THE PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC (CPPS)

JULIAN REYNA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Southeast

Pacific (Lima Convention, 1981)

Main Issues and Activities 2013-2014

• Participation in initiatives in ABNJ• ICZM: UNEP/CPPS on EBM. CPPS/IOC/ Phase II of the SPINCAM

project• Strategic Alliance CPPS/UNESCO/CI for Conservation and

Sustainable use of Mangroves.• Building Regional Awareness related to Marine Litter • Developing the Marine Biodiversity Information System

(SIBIMAP) • Regional Coordination of Marine Conservation Activities • Regional Geoportal

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.

Initiatives in ABNJ

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

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

15th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans.Montego bay, Jamaica 31 September – 1 October 2013

CPPS/UNEP EBM in Coastal Areas

REGIONAL WORKSHOPLima: October 2013

UNEP GuideGovernance on coastal AreasEBM Tools to manage CAField Work on Best Practices

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

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.

Main ObjectiveTo 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).

MultimediaVideosLiterature and leleaflets Web page

Preparation of Educational Material(http://amigos-del-mar.net/)

www.sibimap.net

Data and information management:Southeast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity

and MPA SIBIMAP

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 informationSoutheast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity

and MPA SIBIMAP

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 managementSoutheast Pacific Information System on Marine Biodiversity

and MPA SIBIMAP

SIBIMAP contains

http://190.95.249.246/geoportal/geovisor/index.html

REGIONAL GEOPORTAL

• IMO• IOC/ UNESCO• INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION• NOAA• FAO• CBD• CBI• INTRAMERICAN CONVENTION ON SEA

TURTLES (CIT)• UNIVERSITIES

INTERINSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

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