Component 2: Creating, analyzing and distributing marine
environmental information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of Honduras.
ACTIVITIES:
2.1 Update and complete TDA, including an updated
assessment of the relative importance
and transboundary impact of land-based and marine-based sources of pollution and filling the gaps identified in
the Preliminary TDA.
2.2 Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a
regional Strategic Action
Programme (SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction measures as well as reduction of other adverse
land-based activities. .
2.3 Building
on existing institutional arrangements where feasible, establish a regional focus for hydrography and oceanography related
to navigational safety
and spill planning and response, for hydrographic and oceanographic data processing and digitizing for navigation safety,
as well as management and
modeling (Marine) GID-based data applications
2.4 Develop
and implement training program for national and regional entities in hydrography and oceanography related to navigational
safety and spills, focusing
on gaps identified including the assessment of oceanographic current dynamics, sediment transport and bathymetry.