Establishing Partnerships

for Large Scale

Management of the Ocean

and Coastal Areas

Establishing Partnerships

for Large Scale

Management of the Ocean

and Coastal Areas

Chua Thia-EngRegional Programme Director

Chua Thia-EngRegional Programme Director

What is PEMSEAWhat is PEMSEA

Building on the foundation ofan earlier project - Marine Pollution Preventionand Management in the East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS)1994-199911 countries

A GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Building Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia1999-present12 countries

The East Asian Seas

Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Regional Level

SDS-SEA: vision, strategies, objectives and action plans

Partnership Council

EAS Congress: triannual; ministerial forum, international conference

Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Subregional Level

Bohai Sea

Manila BayGulf of

Thailand

Malacca Straits

Institutional arrangements• Coordinating mechanism• Legislation• International conventions (e.g., OPRC)

Compensation/Restoration• FUND• CLC• Natural resource valuation• Rehabilitation of habitats

Response• Protection techniques (booms & skimmers, dispersants, sand barriers)• Clean up techniques (flushing, manual & mechanical removal/ relocation, sorbents, tilling, vacuum pumping, bioremediation)• Network of oil spill facilities

Risk assessment• Retrospective RA (resources, habitats)• Prospective RA (oil & grease, nutrients, heavy metals, PAH, etc.)• IIMS

Environmental Monitoring• Oil spill modeling• Water quality monitoring program• Biodiversity monitoring• IIMS

Capacity Building• Institutional • Industry

Oil spill contingency plan development for the Gulf of Thailand

Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – National Level

Archipelagic Development Agenda of the Philippines

national policy development

stakeholders consultation

policy reforms

institutional arrangements

capacity development

Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Local Level

Interagency partnerships in Xiamen, China

coordinating mechanism

integrated law enforcement

integrated environmental quality monitoring

interdisciplinary scientific advisory panel

some results

reduction of use conflicts

improvement of habitats

shorefront improvements

Public-private partnerships

Batangas Bay Coastal Management Council, Batangas Province, Philippines

PPP on solid waste management in San Fernando City, Philippines

Xiamen Municipal Government Planning CommitteeTrade and Commerce CommitteeCity Construction CommitteeScience & Technology CommitteeTransport CommitteeStructural Reform CommitteeHaicang Management CommitteeSocial Security DepartmentFinance Department

Marine and FisheriesEnvironmentTourismPlanningMaritimePort AuthorityLegalMaritime DefenseLand, Natural Resources and Housing

Marine Management Office Scientific Advisory Panel

Chair: MayorVice Chairs: Deputy Vice Mayors

Coordinating Mechanism for Interagency and Stakeholders Collaboration and Partnerships – Xiamen, China

Marine Management Coordination

Integrated Law Enforcement

Marine water quality improved

Reduction of Use Conflicts

Degraded marine habitats restored

West Channel seascape improved

Reducing Ship and Port Pollution

Habitat Rehabilitation

• Fourteen (14) hectares covered since 1994 – Haichang Qinchio Village

Shorefront Improvement

BeforeBefore

AfterAfter

Thank You

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