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Below is the list of important links:
- Partners
- Other WIO
projects
This is a link to the projects and initiatives at the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region - GEF Links
- GEF funded International Waters
Projects in the WIO:
3 GEF Projects together form a programme entitled “Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Eosystem Programme”. The WIO-LaB project concentrates on land-based activities, the SWIOFP's focus is on commercial fisheries, and ASCLME focuses on the bridging factors between the two and maintains oversight on the overall LME approach.
There are a number of other GEF projects either ongoing or being planned in the region. One of the purposes of the IW Forum (refer to WIO-LaB’s IWF in the ‘Partnerships’ page) is to discuss the synergies and possibilities of cooperation between such activities. Your comments are welcome.
Other WIO projects
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Other WIO projects
Up one level- WIO-C: New consortium for conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in Western Indian Ocean (WIO-C)
- This is a link to the projects and initiatives at the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region
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Up one level- GEF
- The Global Environment Facility, established in 1991, helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.
- SWIOFP
- A GEF funded International Waters Projects in the WIO, the World Bank GEF South Western Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP): The project is aimed at building capacity so that the participating countries may make an informed decision to develop a management strategy for the offshore living resources of the two Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) that extend to the 200 Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. 3 GEF Projects together form a programme entitled “Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Eosystem Programme”. The WIO-LaB project concentrates on land-based activities, the SWIOFP's focus is on commercial fisheries, and ASCLME focuses on the bridging factors between the two and maintains oversight on the overall LME approach.
- ASCLME
- The UNDP/GEF Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (ASCLME): The objective of the Project is to work with two other "thematic" GEF international waters projects in the area as part of a "strategic approach" to fill gaps in understanding transboundary living resources of the two LMEs and to build capacity of the participating countries to utilize this improved understanding for more effective management by use of an ecosystem approach. This is a pre-SAP project and will contribute at project's end to a revised TDA/SAP for the LMEs as one outcome in conjunction with the other 2 projects. 3 GEF Projects together form a programme entitled “Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Eosystem Programme”. The WIO-LaB project concentrates on land-based activities, the SWIOFP's focus is on commercial fisheries, and ASCLME focuses on the bridging factors between the two and maintains oversight on the overall LME approach.
Partners
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Up one level- NEPAD Coastal and Marine Programme (COSMAR)
- The overall objective of the NEPAD Coastal and Marine Secretariat (COSMAR) is to contribute to the reversal of the trend of marine and coastal environmental degradation that contributes to, and heightens, poverty in Africa.
- WIOMSA
- Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) promotes the educational, scientific and technological development of all aspects of marine sciences throughout the Western Indian Ocean region with a view toward sustaining the use and conservation of its marine resources.
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