Project objective: To strengthen the regional governance and ecosystem-based management of the GCLME through assisting the counties to build capacity for SAP implementation measures related to transboundary fisheries, biodiversity conservation and pollution reduction
Large Marine Ecosystem
Benin , Cameroon , Congo , Congo The Democratic Republic of , Cote d'Ivoire , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Nigeria , Sao Tome and Principe , Sierra Leone , Togo , Regional
Budget
51,801,065.00 USD
Total Cost of the project
4,416,210 USD
GEF Allocation to project
Partners
To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.
Its mission is to help countries pursue sustainable industrial development. economic development improves tax revenues and makes it possible for governments to achieve lasting social advance and poverty alleviation.
The Convention and its protocol concerning cooperating in combating pollution in cases of emergency came into force in 1984. To date the Convention covers the marine environment, coastal zones and related inland waters falling within the jurisdiction of the States of the Western African Region, from Mauritania to South Africa.
The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese: Governo de São Tomé e Príncipe) is the executive branch of São Tomé and Príncipe. The current government is the XVI Constitutional Government, established on 24 November 2014.
Contacts
Environment Scientist
Programme Assistant