international waters focal strategic programs for gef-4 (2007-2010) (severin-gef)
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International Waters Focal Strategic Programs for GEF-4
(2007-2010)
Four Strategic Programs -
Four strategic areas
Strategic Program 1:
Restoring and sustaining coastal and marine fish stocks and associated biological diversity
Examples:•Benguela Current •Danube Basin
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
Strategic Program 3
Balancing overuse and conflicting uses of water resources in transboundary surface and groundwater basins
Examples:• Nile Basin Initiative • Lake Victoria (LVEMP)
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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