| dc.contributor | Ecosystems Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-24T16:48:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-24T16:48:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/26302 | |
| dc.description | Africa is recording on average the highest rate of economic growth, driven by huge financial flows due to a rich natural resource base. A burgeoning youth population, low production costs and a favourable climate all provide a confluence in attracting unprecedented large-scale developments hitherto unwitnessed as evidenced by infrastructural investments in ports, extractives, agriculture, roads and railways among others. In order to address the challenges and/or opportunities arising out of an upsurge of large scale developments and climate change, nations need to implement cross-sectorial governance reforms at the local, national and regional levels. This can be done by integrating ecosystem-based approaches at the immediate coastal interface through improved use of management approaches such as MSP and ICAM practices within LMEs and across trans-boundary water systems, which will require policy to consider trade-offs between ecosystem health, ecosystem services, human well-being, and socio-economics. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | AFRICA | en_US |
| dc.subject | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS | en_US |
| dc.subject | MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION | en_US |
| dc.title | Africa Marine Spatial Planning Training Course Overview | en_US |
| wd.meeting.name | Africa Marine Spatial Planning Workshop | en_US |
| wd.meeting.treaty | Nairobi Convention | en_US |
| wd.meeting.startdate | 10/09/2018 | |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en_US |
