GUINEA CURRENT LARGE MARINE
ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
REPORT OF THE REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED
COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT (ICAM)
CALABAR, NIGERIA, 12 16 DECEMBER, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3
2. PARTICIPANTS AND RESOURCE PERSONS .................................................................. 4
3. OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................................... 5
4. EXPECTED
OUTPUTS ......................................................................................................... 5
5. OPENING
CEREMONY........................................................................................................ 5
6. PRESENTATIONS................................................................................................................. 6
7. COUNTRY
REPORTS........................................................................................................... 6
8. FIELD
TRIPS ......................................................................................................................... 7
9. RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................ 7
10. CLOSING
CEREMONY.................................................................................................... 7
APPENDIX I. HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESENTATIONS BY THE ICAM/GIS EXPERTS ........ 8
APPENDIX II. LIST OF NATIONAL CASE STUDIES BY PARTICIPANTS .................... 13
APPENDIX III. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS............................ 14
APPENDIX IV. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS............................................................................ 16
APPENDIX V. WORK PROGRAMME.................................................................................. 21
APPENDIX VI. ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. DONALD DUKE, GOVERNOR
OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA................................................................................... 23
APPENDIX VII. KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. IYORCHIA AYU, HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, NIGERIA
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1.
INTRODUCTION
Coastal areas are the most densely inhabited and industrialized parts of almost every sub-
Saharan country with approximately 50% of the population residing within 100 km of the
coastline. Coastal areas are also the location of the main import and export centres, provide
food supplies for the landlocked countries of Africa and serve as economically important
zones where fishery, mineral and oil exploitation and tourism contribute significantly to the
financial well-being of the respective coastal regions.
In the Guinea Current LME region, approximately 40% of the 300 million people live within
the coastal areas, many of them dependent on the surrounding lagoons, estuaries, creeks and
inshore waters for their food security and well-being. These marine and coastal areas,
including their upstream freshwater regions, are at present affected by a number of
anthropogenic activities, notably, over-exploitation of fishery resources, impacts from land-
based settlements' activities, industrial, agricultural, urban and domestic sewage run-off, and
mining activities such as oil and gas exploration (in particular, off the coasts of Angola,
Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria). The challenge for the GCLME countries has been to use the
abundant but depleting coastal and marine environmental resources wisely, so that economic
development can be achieved without destroying the resource base on which it is founded.
Through various assessments carried out, the countries realized that the traditional sectoral
approach to management failed in bringing about much needed changes in environmental and
living resource use and resolved to adopt a holistic and multisectoral approach embodied in
the Large Marine Ecosystem concept. Consequently, coastal management became an
important programme for stakeholders in the region working towards sustainable development
of the coastal areas.
Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) is a methodology capable of achieving
sustainable coastal resource use, and one that has been adopted in principle by many coastal
African nations. However, implementation in many countries has been hampered by lack of
human and financial resources, scientific data, monitoring programmes, institutional
capacities, cooperative mechanisms, policies, strategies and integrated development models.
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The concept of integrated management, embodied in ICAM, emphasizes the importance of
combining economic, social and environmental dimensions for sustainable coastal and marine
resources utilization. Integration of these three pillars of sustainable coastal development (i.e.
economic, social and environmental) encourages the adoption and application of advanced
technological tools (including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS),
Process Simulation (PS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), etc.) that provide scientific
knowledge and analysis and support decision-making for assessment practices and
management methods.
In view of this concept, the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) Project
organized a Regional Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Management in collaboration with
ICS UNIDO, Trieste Italy, UNIDO (PTC/ECB) Vienna Austria, the Federal Ministry of
Environment, Abuja and Cross River State Ministry of Environment, Calabar from 12 16
December, 2005 at the Mirage Hotel, Calabar Nigeria.
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PARTICIPANTS AND RESOURCE PERSONS
The Workshop was attended by middle to senior level specialists from 14 of the 16 GCLME
project countries, working in close contact with Ministries and Agencies of Environment,
Agriculture, Fisheries, Land-use Planning and Industry, Provincial and Local Governments,
Universities and Research Institutions, with primary experience in the field of Integrated Coastal
Zone Management.
Resource persons who facilitated the five-day training program included international experts-
Dr. Chika Ukwe, UNIDO Industrial Development Officer (International Waters), Dr. L.F.
Cassar, International Environment Institute, University of Malta, Dr. I. Vogiatzakis, Centre for
Agri-Environmental Research, (CAER) University of Reading, UK, Prof. Sikirou Adams,
Executive Director, Centre for Environment and Development in Africa (CEDA), Dr. Peter
Nwilo, Regional Coordinator, GCLME/University of Lagos Environment Information
Management Centre and Dr. Mamadou Fofana, Director of the Geophysics Station of Lampto,
Cote d'Ivoire. Others are Dr. L.O. Chukwu, Department of Marine Science, University of Lagos
and Prof. E. Antia, Institute of Oceanography, University of Calabar (see full list of Participants
in Appendix IV).
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3.
OBJECTIVES
- To introduce the importance of coastal areas, causes of ecosystem degradation and
concepts of coastal processes, including legal and institutional frameworks and the
management and conservation of marine resources, useful for an integrated
management of coastal areas;
- To train scientists, technologists, environmental planners, decision and policy
makers and coastal managers on advanced tools in the field of decision support
systems, in particular Geographic Information Systems and Image Processing;
- To give an active contribution to the development of a Regional Plan regarding the
management of coastal areas, where the human pressure due to industrialization is
high;
- To discuss national case studies elaborated by participants;
- To constitute a scientific and technical forum of discussion on new information
technologies, by bringing together people working in the field of environmental
management and industrial development in coastal areas.
4.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
- Participants trained on advanced technologies and support tools for Integrated
Coastal Area Management;
- Case studies presented during the training workshop included within the existing
ICS-UNIDO training package on Integrated Coastal Area Management.
5.
OPENING CEREMONY
The Opening Ceremony, chaired by Barrister Patrick Odok, Hon. Commissioner for
Environment, Cross River State, Calaba and was attended by representatives of the Federal
Ministry of Environment, Abuja and Cross River State Ministry of Environment, Calabar,
participants from the GCLME countries and resource persons.
His Excellency Mr. Donald Duke, the Executive Governor of Cross River State, in an address
read by Barrister Johnson Ebokpa, Secretary to the Cross River State Government, welcomed the
introduction of Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) to Cross River State and Nigeria in
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general. ICAM, he said, has remained the essential management strategy to minimize the
negative impacts of coastal and marine based activities, such as threats to fisheries resources due
to over exploitation, pollution from oil and gas mining, deterioration of water quality, loss of
habitats, depletion of living resources and threats to ecosystem status. As he highlighted reforms
and measures that have been undertaken in order to improve the coastal and marine environment
in the country, he declared the Workshop open.
The GCLME Regional Director, Prof Chidi Ibe, complimented the diverse expertise assembled
as participants and resource persons and noted that the GCLME project had achieved much of its
goal to establish a Regional Coastal Management Plan. Mr. Charles Mrabure, representing
Petroleum Companies in Nigeria, appreciated the opportunity given him to participate in a
programme that would give rise to the rehabilitation of the fast deteriorating Coastal Mangrove
Ecosystem and implored all present to work together towards the achievement of the goal.
Mr. Maiwada Omar, GCLME National Director, on behalf of the Hon. Minister for
Environment, Nigeria, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu, welcomed all present. He recognized that addressing the
lack of scientific data, monitoring programmes, institutional capacities, policies and strategies as
well as integrated development models as a reliable solution to achieving sustainable coastal
resource use. He reassured all of the Nigerian Government's commitment to the GCLME project
and ICAM in particular.
6.
PRESENTATIONS
Presentations by the ICAM and GIS experts focused on coastal processes, methods and
Integrated Coastal Area Management methods and support tools, Geographic Information
Systems and Remote Sensing applications (see summary of presentations in Appendix I).
7.
COUNTRY REPORTS
Participants presented the national case studies relating to Integrated Coastal Area Management
and Geographical Information Systems in their respective countries. The recommendations
drawn from their presentations are summarized in Appendix III.
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8.
FIELD TRIPS
The participants were taken on a cruise to the Calabar River, a major tributary of the Cross
River, led by Prof. Sieghard Holzloehner and Dr. Franscis Nwosu, both of the Institute of
Oceanography, University of Calabar, where they were briefed on the Mangrove Reserve, Nypa
palm spread and control by utilization.
The participants also visited the Tianapa Coastal Tourism Project, a world-class business and
leisure resort located in Calabar. The resort, which could attract up to three million visitors
yearly, will accommodate restaurants, cinemas, water parks, casinos, a cultural village and a
man-made lake. It has the advantages of making Cross River State a free trade zone and will
contribute to poverty alleviation in the State as well as promoting business within the continent.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
I) Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing techniques should be central to
achieving ICAM goals within the sub-region.
II) The data requirements for effective ICAM and the need to present such data in a form
that can enable seamless harmonization within the sub-region should be emphasized.
III) There is the need for the standardization of country reports of ICAM activities with a
view of revealing issues on state of activities, problems, prospects and future direction.
IV) There should be further research efforts on sustainable utilization of coastal resources as
demonstrated by the proposal for control of Nypa palm by utilization rather than
elimination, which may lead to further degradation of the fragile ecosystem.
V) There should be concerted efforts towards ICAM activities.
10.
CLOSING CEREMONY
The Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Management, chaired by Dr. Mamodou Fofana was
officially brought to an end with a short ceremony on Thursday, 15th December 2005, GCLME
Consultant. Participants commended ICS-UNIDO Trieste Italy, UNIDO (PTC/ECB) Vienna,
Austria, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria and the participating countries for their
support and contributions to the GCLME project.
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APPENDIX I HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESENTATIONS BY THE ICAM/GIS EXPERTS
A. Conservation & the Crisis of Unsustainability by Dr. Louis Cassar, International Environment
Institute, University of Malta
- Ultimate objective of Nature Conservation
- Emphases of the World Conservation Strategy
- Conservation of biological diversity
- Fundamental features of the environment & its use by human agency
- Dialogue of deaf between rich & poor nations
- Widening income gap
- Global alert!!!
- AGENDA 21 = environmental revolution
- Sustainable development
- Ecological, Social and Economic Sustainability
- Defining and Achieving sustainability
B. International Institution Operating within UNIDO Legal Framework by Dr. Louis Cassar
- ICS Operations, Activities and Outputs
- Institutional Structure
- Steering Committee
- Technical Areas
- Pure and Applied Chemistry
- High Technology and New Materials
- Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences and Technologies
- Environment Area Programmes
- Main Focus
- Objectives
- Technical support
- Software
- Outputs and Products
- Networks
- Publications and training material
- Coastal Zone Management
- GIS applications in Coastal Areas
C. Environmental Planning for Conservation on the Coastal Zone by Dr. Louis F. Cassar
- Rationale - Coastal seas provide human populations with multitude of benefits
- Need for conservation areas
- Approaches to planning and management
- Aims of Integrated Coastal Area management
- ICAM to be seen as pro-active mechanism
- Ecosystem management
- Planning a system of conservation areas
- Plan-making for conservation areas
- Management objectives
- Zone delineation approach
- The Management Plan
- Approaches to environmental strategies
- Broad objectives for an action framework
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- Problem & issues: identification/analysis
- Conflict Resolution
- NGO involvement
- Management effectiveness
- Wildlife corridors
D. Environmental Impact Assessment by Dr. Louis F. Cassar
- The objective, Purpose, Regulations and Responsibilities of EIA
- Screening
- Examples of projects that require an EIA
- Scoping
- Environmental Statement
- Review
- Public Hearing
- Best Practice
- Benefits
E. Applying Sustainability Indicators within a Landscape Ecology Approach to Conservation: Limits of
Stakeholder Participation in Sustainable Development by Dr. Louis F. Cassar
- Reason for Stakeholder participation
- Ecological Assemblages -Gozo & Comino
- Landscape Units
- Impact from Tourism Development
- Urbanization
- Pollution
- Coastal Erosion
- Dune Degradation
- Indicators for Landscape Integrity Assessment
F. Coupling of Vegetation Change with Change in Coastal Sand Dune Morphology at Berkoukech
(North-Western Tunisia) by Dr. Louis F. Cassar
- Methodology
- Habitats characterised by visual assessment based upon geomorphological features & biotic
assemblages
- Topographic ~ Vegetation Profile
- Monitoring of Spatial Association between Vegetation & Morphology
G. Location of Site: Tunisia by Dr. Louis F. Cassar
- 24 topographical transects (2502 m)
- Foredune investigated in terms of: vegetation, morphology & coherence
- Alteration of hydrological regime
- Disruption of aeolian/depositional processes
- Dune instability impedes active plant development
- Monitoring Changing Morphology
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H. Geographical Information Systems and Landscape Character Assessment by Dr. Ioannis
Vogiatzakis, PhD Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) University of Reading, UK
- Towards Landscape management LCA Background
- Common Variables Employed
- Spatial resolution landscape `units'
- Why are some Landscapes more susceptible to change than others?
- What is landscape sensitivity?
- Ecological Sensitivity
- What is landscape capacity?
- How is capacity measured?
- What can LCA be used for
- LCA - a spatial framework
- Why link LCA with SIS or why Landscape SIS?
- Why link LCA with SIS
- Coastal Landscapes in Sardinia
I. Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing by Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
- Objectives
- History and Evolution of GIS
- What is a GIS?
- Advantages & Disadvantages with Maps
- The real world
- Two basic types of map information
- Data Integration in GIS
- Brief History of Remote Sensing
- Passive vs Active Sensors
- Disadvantages of DI processing
- Stage of Digital Image Processing
- Software
J. UNIDO Activities on Integrated Coastal Management by Dr. Chika Ukwe
- UNIDO Programmes
- UNIDO Coastal And Marine Environmental Programmes
- UNIDO Integrated Coastal Management Programme
- ICM Operational Modules
- UNIDO Projects promoting ICM
- Some Capacity Building Trainings
- GCLME Project
- GCLME Major Environmental Problems
- Project Components
- Collaboration with Organizations
- Full Project Components:
- Full Project Outcomes:
- UNIDO ICM Capacity Building Capacity Project
- Specific Objectives
- Project Activities
- Stakeholder Participation
- Target Beneficiaries
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K. GIS in ICM in Nigeria and the Challenges for its Regional Use in the Gulf of Guinea by Ademola
Omojola
- Issues In Coastal Zone Management
- Geographic Information System
- Problems of using GIS in ICM in Nigeria
- Human/Institutional Problems
- Spatial Data Problem
- Sample Projects With ICM Implications
- Issues Of Region-Wide Applications
L. Spatial Analysis, Modelling and Decision Making by Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
- Spatial Query
- Spatial Problems
- Environmental Modelling
- Questions to resolve
- Model in a GIS framework
- The Outcomes
- Cartographic Modelling - Automation of manual techniques
- Decision Making: the use of criteria
- Decision Making
- Spatial Modelling: Expression of mathematical relationships among mapped variables
- Importance of Surface Interpolation
- Topographic Analysis in GIS
M. Application of GIS & Remote Sensing Case Studies from Coastal Areas by Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
- Critical Issues in CZM
- Modelling Coastal Processes
- The Role of GIS and Remote Sensing
- Models, DSS, GIS & Coastal applications
- Generic Steps of Predictive Mapping
- Predictive Vegetation/ Habitat Mapping
- Estimating Conservation Value
- Habitat restoration opportunities
- Multitemporal Analysis for Mangroves monitoring
- Coastal Erosion Monitoring
N. GCLME/UNILAG Environmental Information Management System (EIMS) Centre and
Contributions to ICAM by Dr. P.C. Nwilo
- Aims of the GCLME Project
- Funding
- Environmental Information Management System (EIMS)
- Implementation strategy
- Facilities at the Centre
- Contributions of the Centre to ICAM
- Future Plans
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O. Overview of ICAM in the GCLME Region and Progress in Formulating National Coastal Profiles
and a GCLME Sustainable Development Strategy by Prof. Sikirou Kolawole Adam,
- Need for the integrated management of the coastal surfaces in the GEM-CG
- Emergent transborder problems
- Equitable and durable rational management
- Priority of the coastal Profiles
- Coastal profiles
- Tool of realization: the questionnaire
- Information Systems
- The state of the national coastal profiles of the countries of GCLME
- Ten Commandments of the Environmental Communication
- The Civil Communication as a strategic point
P. Advantages of the Use of Space Technologies by Dr Mamadou Fofana
- Contributions with fundamental science
- Thematic Analysis
- Economic Aspects
- Perspectives and Recommendations
Q. Reason for Nypa Spread and Control by Utilization by Prof. Sieghard Holzloehner and Dr. Francis
M. Nwosu
- Perspectives and Recommendations
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusion
S. Formulation of the Coastal Profile for Calabar and the Draft ICM Plan and Coastal Use Zonation
Scheme by Dr. L.O Chukwu & Prof. E. Antia, UNIDO ICAM Consultants
- The Need for Integrated Coastal Area Management
- Coastal problems requiring ICAM approach
- The Process of ICAM Development of Coastal Profile
- Environmental Issues in Calabar
- Administrative and Decision-Making Process
- Analysis of Findings
- Evaluation of Coastal Problems
- Strategy Formulation
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APPENDIX II LIST OF NATIONAL CASE STUDIES BY PARTICIPANTS
1. Angola:
Overview of the Angola Environmental Data Management System- Domingos
Azevedo
2. Benin:
Problems associated with Integrated Coastal Management in Benin- M. Roger
Djiman and M. Latifou Salifou Leffi
3. Cameroun:
Characteristics of the Coastal Zone of Cameroon and the Contribution of
Geographic Information Systems in the Integrated Management of the Coastal Zone.
Actual State and Evolution Dr. Jean Folack
4. Cote
d'Ivoire:
Contribution of Geographic Information Systems in the Management of
Coastal Areas: State of Affairs in Cote d' Ivoire- Dr. Mamadou Fofana
5. Dr
Congo:
State of Geographic Information Systems in the Democratic Republic of
Congo Marie Rose Mukonkole
6. Equatorial
Guinea:
Overview on GIS for Equatorial Guinea - Fotunato Eneme Efua y
Valentin Mohoso Sepa
7. Ghana:
GIS Framework for Harmonizing Spatial Data for ICAM of Ghana - A Project
Proposal by Sosthenes K. Kufogbe and Daniel S. Amlalo
8. Guinee-Bissau:
Problems in the Coastal Zone of Guinee- Bissau Par Mario Baigue
9. Liberia:
The Management and Protection of the Liberian Coastal Area by: Lamie K. Gaie
and Varney L. Conneh
10. Nigeria: Geospatial Data Infrastructure in Nigeria - Akin O. Awobamise
11. Sao Tome e Principe: The Marine Ecosystem and Coastal Zone of Sao Tome e Principe
12. Sierra Leone: The Sierra Leone Case Study By Dr Jinnah S Momoh, Department of
Geography, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone Mr Edward P Bendu,
Environment Protection Department, National Commission on Environment and Forestry
13. Togo:
The State of Geographic Information Systems in Togo- Houedakor Koko
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APPENDIX II1 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNTRY REPORTS
ANGOLA
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Organizing a meeting with all relevant Institutions and Stakeholders to inform them and also to collect the
contributions in terms of all categories of data available.
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Creating a strong structure on GCLME Regional Laboratory in Luanda (continuous process)
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Building capacity on GIS and other relevant information systems.
BENIN
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Obtaining Terms of Reference for the activities of national experts
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Establishment of contracts of the Experts
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Launching of the activities on the Demonstration Project
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Acquisition of satellite images for GIS Experts
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Reinforcement of the capacities
CAMEROUN
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Answer to GIS questions before 15/01/2006 by GIS Expert.
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Launching of the project demonstrating the integrated management of the coastal zone of Kribi.
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Preparation of the document of launching at the end of February 2006
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Organization of the different workshop of launching by March/April, 2006
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Follow-up of the marine and coastal environment
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Data-gathering and information on pollution marine hydrology, biomass by the technical institution between
2006 and 2009
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To bring up to date the national coastal profile at the end of 2006
Awaiting projects
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To reinforce the capacities of the National Institute of Cartography (Inc) which will be occupied by GIS in the
project
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To facilitate the implementation of the activities which will be carried out at the national level
COTE D'IVOIRE
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The future of the project in the country will be identified after the Launching of the GCLME project.
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There is the need to embark on Coastal Erosion while priority will be given to realizing the map of erosion
hotspots in Cote d'Ivoire
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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Launching of the GCLME Project in the country
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Drafting of the coastal Profile of the country
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Capacity building and institutional arrangements
GHANA
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Some archival data are available at the agency/institutional level in MDAs/CBOs, and Research institutions.
These include coastal and drainage basin geomorphology including wetlands, vegetation, bathymetry and
sedimentology, geology and soil types, settlement and urbanization and environmental sensitivity.
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There is an urgent need to clearly identify access, collate and conduct a diagnostic analysis as a first step in
order to harmonize them to facilitate the sustainable development of the country and the entire GCLME
region.
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A GIS framework is recommended since it is widely recognized as a decision support tool for integrating the
diverse spatial datasets associated with the coastal zone ecosystem. GIS facilitates the collection, storage,
manipulation and modeling and display of the stored data.
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The optimum scenario for ready and cost effective data availability and exchange to facilitate GIS is largely
unavailable in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The strengths and weaknesses in the adoption of GIS as
part of an all-embracing Environmental Information Systems (EIS) have been discussed by (Gavin and
Gyamfi-Aidoo, 2001).
GUINEA BISSAU
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Establishment of institutional and technical capacity building at the national and regional levels.
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Finalization of National Profile by February, 2006 with support from the GCLME project.
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Harmonization of data collected.
LIBERIA
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Complete National Country Profile.
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Create well-structured database using GIS on coastal areas.
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Identify and coordinate with GIS related institutions both on the local as well as regional level.
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Create public awareness on coastal degradation and seek restoration.
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Bring to national focus, industrial pollution.
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Make sure laws and regulations regarding coastal areas are enforced.
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GCLME be launched shortly.
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Equipment and software intended to enhance GCLME project in countries, which have yet to receive such as
Liberia, be made available.
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On the job training activities be encouraged for countries lacking full expertise in the main areas of the
project: Pollution, Socio-economic, Biodiversity and GIS.
NIGERIA
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Improve on existing/completed National Country Coastal profile.
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ICAM National Committee inaugurated in 2003 can now operate with the proper emplacement of the
National GCLME office. The office is expected to draw the Committee's activities with a view to writing up a
National Integrated Coastal Area Plan.
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The country office is expected to harmonize various GIS initiatives in the country.
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The National GCLME Office will monitor the Mangrove Demonstration project located in Calabar.
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Cross River State to ensure thorough and timely completion and will also ensure replicability in other
countries in the region.
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A similar workshop should be organized to involve experts from other disciplines with a view to generating
more quality data for the project.
SIERRA LEONE
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Inaugurate and Launch GCLME in Sierra Leone and our Annual Work Plan
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We are at the level of developing our coastal profile from which issues of PADH will be highlighted.
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Expert to be facilitated UNIDO office, Freetown to be put under pressure.
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GIS Data base creation effort to be strengthened as this will help in DSS for ICAM.
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Need to have access to software.
TOGO
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Capacity building will enable the country fit in at the Regional level
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Data collection
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Implementation of the Demo Project paying more attention on Fishery and Agricultural Resources.
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APPENDIX IV LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
COUNTRIES
Angola
Benin
Mr. Deariugo Azevedo
Prof. Kolawole Sikirou Adam
Ministry of Fisheries,
Directeur Exécutif
Institute for Fisheries Resources, Luanda, Angola
CEDA
Tel: (244) 923 240 100
081 BP 7060
Cotonou, Benin
Cameroon
Tel: (229) 381 405 / 38 14 90
Fax: (229) 38 01 92
Dr. Jean Folack
Email: adam_ceda@yahoo.fr r
MINRESI-IRA
cedaconsult@yahoo.fr
Specialized Research Centre for Marine Ecosystems
(CERECOMA)
Mr. Leffi Salifou Latifou
Box 219, Kribi Cameroon
06BP711 Cotonou
Tel: (237) 346 16 46 / 776 14 80
Tel: (229) 2133 0380
Fax: (237) 346 14 15 / 346 16 46
(229) 97 647726
Email:folack@yahoo.fr/j.folack@odinafrica.net
Email: leffilati@yahoo.fr
Mr. Appolinaire Zoaning
Mr. Roger Djiman
MINRESI Linc-Org
Oceanographic and Fisheries Research
P. O. Box 157 Yaounde Cameroon
Centre of Benin (CRHOB)
Tel: (237) 998 7499 / 231-1724
P. O. Box 03-1665
Email: azofringe@yahoo.com
Cotonou,
Tel: (229) 21326214
Cote d'Ivoire
(229) 95957488
Email: rodjiman@yahoo.fr
Mr. Ane Sale
BP V324 Abidjan
DR Congo
Tel: (225) 20 25 4659
Fax: (225) 2025 3529
Mr. Leonard Muamba Kanda
Email: sale-ane@yahoo.com
Ministère de l'Environnement
15 Avenue Kinshasa
Dr. Mamadou Fofana
0998960675
Directeur, Station Geophysique de Lampto
Tel: (243) 813491238
BP. 31 Ndouci
Tel: (225) 3062 9220 (225) 530 57 36 / 21 35 1240
Fax: 225- 21 35 1237
Ms. Marie Rose Mukonkole
Email:groupessor@yahoo.fr
Ministère de l'Environnement
15 Avenue des Chirique
Equatorial Guinea
0810525812
Mr. Valentin Mehoso Sepa
Mr. Jean Jr. Babolongo Inyuka
Malabo.unge,cairetera de Luba
Ministère de l'Environnement
Tel: (240) 220599
15 Avenue
Email: mehososepa@yahoo.com
0815207267
Tel: (243) 98182346
Mr. Fortunato Emene Efua
UNGE Malabo
Tel: (240) 270288
Email: emenefua@yahoo.com
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Ghana
Guinea
Mr. Daniel S. Amlalo
Mr. Momo Toure
Environmental Protection Agency
Direction Nationale de l'Environnement
P. O. Box M. 326, Accra
(MMGE)
Tel: (233) 21 664697/8
BP 3118 Conakry, République de Guinée
Email: damlalo@epaghana.org
Tel: (224) 46 4850
damlalo@yahoo.com
Fax: (224) 45 15 89/41 89 13
Email: richardtheophile@yahoo.fr
Mr. Kwaku Duah-Yentumi
Tel: (233) 244 872549
Guinee-Bissau
Email: kduayentumi@yahoo.co.uk
Mr. Mario Biague
Mr. S.K. Kufogbe
Ministère des Ressources Naturelles
University of Ghana
Direction Générale de l'Environnement
Accra - Ghana
BP 399
Tel: (233) 277452249
Tel: (245) 206957
Fax: (245) 201753
Email: biague@yahoo.fr
Liberia
Nigeria
Mr. Varney L. Conweh
Dr. Mrs. B. Ekeh
Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
Deputy National Director
P.O. Box 4024, Liberia
Fed. Ministry of Environment
Tel: (231) 7006861
Abuja
Email: ihuomaekeh@yahoo.com
Mr. Lamie K. Gaie
Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
Mrs. Halima Bawa - Bwari
P.O. Box 4024, Liberia
Fed. Ministry of Environment
Tel: (231) 6 520435 / 7006861
Abuja
Email: halimanawab@yahoo.com
Nigeria
Mr. Obiebi K. Emamezi
Ministry of Environment,
Dr. Otu Ibor
Delta State
CRS Forestry Commission
Asaba, Eric Isichei Street, Asaba
Calabar
Email: obimez@yahoo.com
Tel: (234) 80 334 86980
Dr. L.O. Chukwu
Prof. E.E. Antia
Dept. of Marine Science, University of
Director, Institute of Oceanography
Lagos
UNICAL
Akoka Yaba Lagos
Tel: (234) 80-370 64846
Tel: 08033074104
Email: e_antia@yahoo.co.uk
Email: obirinakunilag@yahoo.com
Mr. S.C. Okoye
Dr. Ademola Omojola
Fed. Ministry of Environment
University of Lagos
Abuja
Geography Dept., UNILAG
Tel: (234) 80 33026486
Tel: (234) 80 33228622
Email: scokoye@yahoo.com
Email: demola_omojola@yahoo.com
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Nigeria
Nigeria
Mr. Maiwadar Omar
Mr. Chike Chikwendu
National Director
55B W. Avenue S/C
Fed. Ministry of Environment
Lagos
Abuja
Email: c_chikwendu@hotmail.com
Tel: (234) 803-6118007
Fax: (234) 9-5234119 / 5234014
Mr. Godwin Eneji Egbung
E-mail: maiwadaomar@yahoo.com
Post-graduate Hall Room C12
University of Calabar
Mr. Joseph E. Asuguo
Tel: (234) 80 38375557
Ministry of Environment
Email: eneji6@yahoo.com
Uyo, Akwa Ibom
8 Okpon Street
Prof. Sieghard Holzloehner
Tel: (234) 80 232 88936
Institute of Oceanography,
Email: joemiklesenior@yahoo.com
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Dr. F.M. Nwosu
Dr. U.I. Enin
Institute of Oceanography
Institute of Oceanography
UNICAL
UNICAL
Tel: (234) 803-8355 564
Tel: (234) 805-221 2459
Email: fmnwosu@yahoo.com
Email: uienin@yahoo.com
Mr. Obinna Sunday
Mr Chidi U. Nnadi
Tel: (234) 80 4545 5417
2, Coscharis Street, Kirikiri, Ind. Layout
Email: sunnexus@yahoo.com
Apapa, Lagos
Tel: (234) 80 372 18876
Mr. R.E. Amuneke
Email: nwannadai@yahoo.com
Ministry of Agric. & Nat. Resources
Fisheries Department
Mr. Chinedu Uwaegbulam
Owerri
Rufam House Isolo, Lagos
Imo State
Tel: 080 33098502
Tel: (234) 80 3666928
Email: neduu@yahoo.com
Mr. Stephen Utre
Mr. Charles Mrabure
Cross River State
ELF Plc
Ministry of Environment, Calabar
Plot 25 Trans Amadi Industrial Layout
Tel: (234) 80 33714716
Port Harcourt River-State
Tel: (234) 84 236310 Ext. 2323
Engr. I.S. George
Email: charles.mrabure@total.com
Ministry of Environment
P.H. River State
Mr. Savage O. Sheriff
Tel: (234) 80 37959581
Lagos State Ministry of the Environment
The Secretariat, Alausa
Dr. Emile Asuguo
Ikeja, Legos
Marine Chemistry Programme Inst. of
Tel: (234) 80 231 44183
Oceanography
Email: savymay@yahoo.com
University of Calabar
P. O. Box 770 (Main)
Calabar, Nigeria
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Nigeria
Nigeria
Mr. Otu S. Bette
Mr. Akin O Awobamise
C.R.S. Ministry of Environment
Fed. Ministry of Environment
Tel: (234) 80 28963424
Zonal Office
Email: esbee2010@yahoo.com
Fed. Secretariat, Ikolaba, Ibadan
Tel: (234) 80 33 457298
Mr. Inah M. Inah
Email: akinawobamise@yahoo.com
Ministry of Environment
Calabar
Mr. Ugochukwu C. Ernest-Ihemejeh
S.C. Okoye
GCLME National Programme Assistant
Nigeria
Bar. Nnenna Ogbonnaya
Tel: (234) 80 367 549 32
Tel: (234) 80 3453 11 33
Email: Ernest_ihemejeh@yahoo.co.uk
Suite 19 Jinifa Plaza, Abuja
Email: lookfornnena@yahoo.com
Sao Tomé e Principe
Sierra Leone
Mr. Lourenco Monteiro
Dr. Jinnah S. Monoh
Ministry of Environment Sao Tome
Tel: (232) 433 769 / 76714267
Tel: (239) 904445
Email: jsmonoh2000@yahoo.com
Email: Indes8@cstome.net
Edward P. Bendu
Ms. Mendes Salteria
Tel: (232) 76-749024
(Ong) Sao Tome
Email: edwardAbendu@yahoo.co.uk
Email: manapa@cstome.net
Togo
Ms. Houedakor Koko
Centre de Gestion du Litoral et de l'Environnement (CGLE)
BP 1515 Lome, BP 80085 Lome
Tel: (228) 221 6817
Email: Koko-houedakor@hotmail.com
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dr. Louis F. Cassar
Dr. Chika Ukwe
International Environment Institute,
Industrial Development Officer
University Of Malta
(International Waters) and GCLME
Email: louis.f.cassar@gmail.com
Project Manager Energy And Cleaner
Production Branch
Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Phd
United Nations Industrial Development
Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER)
Organization
University of Reading, UK
Vienna International Centre, Vienna,
Austria
Tel: +43 1 26026 3465
Fax : +43 1 26026 6819
Email: c.ukwe@unido.org
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GCLME RCU
Prof. Chidi Ibe
Ms. Kelechi Ihemeje
Regional Director
Editor/Personal Assistant to Regional
GCLME
Director
No. 1 Akosombo Road
Tel: 233 21 781225
PMB CT 324, Accra, Ghana
Fax: 233 21 781226
Tel: (233) 21- 781225 / 768592
Cell: (233) 243- 668758
Cell: (233) 244- 863388
Email: kihemeje@yahoo.com
Fax: (233) 21- 781226
Email: c.ibe@unido.org, gclme@unido.org
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APPENDIX V WORK PROGRAMME
Day 1
Inauguration
09:00- 09:30
Registration
09:30- 10:00
Opening Ceremony
Welcome speeches and introduction to the Regional Training Workshop
(i)
UNIDO Representative in Nigeria
(ii)
GCLME Regional Director
(iii)
ICS-UNIDO Representative
(iv)
Welcome by the Executive Governor of Cross Rivers State
(v)
Keynote Address by Honourable Minister of Environment
Background
10:00- 10:30
The Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) Project
Mr. Chidi Ibe, GCLME Regional Director
10:30- 11:00
Coffee break
11:00- 11:30
UNIDO contribution in ICM- UNIDO/GEF Project proposal on building capacity for ICM in
support of LME projects in Africa
Mr. Chika Ukwe, UNIDO Industrial Development Officer International Waters
11:30- 12:10
Introduction to ICS-UNIDO
Mr. Louis F. Cassar, ICAM Consultant, ICS-UNIDO
12:10- 12:30
Presentation of programme and objectives
Mr. Louis F. Cassar, ICAM Consultant, ICS-UNIDO
Brief introduction by participants
12:30- 14:15
Lunch break
Implementing ICM at the Local level
14:15- 15:15
Formulation of the Coastal Profile for Calabar and the draft ICM Plan and Coastal Use
Zonation Scheme
Mr L.O. Chukwu and Mr. E. Antia, UNIDO ICM Consultants
15:15- 15:30
Coffee break
Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem: the need for an ICAM
15:30- 16:30
Overview of ICAM in the GCLME region and progress in formulating National Coastal
profiles and a GCLME Sustainable Development Strategy
Mr Sikirou Adams, UNIDO ICAM Consultant
19.00
Cultural Evening and Diner
Day 2
Supporting tools for ICAM
09:15- 10:15
The crisis of unsustainability
Mr. L. F. Cassar
10:15- 10:30
Coffee break
10:30- 11:30
Planning for protected area management in coastal areas
Mr. L. F. Cassar
11:30- 12:30
Environmental assessment
Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
12:30- 14:15
Lunch Break
Methods for analysis
14:15- 15:15
GIS and remote sensing for monitoring environmental change in coastal zone
15:15- 15:30
Coffee break
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15:30- 16:30
Remotely sensed data extraction, data pre-processing and image processing
Day 3
Supporting tools for ICAM
09:15- 10:15
Coastal landscape assessment: a landscape ecology approach, Mr. L. F. Cassar
10:15- 10:30
Coffee break
10:30- 11:30
Success stories on CZM: the case of the Mediterranean Region- Mr. L. F. Cassar
Success stories on CZM: the case of the Guinea Current LME
Prof. SK. Adams/Prof. Chidi Ibe
11:30- 12:30
Sustainability indicators, Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
12:30- 14:15
Lunch Break
GIS-based decision-support tool for optimal site planning
14:15- 15:15
Multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) for industrial site planning
15:15- 15:30
Coffee break
Risk assessment methodologies
15:30- 16:30
Potential soil erosion (PSE) and risk map
16.30- 17.00
The GCLME Environmental Information Management System (EIMS) and contributions to
ICAM, Dr. Peter Nwilo, UNIDO GIS-EIMS Expert
Day 4
Case studies/ projects
09:15- 10:15
Presentation of ICS-UNIDO pilot case studies,
Mr. Louis F. Cassar, ICAM Consultant, ICS-UNIDO
10:15- 10:30
Coffee break
10:30- 12:30
Presentation of national case studies/ projects by participants
12:30- 14:15
Lunch Break
Working groups
14:15- 15:15
Systemic Sustainability Analysis Scoping exercise
Facilitated by Mr. L. F. Cassar and Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
15:15- 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30- 16:30
Systemic Sustainability Analysis Identifying tasks, actions and pressures
Facilitated by Mr. L. F. Cassar and Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis
Day 5
Conclusions and recommendations
09:15- 10:15
Presentation of findings and discussion
10:15- 10:30
Coffee break
10:30- 12:30
General discussion and recommendations for follow-up actions
Certificates of training completion
Closure
12:30- 14:15
Lunch
15.00-17.00
Tour of the Calabar Marina and Tianapa coastal tourism project site
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APPENDIX VI ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. DONALD DUKE, GOVERNOR
OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
· Honourable Minister of Environment
· Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEPAD
· Regional Director of GCLME, Prof. Chidi Ibe
· UNIDO Industrial Development Officer, International Waters and Project Manager of the GCLME Project,
Dr. Chika Ukwe
· UNIDO Country Representative Nigeria
· ICS-UNIDO Area Director
· Commissioner of Environment CRS and other members of the State Executive Council here-present
· Resource Persons and Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am delighted to welcome all of you to Calabar on this auspicious occasion when participants from the sixteen
countries of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) Project are assembled for this very important
Workshop on "Integrated Coastal Area Management". For us in Cross River State this Workshop is significant in
several ways. First, Calabar is located in a coastal area with biodiversity hotspots. Secondly, our acknowledged
interest in enhancing the quality of our environment puts us in good stead to appreciate the value of this Workshop.
Thirdly, this workshop will give us a first hand appreciation of activities that will come to Calabar, which was early
this year designated as UNIDO Regional Activity Centre on Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) in Africa. I
understand that the Regional Activity centre will promote rational management of the coastal and marine
environment and contribute in strengthening institutional capacity and policy framework for the implementation of
integrated coastal management in coastal local municipalities in Africa.
The need to sustainably manage the resources of our coastal and marine areas cannot be over emphasized in the face
of threats to our fisheries resources due to over exploitation, pollution from oil and gas mining deterioration of water
quality and loss of habitats, the depletion of living resources and threats to ecosystems status. It is in recognition of
these dangers that from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, in 1992, through the recommendations of the
Inter-governmental Panel on Climate, the Inter-governmental Negotiating Committee on Global Climate Change up
to the recommendations of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD); the ICAM has remained the
essential management strategy to minimize the impact of these coastal and marine based activities.
Nigeria, with an Atlantic coastline of over 853 km has over 60 million people living in the coastal areas, most of
who depend on the natural resources or their livelihood. The introduction of Integrated Coastal Area Management 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 are located in the coastal area. In the past six years we have undertaken
policy, legislative and fiscal reforms/measures to improve our coastal and marine environment. For example, we
established a Swamp Forest Reserve to sustainably manage and protect our coastal forest resources and particularly
the over exploited mangroves. We have also legislated on unsustainable fishing practices including the use of
poisonous chemicals and explosives for fishing. Legislation is also in place against on-channel dumping of untreated
waste. With the assistance of UNIDO, studies are on-going for the formulation of a coastal profile and a Hotspot
Diagnostic and Sensitive Area (HDSA) Analysis for Calabar.
Ladies and Gentlemen, permit me to thank UNIDO for the choice of Calabar as the African Regional Activity
Center for Integrated Coastal Management. The Government of Cross River State will do everything to enable the
center achieve its objective. As you get into the business of this workshop for the five-day duration, I urge you all to
put in your best to ensure that your respective countries get the outmost benefit of your participation. I hope you will
find time out of your crowded programmes to visit places and meet people out there to enable you savour the
hospitality of Cross Riverians.
On this note Ladies and Gentlemen may I hereby declare the Regional Training Workshop on Integrated Coastal
Area Management open.
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APPENDIX VII KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. IYORCHIA AYU, HONOURABLE
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT,
NIGERIA
· His Excellency, Mr. Donald Duke, Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria
· Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEPAD
· Regional Director of GCLME, Prof. Chidi Ibe
· UNIDO Industrial Development Officer, International Waters and Project Manager of the GCLME
Project, Dr. Chika Ukwe
· UNIDO Country Representative Nigeria
· ICS-UNIDO Area Director
· Commissioner of Environment CRS and other members of the State Executive Council here-present
· Resource Persons and Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I feel highly honoured and delighted to give this address on an occasion like this, particularly on a subject that
is crucial to my Ministry and of National, Regional and Global significance.
I welcome you all to this Regional Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM), which is
jointly organized by the International Centre for Science and Technology (ICS), United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem
Project (GCLME), the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja and the Cross River State Ministry of
Environment. I welcome in particular those of you coming to Nigeria and this part of the country for the first
time. I join the Cross River State Government in welcoming you to Calabar, the leading tourist haven in
Nigeria.
Let me reiterate that the GCLME Project started with six (6) countries (Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire,
Ghana, Nigeria and Togo) participating in a pilot phase project which was based on a Large Marine Ecosystem
(LME) approach from 1995 to 1999. The LME approach recognizes that living resources and pollutants in
coastal regions are no respecter of political or geographical boundaries and hence must be managed on a large
scale, holistic and collaborative manner.
The second phase of this pilot project, which took off in November 2004 was then expanded to include ten
(10) more countries that are washed by the Guinea Current. It is this development that warranted NEPAD
tagging the GCLME Project as a "Cornerstone in the implementation of the Environmental Action Plan for
Africa". The GCLME countries spread over Guinea Bissau in the North to Angola in the South.
The sixteen (16) countries have therefore resolved to work together to address their common concerns. They
have realized that the traditional sector approach to management has failed in bringing about much needed
changes in environment and living resources use and resolved to adopt a holistic and multi-sectoral approach
embodied in the Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) as a proposed methodology capable of
achieving sustainable coastal resource use. However, implementation in many countries has been hampered
by lack of human and financial resources, lack of scientific data, monitoring programmes and institutional
capacities, fragmentation and lack of cooperative mechanisms, policies and strategies and integrated
development models. Thus, the ICAM training workshop here in Calabar becomes a veritable tool in achieving
the much-desired goal of integrated management of the regional ecosystem.
The call for countries to develop and implement ICAM in infrastructures started with the United Nations
Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) which culminated in assigning of a major role to
ICAM in the Agenda 21 Action Plan document in 1992. Interestingly, the Inter-governmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)- a scientific body and the Inter-governmental Negotiating Committee on Global
Climate Change, a negotiating and policy body have recently endorsed ICAM and strongly advices its early
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induction to increase preparedness to deal with the potentially far-reaching impact of climate change in the
coastal area.
I understand that, a regional workshop on ICAM was held in Kribi, Cameroon, in April, 2005, which was
aimed at training participants on the fundamental elements of ICAM. The expected output of that workshop
was to encourage participating countries to develop and put ICAM plans in place. The Calabar ICAM regional
workshop starting today is a natural follow-up of the Kribi ICAM workshop, as it is aimed at giving a wider
understanding of the advanced technological tools and procedures that will improve ICAM. These advanced
tools include Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Process Simulation (PS),
Decision Support Systems (DSS) and so on.
Right from the inception of the present administration in May 1999, the Government of President Olusengun
Obasanjo has shown genuine commitment to programmes that will encourage sustainable development and has
demonstrated total support on issues of coastal management and the GCLME project in general. I believe
Nigeria is a fore runner in issues of ICAM and the GCLME project because of the following:
i.
It has participated in the first pilot project and has published a country coastal profile;
ii.
It hosts the two (2) Regional Centres of Excellence on Environmental Information System (EIMS)
and the Environment/Pollution monitoring;
iii.
It is one of the GCLME countries, that has put in place an Inter-ministerial Committee;
iv.
It is privileged to have a National Demonstration project on Nypa Palm clearance and Mangrove
Restoration; and
v.
Government is working with relevant stakeholders to designate a Marine and Coastal Protected
Area for integration into the National parks system.
On behalf of the government of Nigeria, I renew our commitment to the GCLME programme and ICAM in
particular, as we prepare to host the first meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the sixteen (16) GCLME
countries.
Let me seize this opportunity to express our profound appreciation to Global Environment Facility (GEF) for
providing financial support for the development and execution of this project. I also wish to thank UNIDO for
her excellent partnership relations, and other bilateral and multilateral partners, within NEPAD framework, for
the institutionalization of sustainable Industrial, environmental management and poverty alleviation in Nigeria.
At present UNIDO is implementing several environmental management projects, within the country service
framework for Nigeria, of which coastal and marine environment and resource management are part.
I would also like to express the Federal Government's appreciation to the organizers ICS-UNIDO and the
hosts, the Cross Rivers State Ministry of Environment, whose collaborative effort has brought this Regional
Workshop on ICAM to fruition.
Distinguished ladies and Gentlemen, as experts in various fields of endeavour relevant to coastal and marine
resources management, this workshop will accord you a unique opportunity to design sound strategies that will
enhance a successful integrated management of our coastal and marine environments for our national and
regional development. As you settle down for business, I wish you all a very fruitful training session. I
therefore declare this Workshop open.
Thank you and God bless.
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