International Waters Focal Strategic Programs for GEF-4

(2007-2010)

Four Strategic Programs -

Four strategic areas

Strategic Program 1:

Restoring and sustaining coastal and marine fish stocks and associated biological diversity

Examples:•Benguela Current •Danube Basin

Strategic Program 2

Reducing nutrient over-enrichment and oxygen depletion from land-based pollution of coastal waters in LMEs consistent with the GPA

Examples:• Danube Basin• Romania Agricultural Pollution

Control • Manila 3rd Sewerage Project

Strategic Program 3

Balancing overuse and conflicting uses of water resources in transboundary surface and groundwater basins

Examples:• Nile Basin Initiative • Lake Victoria (LVEMP)

Strategic Program 4

Reducing Persistent Toxic Substances and Adaptive Management of Waters with Melting Ice

Examples:• Melting Glaciers

– Himalaya/Ganges

• Pesticides in LMEs• Mercury in Goldmining

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