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Policy briefPolicy briefThe Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
A brief
2024Also available in:
No results found.The Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem is a region shared by Indonesia (98 percent) and north coast of Timor-Leste (2 percent). Characterized by warm surface temperature and the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) that contributes to climate regulation, the region is a hub of mega biodiversity with unique habitats and ecosystems that offer high fisheries productivities and various other ecosystem goods and services. However, its valuable resources have for years been increasingly exploited by various resource users.Indonesia and Timor-Leste, with FAO support, formulated the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) in close collaboration with expert stakeholders. The TDA is an intensive, scientific document that leads to the identification of the five Primary Environmental Concerns (PECs), namely (i) declining productivity and sustainability of ISLME fishery and aquaculture, (ii) degradation and loss of marine habitats, (iii) marine and land-based pollution, (iv) decline of biodiversity and key species, (v) climate change impacts. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportThe Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis 2024
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No results found.The Indonesian Seas Large Marine Ecosystem is a region shared by Indonesia (98 percent) and north coast of Timor-Leste (2 percent). Characterized by warm surface temperature and the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) that contributes to climate regulation, the region is a hub of mega biodiversity with unique habitats and ecosystems that offer high fisheries productivities and various other valuable ecosystem goods and services. The region has been instrumental to ensure nutrition, livelihood and coastal communities wellbeing. Valuable ecosystem goods and services that the region has to offer have been exploited by various resource users. The ecosystem services valuation carried out for the ISLME in 2020 estimated the total gross production value (GVP) at more than USD 20 billion annually, with the largest contributions from fisheries and aquaculture (the best-known use of marine ecosystem services) and marine tourism (approximately 10 percent). A 2018 PEMSEA report showed that the Indonesian seas support more than USD 180 billion of economic activities annually and can stimulate increased growth, jobs, food security, if actions are taken to protect the region sustainability in the long-term. However, growing fishing pressures, increasing human and economic activities, land conversion, among others, have posed as real threats to the region’s vital resources.Through the FAO/GEF-supported ISLME project, Indonesia and Timor-Leste formulated the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) in close collaboration with national scientific advisory groups (NSAGs), fisheries and marine experts and stakeholders. The TDA is an intensive, scientific document with emphasis on causal chain analysis (CCA), leading to the identification of the five Primary Environmental Concerns (PECs) to the region's sustainability. The five PECs are (i) declining productivity and sustainability of ISLME fishery and aquaculture, (ii) degradation and loss of marine habitats, (iii) marine and land-based pollution, (iv) decline of biodiversity and ˚key species, (v) climate change impacts. Developed in intensive consultation with fisheries and marine experts in both countries, the TDA also presents the experts recommendations, useful to inform policy and decision-making process.The TDA serves as the basis for the formulation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) that features clear initiatives, set targets, timeframe and organizations in-charge to achieve the targets for ISLME region sustainability. -
Book (series)Technical reportEcosystem effects of fishing in the Mediterranean: an analysis of the major threats of fishing gear and practices to biodiversity and marine habitats. 2004
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No results found.The GEF-funded project (Global Environmental Facility) on the Determination of priority actions for further elaborations and implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Mediterranean Sea, an initiative under the framework of the Barcelona Convention, includes the Preparation of a Strategic Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity (SAP BIO) in the Mediterranean Region. This last project is led by the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) and is aimed at providing a logical basis for the implementation of the 1995 SPA Protocol. The document presented here is one of the five outputs produced as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between RAC/SPA and the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the general objective to produce technical documents and guidelines aimed at facilitating the national process for the elaboration of strategic action plans to face the im pact of fishing activities on biological diversity.
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DocumentBulletinNon-wood news
An information bulletin on Non-Wood Forest Products
2007Also available in:
No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge. -
Book (stand-alone)YearbookFAO Yearbook of Forest Products 2000 2002
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No results found.The FAO Yearbook of Forest Products is a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world. It contains series of annual data on the volume of production and the volume and value of trade in forest products. It includes tables showing direction of trade and average unit values of trade for certain products. Statistical information in the yearbook is based primarily on data provided to the FAO Forestry Department by the countries through quest ionnaires or official publications. In the absence of official data, FAO makes an estimate based on the best information available. -
Book (stand-alone)ProceedingsMeeting proceedings: Regional consultation on food safety indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2018
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No results found.Developing a set of regional food safety indicators with the overall goal of strengthening national food control systems has been a key topic at various regional food safety meetings in Asia and the Pacific, and Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the region often request FAO to initiate dialogues on the topic. In order to address the need, FAO held a regional consultation on food safety indicators from 6 to 8 December 2017 in Singapore, with the primary objective for national food safety competent authorities to review various existing food safety indicators in the context of their national situations, particularly in developing countries. The consultation welcomed 84 participants, including senior officials working in the area of food safety (from 18 Asian and 6 Pacific Island countries), speakers, observers and meeting secretariat members. Participants were provided with an FAO technical working paper that described the preliminary review process and identified existing indicators prior to the meeting. The paper was used as the basis for all discussions during the consultation. Through various presentations, panel discussions and working group sessions, all participants confirmed the need for, and importance of, having measurable and actionable food safety indicators, and critically reviewed all existing food safety indicators summarized in the technical working paper. Using a set of criteria, participants developed a draft set of regional food safety indicators that national food safety competent authorities could use to develop their own national food safety indicators. Participants also engaged in active discussions on useful applications of national food safety indicators. Participants suggested that FAO develop a technical tool that can be used as a guide for competent authorities to define their own national food safety indicators. The tool is planned to be piloted in several countries in the region to verify the usefulness of the 1) guidance tool, and 2) applications that the national food safety indicators are aimed at.