Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) Toward Achievement of the Integrated Management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME)

Several major transboundary problems affecting the Benguela Current ecosystem have been identified during PDF-B works, the principal one being the decline of commercial fish stocks and non-optimal harvesting of living resources exacerbated by natural environmental variability. Additional concerns are the deterioration of water quality due to mining and drilling activities, the loss of critical habitats and threats to biodiversity. Based on these findings, the littoral countries have agreed on a program of actions (SAP) aimed at achieving the integrated management of the ecosystem, including the creation of the Benguela Current Commission , and a vast array of local, national and regional actions. The proposed project would support the countries in this effort through the establishment of the Interim Benguela Current Commission (PCU), the development of a series of assessments, surveys and plans, training and capacity building (the latter defined by the signatories of the SAP as of the "highest priority"), and the securing of additional financing.

TDA/SAP
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem - Strategic Action Programme (SAP) - Originally published November 1999, updated November 2002 Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem - Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) - November 1999 The Benguela Current Commission Strategic Action Programme (SAP) 2015 – 2019

Documents & Resources

report [BCLME SAP] Sustainability of the Benguela [BCLME SAP] Integrated Management of the Benguela Current Region [BCLME SAP] The Changing State of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem sust benguela Climate change document newsletter [BCLME SAP] August 2011: LME News (Issue 1) [BCLME SAP] Benguela Current News: Issue 1 [BCLME SAP] Benguela Current News: Issue 2 [BCLME SAP] Benguela Current News: Issue 3 [BCLME SAP] Benguela Current News: Issue 4 [BCLME SAP] Benguela Current News: Issue 5 LME Newsletter December 2011 terminal-evaluation [BCLME SAP] Final Evaluation Report mid-term-evaluation [BCLME SAP] Mid-Term Evaluation Report workshop [BCLME SAP] Regional Zooplankton Taxonomy and Identification Training Workshop Report [BCLME SAP] Training Course Report [BCLME SAP] Status of the Abidjan Convention in the BCLME Region Report project-document [BCLME SAP] Integrated Management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem [BCLME SAP] Regional (Angola, Namibia, South Africa): Implementation of the Strategic Action Program (SAP) Toward Achievement of the Integrated Management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) map Benguela Current File Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem—Governance and Management for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the Region presentation Current of Plenty