Addressing Land-based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO-LaB)

This project has a primary focus on the degradation of the marine and coastal environment due to land-based activities. Three objectives have been identified: Reduce stress to the ecosystem by improving water and sediment quality; Strengthen regional legal basis for preventing land-based sources of pollution; and Develop regional capacity and strengthen institutions for sustainable, less polluting development. These three objectives will provide a strong basis for sustainable environmental management in the Western Indian Ocean region in the future. A preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a preliminary Strategic Action Programme serve as the basis for preparation of this project proposal. The full GEF project will refine the TDA and SAP, following clarification of some aspects of the environmental status of the region. The project focus on the Global Program for Action will result in National Plans of Action for abating land-based sources, as well as a regional protocol for the existing Environmental Convention (Nairobi Convention) with Annexes. The project focus on broad stakeholder participation will help assure the sustainability of the GPA Plans of Action. The private sector will be also a focus for cooperation, key for long-term sustainability of actions.

TDA/SAP
Strategic Action Programme for the Protection of the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based Sources and Activities Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of land-based sources and activities in the Western Indian Ocean Region (2009)

Documents & Resources

report WIOLaB Annual Report 2007_Final [WIO-LaB] Training Needs Assessment for the Western Indian Ocean Region Report [WIO-LaB] Educational Needs Assessment for the Western Indian Ocean Region Report [WIO-LaB] 2007: Annual Report [WIO-LaB] 2006: Annual Report [WIO-LaB] 2005: Annual Report [WIO-LaB] Information Management Strategy for the Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Clearinghouse Mechanism Report [WIO-LaB] Western Indian Ocean: Regional State of the Coast Report [WIO-LaB] Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee Report WIOLaB Project 2005 Annual Report_final merged experience-notes [WIO-LaB] Experience Note: Lessons Learned Reporting on Demonstration Site Selection and Design Experience Note: Nature’s Answers to the Sanitation Challenge: The Application of Constructed Wetland Technology for Wastewater Management [WIO-LaB] Experience Note: Lessons-learned Reporting on Project Management Structure [WIO-LaB] Experience Note: Lessons-learned Reporting on Stakeholder Involvement workshop [WIO-LaB] Meeting of the Forum for Academic and Research Institutions in the Western Indian Ocean Region (FARI) [WIO-LaB] Draft Report: Third Regional Meeting of the Project Steering Committee [WIO-LaB] Regional Workshop on the Development of a Clearinghouse Mechanism and Information Sharing System on Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resources Report [WIO-LaB] Second Regional Workshop Report: Regional Task Force on the Development of Regional Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) [WIO-LaB] Inception Meeting Report: Regional Task Force on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) [WIO-LaB] Second Regional Meeting: Legal and Technical Review Task Force [WIO-LaB] Inception Meeting Report: Regional Legal and Technical Review Task Force [WIO-LaB] Inception Meeting Report: Regional Task Force on Municipal Wastewater Management [WIO-LaB] Inception Meeting Report: Regional Task Force on the Physical Alteration and Destruction of Habitats (PADH) [WIO-LaB] Second Regional Meeting of the Project Steering Committee Report [WIO-LaB] Inception Meeting: First Meeting of the Steering Committee Report project-identification-form [WIO-LaB] Project Sustainability Strategy newsletter [WIO-LaB] French: Brochure [WIO-LaB] English: Brochure [WIO-LaB] Insight: Volume 3, Issue 2 [WIO-LaB] Insight: Volume 3, Issue 1 [WIO-LaB] Insight: Volume 2, Issue 2 [WIO-LaB] Insight: Volume 2, Issue 1 [WIO-LaB] Insight: Volume 1, Issue 1 iwlearn3_grahamstown2012_westindianoceansids_mutta project-document [WIO-LaB] Project Brief: Addressing Land-Based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean results-notes [WIO-LaB] 2011 Results Notes - Addressing Land-Based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean terminal-evaluation [WIO-LaB] Terminal Evaluation maps_graphic expnote_wiolab_demosite expnote_wiolab_projmgmt expnote_wiolab_stakeholder.jpg expnote_wiolab_stakeholder expnote_wiolab_constructed evaluation WIO-LaB Terminal Evaluation Final