Publication Name

B. Management of the Marine Environment

Description

Indicators

2011 Activities/Outputs

1. Conduct assessments to support the re-

sponsible use of marine environment.

Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov-

ernance

4(d) 4

Sub-programme 3: Project 3:

Sub-programme 1: Climate Change

1(e) 5

Sub-programme 3:

Ecosystem Management

3(a)3 and 3(a) 5

Sub-programme 4: Environmental Gov-

ernance 4(d) 3

Sub-programme 5: Harmful Substances

and Hazardous Waste

5(b)9

Sub-programme: Resource Efficiency

6(a)1

• Number of global or regional marine

assessments produced and dissemi-

nated annually: 4

• Pick up of findings and recommenda-

tions from assessments in the form of

news stories and policy documents,

messages delivered to targeted deci-

sion makers

• Produced with UNEP-WCMC, for the UN Regular Process for global assessment of the

marine environment including socio-economic aspects, a prototype clearing house

mechanism with full technical specifications and a paper that considered options and

a recommended course of action for developing a reporting system that will be used by

States to contribute to the assessment report. Design and accessibility of the document

management system will be integral to ensuring maximum participation in the process.

• Sick Water? The Central Role of Wastewater Management in Sustainable Development

launched 22 March 2010 in Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro

• Blue Carbon report translated into Bahasa Indonesia, and some of the figures translated

into Japanese. A portal website established.

• Blue Carbon report translated into Bahasa Indonesia, and some of the figures translated

into Japanese. A portal website established.

• E-book & printed versions of Continental Shelf: The Last Maritime Zone.

• Assisted the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) in the implementation of the Eco-

system Approach for the production of the State of the Marine and Coastal Environment

Report 2012.

• Green Economy in a Blue World – Synthesis Report to be launched in Manila, Jan. 2012

• Played a central role in putting the spotlight on Blue Carbon Policy during the Eye on

Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi in December 2011.

• GRID-Arendal is managing the Project Preparation Grant (PPG) for the Global Environ-

ment Facility’s Blue Forest’s project. This major international initiative will focus on

advancing Blue Carbon methodologies including the valuation of ecosystem services for

coastal ecosystems, and include a number of demonstration projects, policy education

and outreach.

• Contributing as an institutional partner to development of methodologies and arrange-

ments for the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) and in the open ocean areas for the

Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP). The full-sized project proposal

has been submitted to the GEF Secretariat.

• The pioneering Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor

Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats was released in December 2011. The volume,

developed through a global network of marine researchers and edited by GRID-Arendal

examines the relationship between seabed geomorphology and benthic communities.