Sustainable Development Strategy for 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 Marine Pollution Prevention and Management in the East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS) countries US$ 8 million Building Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) countries US$ 16.2 million

SDS-EAS SCOPE 1.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

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

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