Chris Severin Four Strategic Programs - Four strategic areas Presentation given at the 6th Regional Nutrient Reduction Conference in the Black Sea - Danube Basin in Ankara, Turkey.

1. International Waters Focal
Strategic Programs for GEF-4
(2007-2010)
Four Strategic Programs -
Four strategic areas

2. Strategic Program 1:
Restoring and sustaining coastal and marine
fish stocks and associated biological diversity
Examples:
•Benguela Current
•Danube Basin

3. Strategic Program 2
Reducing nutrient over-enrichment and
oxygen depletion from land-based pollution
of coastal waters in LMEs consistent with
the GPA
Examples:
• Danube Basin
• Romania Agricultural Pollution
Control
• Manila 3rd
Sewerage Project

4. Strategic Program 3
Balancing overuse and conflicting uses
of water resources in transboundary
surface and groundwater basins
Examples:
• Nile Basin Initiative
• Lake Victoria (LVEMP)

5. Strategic Program 4
Reducing Persistent Toxic Substances
and Adaptive Management of Waters with
Melting Ice
Examples:
• Melting Glaciers
– Himalaya/Ganges
• Pesticides in LMEs
• Mercury in Goldmining

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