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REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
IN THE YELLOW SEA (YSLME)
GOAL OF YSLMEECOSYSTEM-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY - SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF THE YSLME AND ITS WATERSHED: REDUCING DEVELOPMENT STRESS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECOSYSTEM FROM A DENSELY POPULATED, HEAVILY URBANIZED, AND INDUSTRIALIZED SEMI-ENCLOSED SHELF SEA
PROJECT POINTS
• 5-YEAR PROJECT, STARTING FALL, 2002
• TOTAL BUDGET OF $24,000,000– GEF: $14,394,183
– COUNTRIES: $8,643,965
– PLUS UNDP, NOAA
• EXECUTED BY UNOPS
• PCU AT KOREA OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (KORDI) IN ANSAN, ROK
WHY YSLME?
• DECLINE OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES• DEGRADATION OF BIODIVERSITY• WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION• UNSUSTAINABLE MARICULTURE• POOR HUMAN HEALTH• HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS• INADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR
ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
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Large T rawl Medium T rawl Large Stow
1960'S
Clupeidae (8.7%)
Scombridae (4.6%)
Trichuridae (34.3%)Sciaenidae (52.4%)
1980'S
Aluteridae (32.2%)
Scombridae (2.6%)
Trichuridae (30.7%)
Sciaenidae (9.4%)
Clupeidae (25.1%)
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Mussel Scallop Clam
Oyster Others
SOME ROOT CAUSES
• HUGE POPULATION PRESSURE (10% OF WORLD’S POPULATION IN YELLOW SEA BASIN)
• POOR/INEFFECTIVE REGIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
• INADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE BASE
• INADEQUATE MANAGEMENT/PLANNING FRAMEWORK
• INSUFFICIENT FINANCING MECHANISMS AND SUPPORT
• WEAK POLITICAL WILL
IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES OF THE OVERALL GEF PROJECT
1. Develop regional strategies for sustainable management of fisheries, mariculture
2. Propose and implement effective regional initiatives for biodiversity protection
3. Propose and implement actions to reduce stress to the Ecoystem, improve water quality, and protect human health
4. Develop and pilot regional institutional and capacity building initiatives
3 PHASES OF THE PROJECT
1. Assessing stress to the ecosystem (TDA)
2. Reducing stress to the ecosystem (NYSAP & SAP)
3. SAP Implementation
THEMES
Major Interventions• Fisheries management• Biodiversity
management• Contaminant control
and management• Ecosystem
management• Investment portfolios
Supporting interventions
(pcu)• Public awareness and
participation• Data and Information
management
THEME WORKING GROUP (FOR ALL BUT INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO)
EACH COUNTRY WILL
DRAW FROM THEIR STAKEHOLDERS
• 2 SCIENTISTS (SOCIAL OR NATURAL)• 2 from following disciplines
– LEGAL/REGULATORY EXPERT
– INVESTMENT SPECIALIST
– PLANNER/MANAGER