1. THE PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC (CPPS) 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey JULIAN REYNA MORENO EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

2. Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Southeast Pacific (Lima Convention, 1981)

3. Main Issues and Activities 2013-2015 ICZM: UNEP/CPPS on EBM. CPPS/IOC/ Phase II of the SPINCAM project MPAs: Strategic Alliance CPPS/UNESCO/CI for Conservation and Sustainable use of Mangroves. Participation in initiatives in ABNJ Building Regional Awareness related to Marine Litter Developing the Marine Biodiversity Information System (SIBIMAP) Regional Coordination of Marine Conservation Activities Regional Geoportal 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

4. SPINCAM PROJECT PHASE II Southeast Pacific Data and Information Network in Support of Coastal Area Management (SPINCAM) 3 Year Project partnership between CPPS, UNESCO/IOC and Government of Flanders Develop Regional Indicators of the State of the Marine Environment Capacity Building in Coastal Management 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

5. Experts from the region trained in 3 months GIS course in the “Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA), Huelva, SPAIN June- September 2013 and 2014 SPINCAM Capacity Buiding Activities

6. The second stage of the second phase of Data and Information Network Project in support of the Integrated Management of Coastal Zone SPINCAM began with workshops in the five countries of the region to inform local actors on the objectives and scope of the pilot project SPINCAM Capacity Buiding Activities

7. CPPS attended the ICAN7 and Spatial Planning Course Marina OceanTeacher Global Academy in Cape Town The working group was well represented SPINCAM also exposed the operation of Atlas SPINCAM as a sign of efforts to make spatial planning MSP Marino (by its acronym in English) in the Southeast Pacific. SPINCAM Capacity Buiding Activities

8. Course on Marine Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone. 25-29 May 2015, Santa Marta (Colombia) This course was part of the activities of the Training Plan SPINCAM II Project, held at the Regional Training Center of Marine Sciences for Latin America INVEMAR in Santa Marta, Colombia, which is part of the Ocean Teacher strategy - Global Academy, IODE-UNESCO- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. SPINCAM Capacity Buiding Activities

9. CPPS/UNEP EBM in Coastal Areas REGIONAL WORKSHOP Lima: October 2013 UNEP Guide Governance on coastal Areas EBM Tools to manage CA Field Work on Best Practices Preparation of the Regional Guielines. 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

10. Activities with CBD Galapagos Workshop for the Identification of EBSAs in the ABNJ Southeast Pacific in support of activities from the Convention of Biological Diversity Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Regional Network in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets. 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

11. Initiatives in ABNJ GEF PROJECT Sustainable fisheries management and biodiversity conservation of deep-sea living marine resources and ecosystems in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)” Coordination FAO/UNEP for construction of Prodoc. 17th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans 20 – 22 October 2015, Istanbul, Turkey

12. CPPS/UNESCO/CI Partnership Conservation and Sustainable use of Mangroves in the Southeast Pacific Objective: Promote the conservation of the biodiversity and rational use of the resources from mangroves in order to support the communities depending on these peculiar ecosystem. To develop a Regional Action Plan to support communities in the conservation of mangroves

13. CPPS/UNESCO/CI Partnership Conservation and Sustainable use of Mangroves in the Southeast Pacific Activities: “ Improving mangrove conservation across the Easter Tropical Pacific Seascape (ETPS) through coordinated regional and national strategy development and implementation”, 22 – 23 june 2015, Guayaquil (Ecuador)

14. CPPS/UNEP/FAO/CI Partnership to raise Regional Awareness on Marine Litter Activities: Workshops to raise awareness with fishermen and school teachers on marine litter. Prepare educational material (videos, posters, leaflets etc) Organize a network of teachers and students – Friends of the Sea – to promote activities like beach clean ups and awareness campaigns. Implementation of CPPS / UNEP Project "Development and implementation of Local Action Plans to promote the management of marine debris in coastal communities of the Southeast Pacific"

15. Main Objective To raise awareness in fishing communities in the Southeast Pacific countries, addressing environmental problems generated by marine litter, including its proper disposal and/or reuse, looking into practical and environmentally friendly solution Establishment of the Network "Friends of the Sea", in order to combat marine litter in the Southeast Pacific countries (UNEP / CPPS).

16. Multimedia Videos Literature and leleaflets Web page Preparation of Educational Material (http://amigos-del-mar.net/(http://amigos-del-mar.net/)

17. www.sibimap.net Data and information management: Southeast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity and MPA SIBIMAP

18. Statistics: 1,890 visits. 16,918 geo-referenced data points 727 referenced bibliography 33 MPAs shapes. 150 technical documents. Development of a new module for shark geo information. Improvement of Data and information Southeast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity and MPA SIBIMAP

19. Cetaceans Sightings : 16,364 Strandings : 382 Species: 34 Metadata (author, date, geog pos., etc.) References: 555 Documents: 118 Marine turtles Nesting sites: 77 Feeding sites: 96 Species : 4 References : 172 Data and information management Southeast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity and MPA SIBIMAP SIBIMAP contains

20. http://190.95.249.246/geoportal/geovisor/index.html REGIONAL GEOPORTAL

21. IMO IOC/ UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION UNEP NOAA FAO CBD CBI INTRAMERICAN CONVENTION ON SEA TURTLES (CIT) UNIVERSITIES INTERINSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

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