Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Programme (ATSEA)

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Project ID
Project Title	Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Programme (ATSEA)
Type	Transboundary Waters
Focus Areas
Geographic Scope	Indonesia, East Timor, Australia, Asia & Pacific
Lead Organization(s)	UNDP
Project Partners	UNDP GEF
Financing	Total: $2,700,000; Sources of Financing: Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
Timeframe	2009 - 2013
Status	Preparatory phase
Project website(s)	TYPE URL HERE
Contacts	Anna Tengberg

Contents 1 Description 2 Expected Outcomes 3 Achievements: Results and Impact 4 Lessons for Replication 5 References 6 See also 7 External Resources 8 Attachments

Description

The aim of the project is to ensure the integrated, cooperative, sustainable, ecosystem-based management and use of the living coastal and marine resources, including fisheries and biodiversity, of the Arafura and Timor Seas, through the formulation, adoption (at inter-governmental level) and initial implementation of a Regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP).

The Five specific focus areas of the programme include:

1. To prevent, deter & eliminate IUU fishing in Arafura & Timor (AT) Seas.
2. To sustain & preserve fish stocks, sea habitat & biodiversity, & coast of AT Seas.
3. To provide alternative livelihoods using aquaculture and/or mariculture.
4. To promote understanding on the systems of dynamic ocean, coastal and fishing areas.
5. To improve information capacity on ocean data, management & exchange.

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

TYPE LESSONS HERE

References

See also

Related projects in Indonesia

1. West Pacific East Asia Oceanic Fisheries management Project, under the Coral Triangle Initiative
2. Water Tower Demolition in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
3. Sulu-Celebes Sea Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SCS)
4. Strengthening community-based forestry and watershed management, Indonesia
5. Removal of Barriers to the Introduction of Cleaner Artisanal Gold Mining and Extraction Technologies
6. Providing rural villages with sustainable access to water and sanitation services
7. Implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of the East Asia (SDS-SEA)
8. Disconnected: Poverty, Water Supply and Development in Jakarta, Indonesia

Related projects in Timor-Leste

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Related projects in Australia

1. Water Planning in the Ord River of Western Australia
2. Water Planning Tools
3. Skills, Capacities & Needs of Australian Water Planners
4. Collaborative Water Planning: Context and Practice
5. Collaborative Water Planning in the Gulf of Carpentaria

External Resources

Attachments