Sustainable Development Strategy Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asiafor the Seas of East Asia

Submitted by Huming Yu

PRESENTATION

ON

SDS-EAS: BACKGROUND

Enhanced regional social and economic alliance

Implementation of international commitments

East Asian Region as a World Economic Power House

Coastal / Marine Areas as Population / Economic Centers

National needs for operational and effective SDS

• From Agenda 21 to Johannesburg Declaration

• APEC Phnom Penh Platform

• APEC Seoul Ocean Declaration

Ecosystem linkages of the Seas of East Asia

Key issues:

Poverty, consumption / production patterns, natural resource base for economic / social development

SDS-EAS: A MAJOR REGIONAL INITIATIVE

A major cause of the issues:

Governance at all levels

Response of GEF/UNDP/IMO SEA Project :

Pilot phase: MPP-EAS

Follow on phase: PEMSEA

The East Asian Seas

The East Asian Seas

Marine Pollution Preventionand Management in the East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS)1994-199911 countriesUS$ 8 million

Building Partnerships inEnvironmental Managementfor the Seas of East Asia(PEMSEA)1999-200412 countriesUS$ 16.2 million

SDS-EAS SCOPE

• Totaling 6 areas of strategies, 20 action

objectives, and 212 programs of actions.

• Provide modalities for harmonizing economy and environment as related to the Seas of East Asia.

• Develop synergy and linkages among programs concerning poverty eradication, reduction of vulnerability to natural hazards, economic and social development and conserving natural resource base.

• Promote cross-sectoral, intergovernmental, inter-project and stakeholder partnerships to improve governance

SDS-SEA Framework

POVERTY ERADICATION IN SDS-EAS Participation of local communities, indigenous and marginalized groups in policy making at all levels Prioritizing development programmes considering the needs of local communities and marginalized groups Conserve biodiversity and habitats for subsistence Improve quality of water accessed by the poor Waste management programmes that the urban poor directly benefits Rights of local fishing communities and small scale fishers Sustainable livelihood for the displaced fishers Indigenous / traditional knowledge in management Integrated land and water use zoning for efficient / equitable uses Response capacity to pollution and hazards: addressing vulnerability of the poor Access by local communities to information, funds, technology, etc.

SDS-EAS AS A CATALYST

Financing mechanisms / investment opportunities

Coastal strategies at the local level

National coastal and marine strategies and policies

Sub-regional and Sub-national Strategy for Sustainable Coastal Development

Coastal Strategy of Danang City

Danang 2001

October 2001

M anil a Bay Coastal Strategy

SDS-EAS: MAJOR FEATURES Governance: mechanisms for stakeholder partnerships

vs. intergovernmental bodies in regional collaboration

Ecosystem based approaches: linkages of river basins, watersheds, coastal lands and waters, LMES

Regional integrative framework addressing impacts of land and sea-based activities, and concerns of coastal and marine development, environment, capacity building, science and technology, training, education and information

Replicating the success of integrated coastal management by local governments in the developing countries of the region

Emphasis on endogenous capacity building

SDS-EAS: CONSULTATION PROCESS

National multi-sector consultation via focal agency

PEMSEA review mechanisms and networks, including PSC

UN agencies and programmes, e.g., UNDP, FAO, IMO, IOC, and UNEP;

Regional entities and programmes, e.g., COBSEA, ASEAN, ESCAP, IOC/WESTPAC, and FAO/APFIC, GEF IW projects in East Asia

International, regional and national donor institutions, e.g., GEF, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Nippon Foundation, Sida/GIWA, Danida-Vietnam, Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation and ICLARM

NGOs, scientists, policy experts and institutions, academic institutions, private sector groups and eminent individuals within and outside of the region, including Asian Fisheries Society, National University of Singapore, Marine Science Institute (University of the Philippines), Korean Maritime Institute, China Institute of Marine Affairs, East Asia Response Pte Ltd (EARL), and Intertanko

Ministerial Forum, December 2003: adoption

Thank You

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