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The Large Marine Ecosystem Approach: An Engine for Achieving SDG 14

05 Jun 2017 | by eve@iwlearn.org
New brochure developed by LME:LEARN. The LME Approach has provided and will continue to provide, a unifying strategy for meeting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Prompt and large scale action is needed to overcome the downward trend of losses of LME goods and services; to mitigate the degradation of LMEs in the face of the accelerating effects of climate change; and to achieve integrated adaptive ecosystem-based management (EBM) of LMEs. EBM involves a paradigm shift from single species or single sector management to entire ecosystem management, and integrates a science to policy process. Operationalizing the EBM concept is the aim of the LME Approach.

The LME Approach provides a five-module strategy for assessing and monitoring LMEs and for taking remedial actions toward the recovery and sustainability of degraded goods and services in LMEs. The modules are focused on the application of suites of indicators for measuring LME socioeconomics, productivity, governance, pollution & ecosystem health, and fish & fisheries, which are incorporated into a multi-country LME strategic planning process through development of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and a Strategic Action Programme (SAP).

THE LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH
An Engine for Achieving SDG 14
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