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  • Leading Organization:
    Global Environment Facility
    Implementing Agency:
    Asian Development Bank
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    All lead in-country Government agencies; Inter-governmental Agencies; and Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs)
    Summary:

    ###### Background

    The Coral Triangle (CT) spans eastern Indonesia, parts of Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Solomon Islands . This project ‘Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia’ is a companion project to the ‘Coastal and marine resources management in the Pacific’ and a sub-project under the proposed Coral Triangle Initiative GEF program. It covers the Southeast Asia side of the CT – the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines – specifically the Sulu Sea and inland waters of the Philippines, Celebes/Sulawesi Sea, Java Sea, Flores Sea, Banda Sea and parts of the Pacific Ocean extending to the border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The CT is the global center of marine biodiversity, holding more than 75% of the known coral species and about 3,000 species of reef fish – more than twice the number found on reefs elsewhere.

    It has been called the ‘Amazon of the Sea’ and is the oldest coral system on Earth. Through the millennia, genetic diversity from two oceans has been mixing in this region, which is characterized by extremely complex bathymetric and oceanographic features, including deep troughs, upwellings, strong currents and shallow shelves. Within the CT, the Indo-Malay-Philippines archipelago has long been considered the area of highest marine biodiversity, with decreasing latitudinal and longitudinal gradients in species richness radiating from this center and within this area. The Philippine Islands is identified as the "center of the center" of marine shore fish biodiversity.

    In the landmark report ‘Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia’, the World Resources Institute estimated that 88% of Southeast Asia’s reefs are threatened. Among the various threats, overfishing and destructive fishing practices are the most pervasive. Another important trend is the increased frequency of mass coral bleaching events, which are increasingly being linked to climate change. Unsustainable coastal development and land-based pollution have also threatened reefs and other coastal and marine ecosystems adjacent to populated areas

    Project Components:

    1. Strengthening the Policy and Institutional Conditions Needed for Sustainable Fisheries, Coastal and Marine Resources Management
    2. Increasing the Resilience of Fisheries, Coastal and Marine Resource Systems and Marine Protected Areas
    3. Promoting the Sustainable Financing of Marine Protected Areas and other Coastal and Marine Resources Management Measures
    4. Coordination, Harmonization and Project Management

    Expected Outputs:

    Improved capacity of inter-governmental agencies, national and provincial authorities and CBOs and local management authorities involved with MPAs and fisheries management.

    Legal and policy regimes to support an ecosystem approach to marine resource and fisheries management (including tuna and live reef fish trade) established, and guidelines on ecosystem-based approach adopted.
    New and improved laws and regulations on protection of threatened species established at the national and international levels.

    Regional analyses of changes and inter-dependencies among people and markets. Improved technical cooperation and information sharing. Education, training, public awareness and outreach program undertaken.
    Assessment completed to identify major threats, essential habitats and threatened and endemic species and demonstrate global and local benefits of marine conservation.

    Analyses of the ecological, economic and institutional drivers and interactions between climate-related stressors and opportunities to fisheries.

    Assessments of coral reef degradation due to coral bleaching, acidification of sea water, coastal habitat loss due to sea level rise, effects of changes in upwelling patterns to fisheries and migratory species and extreme weather events.

    Demonstration projects showing increased resilience of marine ecosystems to the impacts of climate change
    Policy briefs to guide in appropriate assistance and development activities.

    Quantification and development of vulnerability indices and metrics adapted for comparative analyses of fishery systems

    Contacts:

    Maria Lourdes Drilon
    Natural Resources Economist
    Telephone: 632-632-6509
    Email: mldrilon@adb.org

    Project Status:
    Approved
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    n/a
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Global Environment Facility (GEF) – GEF Trust Fund
    Financing Amount:
    86,800,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    76,000,000
    Total Amounts:
    86,800,000
    Resources:
    Global Environment Facility
    GEF - Project Details - Southeast Asia
    File(s):
    Project Identification Form - Southeast Asia - 22 February 2008
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