Establishing Partnerships for Large Scale Management of the Ocean and Coastal Areas

1. Establishing Partnerships for Large Scale Management of the Ocean and Coastal Areas Chua Thia-Eng Regional Programme Director

2. What is PEMSEA A GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Building Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia 1999-present 12 countries Building on the foundation of an earlier project - Marine Pollution Prevention and Management in the East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS) 1994-1999 11 countries The East Asian Seas

3. Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Regional Level SDS-SEA: vision, strategies, objectives and action plans Partnership Council EAS Congress: triannual; ministerial forum, international conference

4. Institutional arrangements • Coordinating mechanism • Legislation • International conventions (e.g., OPRC) Response • Protection techniques (booms & skimmers, dispersants, sand barriers) • Clean up techniques (flushing, manual & mechanical removal/ relocation, sorbents, tilling, vacuum pumping, bioremediation) • Network of oil spill facilities Risk assessment • Retrospective RA (resources, habitats) • Prospective RA (oil & grease, nutrients, heavy metals, PAH, etc.) • IIMS Compensation/ Restoration • FUND • CLC • Natural resource valuation • Rehabilitation of habitats Environmental Monitoring • Oil spill modeling • Water quality monitoring program • Biodiversity monitoring • IIMS Capacity Building • Institutional • Industry Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Subregional Level Bohai Sea Manila Bay Gulf of Thailand Oil spill contingency plan development for the Gulf of Thailand Malacca Straits

5. Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – National Level Archipelagic Development Agenda of the Philippines • national policy development • stakeholders consultation • policy reforms • institutional arrangements • capacity development

6. Intergovernmental, Interagency and Multisectoral Partnerships – Local Level Interagency partnerships in Xiamen, China • coordinating mechanism • integrated law enforcement • integrated environmental quality monitoring • interdisciplinary scientific advisory panel • some results reduction of use conflicts improvement of habitats shorefront improvements Public-private partnerships • Batangas Bay Coastal Management Council, Batangas • Province, Philippines • PPP on solid waste management in San Fernando City, • Philippines

7. Coordinating Mechanism for Interagency and Stakeholders Collaboration and Partnerships – Xiamen, China Chair: Mayor Vice Chairs: Deputy Vice Mayors • Marine and Fisheries • Environment • Tourism • Planning • Maritime • Port Authority • Legal • Maritime Defense • Land, Natural Resources and • Housing • Xiamen Municipal Government • Planning Committee • Trade and Commerce Committee • City Construction Committee • Science & Technology Committee • Transport Committee • Structural Reform Committee • Haicang Management Committee • Social Security Department • Finance Department Marine Management Coordination Marine Management Office Scientific Advisory Panel

8. Integrated Law Enforcement

9. Reduction of Use Conflicts • Marine water quality improved • Degraded marine habitats restored • West Channel seascape improved

10. Reducing Ship and Port Pollution

11. Habitat Rehabilitation • Fourteen (14) hectares covered since 1994 – Haichang Qinchio Village

12. Shorefront Improvement Before After

13. Thank You www.pemsea.org