1. Partnership for the Gulf of Mexico SEMARNAT GCOOS MoA
I´d liike to thank the Harte Research Institute and the Gulf of Mexico Foundation for their kind invitation to this very important meeting, The follwoing presentation has been prepared based on some studies done by SEMARNAT and other agencies working for SEMARNAT and in collaboration with these fellows
4th March 2010
New Orleans, LA

3. Binational Workshop GoM LME
Mexico City, November 2010

4. Outcome 1: Transboundary issues analysed and priorities defined (TDA)
Output
1.2 Key ecosystem assessment and management gaps identified
Activity Y2
1.2.3 Ecosystem-wide
nutrient over-enrichment
and contaminant sources,
flows and levels assessed
Contaminant sources, in particular LBS point and non point, identified and assessed
Monitoring of reduced levels of nutrients releases at demo sites
Indicator
Nutrient overenrichment and contaminant sources, flows and levels are assessed, nevertheless national efforts are not regionally coordinated
Baseline
Target
A regional assessment of nutrient and contaminant sources completed

5. Source: N. Rabalais, LUMCON
Outcome 1: Transboundary issues analysed and priorities defined
(TDA)
Output
1.2 Key ecosystem assessment and management gaps identified Y2
Activity
Integrated analysis agreed by regional working group, describing transboundary pollution impacts
Ministerially-agreed LME and basin action programs and local ICM plans adopted
1.2.4 Environmental
impacts of transboundary
pollution on the GoM
ecosystem assessed
Indicator
Current assessment of the environmental impacts of transboundary pollution are country driven and regionally fragmented
Baseline
Target
A regional report on the Status of the Gulf of Mexico completed
Source: N. Rabalais, LUMCON
21 – 28 July 2007
Díaz & Rosenberg 2008

6. Outcome 1: Transboundary issues analysed and priorities defined (TDA)
Output
1.2 Key ecosystem assessment and management gaps identified
Activity Y2
1.2.5 Information on
nutrient over-enrichment
and related HABs collected
and integrated
Integrated analysis of nutrient over-enrichment and related HABs undertaken
Indicator
Current initiatives are country driven and regionally fragmented
Baseline
Integrated analysis of nutrient overenrichment and related HABs undertaken
Target

7. Outcome 2. Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
Living marine resources
Reduce Control Pollution
Ecosystems Conservation

8. Outcome 2: Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
Output
2.1 Strategies and actions for the reduction and control of nutrient over-enrichment, HABs and for the elimination of dead zones developed
Activity Y1 Y3
2.1.2 Strategic Partnerships
between GoM LME
programme and institutions
responsible for integrated
management of the major
GoM river basins, as well as
the main coastal cities
developed.
Regional LSUPP GoM and Caribbean Sea developed;
Land and Coastal Use Planning Program for 4 major Mexican States in the GoM developed;
Number of agreements defined between GoM programme and relevant river basin counterparts for nutrient reduction strategies
New watershed council for the Grijalva Usumacinta basin
Indicator
Currently, no strategic partnerships. (WW2BW) US initiative, adopted by Mexican authorities currently implemented in Mexico’s driven initiatives, on-ground actions, policy and regulatory framework.
Baseline
Target
Linkages and agreements between watershed and coastal management authorities to reduce LBS of pollution into the GoM
Papaloapan Watershed Council, IBWC/CILA for Río Grande/Río Bravo, and Lower Mississippi River Watershed Council

9. Coastal and Marine Planning
Risk for Flooding and Rain
Hurricane incidence
Vulnerability
Risk of Flooding and sea level rise 9

10. GoM LME Strategic Action Program (SAP)
The Strategic Action Program
(SAP) and
National Action Program
(NAPs) formulated and endorsed.
Target
SAP and respective NAPs completed and endorsed at appropriate levels (federal, state)
Among the main activities of the project we will be preparing an OVERARCHING Strategic Action Program which will be endorsed by both countries to move towards an integrated management of this LME

11. Education and Outreach Components
Mexico: Integrated Assessment and Management of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem
Education and Outreach Components
March, 2010

12. Adapting to GoM LME Objectives
To set the foundations for LME wide ecosystem based management approaches for the rehabilitation of marine and coastal ecosystems, recovery of depleted fish-stocks and reduction of nutrient overloading
Education and Outreach General
Informed society,
Knowledge,
Participation,
Awareness,
Decision making

13. GOALS for the E/O plan are:
1.Public participation in the GoM LME through education and outreach activities
2. Training for present and future professionals involved in the GoM LME
3.- Replicability (in the GoM) of the results obtained in the pilot projects
GOALS for the E/O plan are:

14. Adapting to GoM LME Objectives
Activities to start
Implement activities to achieve best results in local actions within pilot projects and prepare the work plan for their replication throughout the GoM LME region
Enhanced capacity and mechanisms for stakeholder participation (formal and informal education and outreach activities)
Promote learning processes
Create synergistic collaboration with existing projects and efforts on education in the GoM LME region (Natural Protected Area of “Laguna de Terminos” strengthening existing activities)
Other training courses on mangrove restoration, sea grass beds

15. Stakeholders to be involved
Directly and Indirectly Used Sectors/Subsectors
Fisheries/Aquaculture
Industrial/Business sector
Agro forestry sector
Coastal Residents
Government Agencies (MEX-USA)
Academic/Research/Institutes
Non-Governmental Organizations
Regional Organizations
International Organizations
Mapping current activities organized by different institutions and organizations in order to avoid duplication of efforts (Laguna de Términos)

16. Coastal Residents/Communities:
Climate Change
Sea Level Rise
Storm Flooding
Ecosystems Restoration
Wetlands, mangrove, sea grass beds, sand dunes restoration
Commercial Fishing
Endangered Species, by catch, ilegal fishing
Pollution

17. Main activities: february-july 2010
Education and Outreach Plan design
Communication and Diffussion activities
Network

18. ¡Gracias!