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Report of the Second Meeting of CCLME Working Group on Ecosystem Planning and Analysis

2 – 5 May 2023, Casablanca, Morocco

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 34 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Synopsis (short abstract) The second meeting of the CCLME Working Group on Ecosystem Planning and Analysis was organized by the CCLME Regional Project Coordination Unit in Casablanca (Morocco) from 2 to 5 May 2023. This second meeting is the follow-up to the first meeting of the same working group whose overall objective was to identify the priorities for future scientific activities and development of an appropriate research programme that will be part of the full implementation of the CCLME Strategic Action Programme (SAP). Having identified the priority scientific activities consistent with the three CCLME themes, the Working Group participants defined, at this first meeting, a timetable for the implementation of the identified activities over the next five years. Thematic facilitators were also proposed to support, organize and monitor the implementation of the thematic activities. The CRODT was thus designated as facilitator in charge of the theme “habitats and biodiversity”; IMROP is responsible for the theme “resources and vulnerable species” and the INRH: in charge of the theme: “marine water quality”. From this five-year regional work plan, a work plan for 2023 was extracted incorporating activities to be implemented during that year. It’s in this context that the second meeting of the Working Group on Ecosystem Planning and Analysis was organized to further reflect on the priorities of the scientific process to be conducted in the implementation of these work plans.

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