The LME22 is a cornerstone event of the GEF IW:LEARN project, under the leadership of the IOC of UNESCO, the longstanding convener of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) Consultation Meetings.

The objectives of LME22 are:  

• To reconnect LMEs and Coastal Partners after the LME21 meeting in 2019, to discuss progress, new challenges and opportunities that arose in the meantime;
• To further enhance LME process and partnerships;
• To review marine and coastal projects progress in regions, disseminating best practices, and discussing emerging issues requiring common responses;
• To consider recent ocean governance developments (e.g. Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) & Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) etc.) and their implications for the LME partnerships;
• To advise on the further improvement of the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Strategic Action Porgramme (TDA-SAP) process for LMEs and its “rebranding”;
• To promote Source-to-Sea collaboration by facilitating the participation of River Basin Organizations with the aim to strengthen the integrated management of transboundary marine and freshwater ecosystems;
• To assess the impact produced by the GEF International Waters (IW) portfolio in advancing the sustainable management of LMEs after 25 years of investments;
• To consolidate input to the Tenth International Waters Conference (IWC10) on sessions related to marine and coastal issues, the signature event of the GEF IW portfolio to be held in November 2023 in Uruguay;
• To revisit, update, and help implement the LME Community Medium Term Framework Strategy as well as contribute to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

View the full details and presentations: https://iwlearn.net/events/lme22.

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