first
operational meeting in Manado City, Indonesia, last 17-20 July. The
Meeting, which was participated in by 11 State Partners and 11
non-State Partners, reached important decisions related to the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas
of East Asia (SDS-SEA).
September 2007
NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Satellite Monitoring Products
This map shows the global observations of
coral bleaching occurrences combined with NOAA Coral Reef Watch's
satellite monitoring products including Sea Surface Temperature,
Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly, Bleaching HotSpot and Degree
Heating Weeks. These datasets are added into ReefBase Online GIS
each month.
UNEP and Google
Global Cleanup
UNEP and Google Cleanup the World. People
across the planet will be cleaning up their area and sharing the
result with millions of people on the internet thanks to a new
campaign by Google and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP).
