Saturday , December 3, 2011 South Africa Climate Change Response Expo Durban, South Africa

1. Oceans Day at Durban UNFCCC COP 17 Gustavo FonsecaHead, Natural Resources Saturday, December 3, 2011 South Africa Climate Change Response Expo Durban, South Africa

2. Program For Sustainable Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) GEF: $50,000,000 Total: $268,153,844 • Partners: FAO, (lead), UNEP, World Bank, RFMOs, NGOs, Private Sector • Multiple GEF Focal Areas: Biodiversity, International Waters • Rights-based management and the ecosystem approach • Reduction in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as bycatch. • Reduction of impacts on biodiversity • Introduce sustainable management practices for deep-sea fisheries • Climate resilient management practices for vulnerable ecosystems • Tuna and deep-sea fish migration patterns monitored

3. Marine and Coastal Protected Areas of Brazil GEF: $ $18,200,000 Total: $ 116,600,000 • Partners: World Bank, National NGOs , National Ministries, Petrobras • First marine national conservation initiative at this scale in the country • High potential for implementation of sustainable Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) • Increase the area under protection to at least 5% of total Brazilian marine area • Design and implement financing mechanisms to generate revenues for MCPAmanagement , including climate change related mechanisms (Blue Carbon) and payment for environmental services (PES) • Largest private sector co-financing (Petrobras) for a GEF marine biodiversity project

4. Standardized Methodologies for Carbon Accounting and Ecosystem Services Valuation of Blue Forests GEF: $ $ 4,500,000 Total: $ 23,090,000 • Partners: UNEP, IUCN, WWF, CI, IOC/UNESCO, Academia, National Ministries • Marine flora fixes carbon deep in ocean sediments, sequestering longer than terrestrial plants • Develop methodologies for carbon accounting and ecosystem services valuation ineconomically significant coastal habitats including mangroves, sea grass beds, coralreefs, and salt marshes • Goal is for ‘blue forests’ methodologies to be recognized and used by the internationalcommunity and future GEF projects.

5. Arctic Agenda 2020 (Russia) GEF: $ 25,379,346 Total: $ 335,679,346 • Partners: EBRD, UNDP, World Bank, National Ministries • Multiple GEF Focal Areas: Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters • Goal is to adopt and implement governance reforms for sustainable development ofthe Arctic in the Russian Federation • Include indigenous and vulnerable communities • Climate change mitigation actions, including: • Use of energy-efficiency technologies and reduction of black carbon; • Energy efficiency policy and regulatory acts

6. Sustainable Development of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of East Asia GEF: $ 43,500,000 Total: $ 797,000,000 • Partners:World Bank, National Ministries • Multiple GEF Focal Areas: Biodiversity, International Waters • Countries include China, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam • Pollution reduction • Sustainable development of large marine and coastal ecosystems • Promote sustainable marine fisheries and ecosystem based management • Replicate and scale up CZM activities including conserving coral reefs

7. Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa GEF: $27,000,000 Total: $160,000,000 • Partners:World Bank, African Union, FAO, WWF • Comoros, Mauritania, Mozambique, and Tanzania • Assist development, adoption and implementation of governance reforms supportingenvironmentally, economically and socially sustainable marine fisheries in African LMEs. • Transformative contribution to the region's ‘triple bottom line' of social, environmental and economic benefits • Adaptation measures include: • Prioritization of investments on adaptation to climate change for long-term conservation of the marine and coastal natural resource base; • Improved institutional capacity for climate change issues, including monitoringand forecasting of climatic variability

8. Thank You Saturday, December 3, 2011 South Africa Climate Change Response Expo Durban, South Africa