Large Marine Ecosystems and Sustainable Development: A review of Strategic Management Processes and Goals
This report has reviewed this assess¬ment and management process in 24 of the world’s LMEs through 18 GEF-funded projects and initiatives. It concludes that the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and the Strategic Action Pro¬gramme (SAP) process are ‘fit-for-purpose’ and have evolved good practices and imple-mentation objectives after two dec¬ades of trial and improvements. There are some important areas which could be improved however and these are captured under a set of Recommen¬dations that address this need.
The review has then looked in detail at the interlinkages between the Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) SAP process and objectives and those of the SDG 14 and other SDGs. It con¬firms that there is an intrinsic align-ment between the two processes and that the TDA-SAP processes and SAP Implementation will inevita¬bly and significantly assist with the delivery on most, if not all, of the SDG 14 Targets and Indicators and, indeed on many of the other SDG Tar¬gets.
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