The document discusses the Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project and Integrated Water Resources Management projects. It aims to support the sustainable development and management of international waters in Pacific island countries. The projects work on issues such as overfishing, pollution, and inadequate water management. They implement solutions like integrated coastal zone management, fisheries management, and demonstrations of best practices in watershed management, wastewater treatment, and sustainable groundwater use. The projects have made progress but still need to focus more on national implementation, awareness raising, and long-term capacity building.

1. The Global Environment Facility
4th
Biennial International Waters Conference
July 31 – August 3 2007, Cape Town, South Africa
Pacific Islands Oceanic
Fisheries Management Project
(OFM Project)
Transform Aqorau
Deputy Director General, FFA

2. Strategic Action Programme of the Pacific
Small Island Developing States (SAP)
Goal: Integrated sustainable development and
management of International Waters
Priority Concerns: Degradation of water quality
Degradation of associated critical habitats
Unsustainable use of resources
Imminent Threats/ Pollution from land-based activities
Proximate Root Modification of critical habitats
Causes Unsustainable exploitation of resources
Ultimate Root: Management deficiencies
Causes a) governance
b) understanding
Solutions: Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management
Oceanic Fisheries Management
Strategic Action Programme of the Pacific
Small Island Developing States (SAP)

3. IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE WATER
RESOURCES AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
IN PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES
The Pacific SAP is comprised of one OFM and one IWRM
component and GEF is supporting the implementation of
both
The GEF Pacific IWRM Project is implemented by SOPAC
will run for five years to 2013
UNDP component ($6.1M from GEF):
 On-the-ground demonstration activities on IWRM & Water-use
Efficiency (WUE) initiated in 13 PICs ($6.1M)
UNEP Components ($2.1M from GEF):
 IWRM & WUE frameworks
 Policy, legislative and institutional reform for IWRM & WUE (funded
by EU)
 National and regional capacity building
IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE WATER
RESOURCES AND WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT IN PACIFIC ISLAND
COUNTRIES

4. 1. Watershed Management - e.g. Federated
States of Micronesia - Ridge to Reef:
Protecting Water Quality from Source to Reef
in FSM
2. Wastewater Management – e.g. Tuvalu –
Ecosan
3. Water Resources Assessment & Protection
-e.g. Cook Islands – Integrated freshwater
and coastal management on Rarotonga
4. Water Use Efficiency & Water Safety - e.g.
Tonga - Improvement and Sustainable
Management of Nieafu Aquifer Groundwater
Resources in Vava'u Islands
IWRM Demonstration ActivitiesIWRM Demonstration Activities

5. OFMP Outline
15 participating Pacific SIDS
5 year life (commenced October 2005)
Financed by $10.9m GEF Grant
Executed by UNDP
Implemented by FFA with SPC, IUCN and WWF

6. OFMP Goals
The global environmental goal of the Project is to achieve
global environmental benefits by enhanced conservation and
management of transboundary oceanic fishery resources in
the Pacific Islands region and the protection of the
biodiversity of the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool Large
Marine Ecosystem.
The broad development goal of the Project is to assist the
Pacific Island States to improve the contribution to their
sustainable development from improved management of
transboundary oceanic fishery resources and from the
conservation of oceanic marine biodiversity generally.

7. OFMP Structure
Component 1, the Scientific Assessment and Monitoring
Enhancement Component, (SPC)
improved scientific information and knowledge
strengthening the national capacities of Pacific SIDS in these
areas.
Component 2, the Law, Policy and Institutional Reform,
Realignment and Strengthening Component, (FFA)
assisting Pac SIDS to:
 participate in the new WCPF Commission
reform, realign and strengthen their national laws, policies,
institutions and programmes
Component 3, PCU and awareness raising

8. Geographic Context

9. Outcomes
Pilot Phase
 WCPF Convention concluded with Pacific SIDS participation
 Commission Rules prepared including limits on meetings and full funding
for all 15 Pacific SIDS to all meetings of the Commission and its
subsidiary bodies, including Technical Working Groups

10. Outcomes
Scientific Assessment and Monitoring Enhancement Component
 Development of monitoring programmes in all Pacific SIDS with
data now flowing into target species stock assessments and
ecological risk assessments
 A focus on stock assessment capacity building and support for
national EAFM analyses following funding of core stock
assessment tasks by the Commission
 Assessment of the role of seamounts in oceanic pelagic fisheries
and impacts of seamounts on oceanic biodiversity being
undertaken
 Completion of the first phase of the Pacific Tuna Tagging
Programme
 Development of trophic structure models
 Use of ecosystem models used to test management options and
assess impacts of some climate change scenarios

11. Law, Policy and Institutional Reform, Realignment and Strengthening
Component
 Commission is established with all Pacific SIDS having ratified the
Convention
 Comprehensive monitoring and compliance programme established, based
largely on Pacific SIDS in-zone programmes including
 9, 400 vessels on the Vessel Record
 High seas boarding & inspection is operational
 2,200 vessels registered to report to the High seas VMS serviced by the
FFA
 500 Pacific Island Onboard observers projected to be deployed in 2010
 IUU list
 This programme establishes several global precedents for high seas
 Commission data and science programmes funded from the Commission
budget serviced by SPC
 Preliminary catch or effort caps in all major fisheries with initial mitigation
measures for sharks, seabirds and turtles
 Law and policy reforms undertaken in almost all Pacific SIDS,
 EAFM analyses for management policy reforms undertaken for most Pacific
SIDS using risk assessment approach developed under the Project

13. Shortfalls
Seamount-related activities were initially set back by lack of
research vessel
Collaboration with industry has been disturbed by the
constraints at the regional industry association
The national consultative committees have not functioned
effectively
Currency fluctuations have reduced the real value of project
funding (balanced by increased co-financing)
More work on national implementation is required, especially
in smaller SIDS
Inadequate priority on awareness raising

14. Lessons Learned
Small developing countries, working together, can make a
difference
Limits are good for business - regional conservation measures
and resource protection programmes have improved the private
investment climate in oceanic fisheries
Long term investments in science and data pay off
Monitoring and control programmes create attractive jobs
The PCU and outreach functions have been under-resourced
There is a critical need for long-term capacity building which is
beyond the scope of the Project and GEF funding
National capacities are the over-riding limit on what can be
achieved

15. Phase II Proposal
MTR recommended a second phase
Shift to making existing measures work at national
level, rather than adopting more measures
Focus on smaller SIDS
Address the impact of climate change
Invest more in knowledge management
Streamline national consultative processes

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