Eight Edition
December, 2005
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ANGOLA - BENIN - CAMEROON - CONGO - CÔTE D'IVOIRE - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - GABON - GHANA - GUINEA - GUINEA BISSAU - LIBERIA - NIGERIA - SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - SIERRA LEONE - TOGO
F R OM T H E E D I T O R :
ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNIDO, VIENNA,
AUSTRIA: 28 NOVEMBER, - 2ND DECEMBER, 2005.
Between 26 November and 3rd December, the Regional
Director, GCLME, Prof. Chidi Ibe undertook mission
L-R: GCLME Regional
Director, Prof. Chidi Ibe in
to Vienna, Austria to participate in the "Eleventh Ses-
a discussion with Hon,
sion of the General Conference of UNIDO".
Bamanga Tukeur, Chair of
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NEPAD Business Round
Table and Ambassador
From 12 - 16 December, 2005, Delegates and Non-
Fidelis Tapgun, Nigerian
Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives of
Minister of Industry
the 16 countries under the Guinea Current Large Ma-
shortly after the Swearing
rine Ecosystem (GCLME) participated in the second
in of the New Director
Regional Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Man-
General of UNIDO, His
excellency, Dr. Kandeh
agement (ICAM) which was to enhance their knowl-
Yumkella on 02 Dec. 2005.
edge of advanced technological tools and procedures
for Coastal Management. The tools that formed the
REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED COASTAL AREA MANAGE-
plank of the Workshop included Geographical Informa-
MENT (ICAM): CALABAR, NIGERIA,12 - 16 DECEMBER, 2005.
tion Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Process Simu-
L-R: At the
lation (PS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS).
O p e n i n g
Ceremony Dr.
Chika Ukwe,
This workshop which had the objectives of introducing
Project Manager,
the importance of coastal areas, causes of ecosystem
UNIDO, Mr.
degradation and concepts of coastal process including
Maiwadar Omar,
legal and institutional frameworks and the management
National Director,
and conservation of marine resources, useful for an in-
Fed. Min. of Env.,
tegrated management of coastal areas was the second
Nigeria, Prof.
Chidi Ibe,
on Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) fol-
Regional Director,
lowing initial Regional ICAM Workshop that took place
Mr. Johnson Ibogbo - Sec. to the Cross River State Govt., Bar. Patrick Odok -
at Kribi, Cameroon six months ago and targeted at train-
Commissioner for Env., Cross River State and Mr. Charles Mrabure of Elf Plc, Rivers
ing participants on the fundamental elements of ICAM
State, Nigeria.
and encouraging countries to develop and put in place
ICAM model. The program was organized by GCLME,
L-R: Bar.
United Nations Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Patrick Odok,
and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in
Comm. for Env.,
Cross River
collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment
State, Dr. Chika
and Cross River State Government.
Ukwe, Project
M a n a g e r ,
GCLME project
The GCLME Regional Director, Prof Chidi Ibe who set
and Mr.
the tone of the workshop by paying glowing tribute to
M a i w a d a
the cream of experts assembled as resource persons,
Omar, National
noted that the program has achieved much of its goal to
Director, Fed.
fashion a regional coastal management. The experts that
Min. of Env.
Nigeria.
facilitated the five-day training program included in-
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ternational experts- Dr. Chika Ukwe, United Nations
P R E S E N T A T I O N S E S S I O N O F T H E I C A M W O R K S H O P
Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Indus-
trial Development Officer (International Waters),Dr.
Dr. Chika
L.F. Cassar, Dr. I. Vogiatzakis, Prof. Sikirou Adams, Dr.
Ukwe's pre-
Peter Nwilo, the Regional Coordinator, GCLME/
sentation on
University of Lagos (UNILAG)Environment Informa-
UNIDO ac-
tivities on
tion Management and Dr. M. Fofana. Others are Dr.
Integrated
L.O. Chukwu and Prof. E.Antia.
C o a s t a l
Cross River State Governor, Mr. Donald Duke, com-
M a n a g e -
mended UNIDO for selecting Calabar as the African
ment high-
l i g h t e d
Regional Activity Centre for Integrated Coastal Man-
among oth-
agement and pledged the State's readiness to assist the
ers, UNIDO
centre to achieve its objectives. The centre will pro-
Coastal And
mote rationale management of the coastal and marine
Marine Envi-
environment as well as contribute in strengthening
ro n m e n t a l
institutional capacity and policy framework for the
Programmes
implementation of the integrated coastal management
and Specific Objective.
in coastal local municipalities in Africa.
Prof. E.E.
A n t i a ,
He disclosed that the State Government has established
Dir., Inst.
of Ocean-
a Swamp Forest Reserve to sustainably manage and
ography,
protect the coastal forest resources, especially the over
UNICAL,
exploited mangroves. The government has also com-
L a g o s -
menced the formulation of a coastal profile and Hotspot
N i ge r i a
Diagnostic and Sensitive Area (HDSA) analyses for
present-
Calabar.
ing the
"Formu-
lation of
"We have also legislated on unsustainable fishing prac-
t
h
e
C o a s t a l
tices including the use of poisonous chemicals and ex-
P r o f i l e
plosives for fishing. Legislation is also in place against
for Cala-
on-channelled dumping of untreated waste," he said.
bar and
The Draft ICM Plan and Coastal Use Zonation Scheme. To his right are Dr. Louis F.
Cassar, of CAER, University Of Reading, UK and Kwaku Duah-Yentumi from
Mr. Duke, represented by the Secretary to the State
Ghana.
Government, Mr. Johnson Ibogbo, stressed the need
to sustainably manage the resources of coastal and
marine areas in the face of threats to the fisheries re-
Prof. Sieghard
sources due to over exploitation, pollution from oil
Holzloehner of the
and gas mining, deterioration of water quality and loss
Institute Of Ocean-
of habitats, the depletion of living resources and threats
ography, University
to ecosystems status.
Of Calabar - Nigeria
talked on the "
The Reason For Nipa
He said: "Nigeria with an Atlantic coastline of over
Spread And Control
By Utilization".
853 kilometres has over 60 million people living in the
coastal areas, most of who depend on the natural re-
sources for their livelihood. The introduction of ICAM
is therefore a welcome development for Nigeria and
indeed to Cross River State. The Cross River State
Government recognizes the importance of coastal and
marine areas. Some of our vital business and leisure
resorts like the Marina Resort and the Tinapa project
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are located in the coastal areas. In the past six years, we
have undertaken policy, legislative and fiscal reforms/
measures to improve our coastal and marine environ-
ment."
Nigeria's Minister of Environment, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu who
made the declaration at the opening of the Workshop
said that the program is a veritable tool in achieving the
much desired goal of integrated management of the re-
gional ecosystem.
He said: "The government of President Olusegun
Obasanjo has shown genuine commitment that will en-
L-R: Dr. Mamodou Fofana, GCLME Consultant on EIMS, Prof. Kolawole S. Adams,
courage sustainable development and has demonstrated
Directeur Exécutif, CEDA, Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis, CAER, University of Reading, UK,
total support in the issues of coastal management and
Deariugo Azevedo, Min. of Fisheries, Inst.for Fisheries Resources, Angola and Mr.
the GCLME project in general."
Daniel S. Amlalo, EPA, Ghana.
The Nigerian Minister for Environment who was rep-
resented by the GCLME National Director, Mr. Maiwada
Omar recounted that the 16 countries have resolved to
work together to address their common concerns, af-
ter realizing that the traditional sectoral approach to
management had failed in bringing about much needed
changes in environment and living resources uses. He
stated that the resolve includes adopting a holistic and
multi-sectoral approach embodied in the ICAM as pro-
posed methodology capable of achieving sustainable
coastal resource use.
According to the Minister, the implementation of the
L-R: Dr. Jean Folack from CERECOMA, Cameroun, Prof. Sieghard Holzloehner
programs in many countries have been hampered by lack
Inst. of Oceanography, University Of Calabar - Nigeria, Dr. P.C. Nwilo, GCLME
of human and financial resources, lack of scientific data,
Regional Consultant on EIMS and Dr. O. Omojola of the Dept. of Geography,
monitoring programs and institutional capacities, frag-
University of Lagos - Nigeria.
mentation and lack of cooperative mechanisms, poli-
cies and strategies and integrated development models.
The presentations at the Workshop focused on overview
of coastal processes and issues on Integrated Coastal
Management supporting tools and methods of ICM,
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
applications.
On 14 December, 2005, as part of the approaches to
achieving the aim of the Workshop, the participants, led
by Prof. Sieghard Holzloener, of the Institute of Ocean-
ography, University of Calabar went on a "Boat Drive"
to the Cross River Estuary alabar Marina. They viewed
L-R from the Fed. Min. of Environment, Nigeria are : Dr. Akin Awobamise, Zonal
the Mangroves along the estuary and were briefed on
Director / Controller, Mr. Maiwada Omar, National Director, Dr. (Mrs.) Ekeh,
the Spread of Nypa palm and its control through
Dep. National Director and Ms Halima Bawa - Bwari.
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utilization.
B O A T R ID E TO T H E C R O S S R I V E R S T A T E E S T U A R Y
Following the Boat Ride to the Cross River System was
a trip on 16 December, 2005 to the Tianapa Coastal
The partici-
Tourism Project site, a project that is planned to pro-
pants to the
duce Africa's Premier Business Resort which will boost
ICAM Work-
tourism in Nigeria and is expected to be ready for op-
shop led by
eration by the end of 2006.
P r o f .
S i e g h a r d
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Holzloehner
F U T U R E E V E N T S:
on a Boat
Ride for a
- 1 Jan - 31 March, 2006: Survey of Aquaculture/ Mariculture Poten-
view of the
tials.
Calabar Es-
- 1 Jan - 31 March, 2006: Formulation of National ICAM Plans (Contin-
tuary.
ued).
- 1 Jan - 31 march, 2006: National workshops for the Formulation of
NPA's of LBA (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Bissau).
- 23 & 27 Jan, 2006: Consultation on Regulatory Implications of Trawl
F I E L D T R I P T O T H E T I N A P A C O A S T A L T O U R I S M
Survey Results.
P R O J E C T , C A L A B A R - N I G E R I A
- 24 - 26 Jan, 2006: GCLME / WWF Workshop on Fisheries Partnership
Agreements.
- 30 Jan - 3 March, 2006: Regional Workshop on Management of Ballast
Waters.
- 1-28 Feb, 2006: Completion and Publication of Water Quality Manual .
A view of the
- 6 - 10 Feb, 2006: Erosion Processes / Modeling and Coastal Erosion
entrance to
the Tinapa
with US Army Corps of Engineers .
Site.
- 13 - 17 Feb, 2006: 3 IMO / IPIECA (International Petroleum Industry
Energy Conservation Association) Level 3 Course.
- 20 - 24 Feb, 2006: Regional Workshop on Regional Co-operation and
Regional Contingency Planning.
- 27 Feb. - 3 March, 2006: Meeting of the pollution/ ecosystem health
WG.
- 6 - 10 March, 2006: National workshops for the Formulation of NPA's
of LBA (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau).
- 13 - 17 March, 2006: Workshop on Alternative Livelihood.
- 20 - 24 March, 2006: Sea based training for sampling and measurement
of contaminant levels and distribution.
G r o u p
- 27 - 31 March, 2006: Round table with private sector on WSEMS.
photograph of
participants in
front of the
Administrative
Kelechi Ihemeje
block of the
Tinapa project.
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