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The Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment
Strategic Environmental
Assessment for the Benguela
Large Marine Ecosystem
SAIEA
January 2013
This presentation
• Background (BCLME and BCC)
• Purpose of the SEA
• Scoping process thusfar
• Drivers of impacts on the BCLME
• Potential impact of the SEA
Characteristics
of the BCLME
• Complex, highly variable
ecosystem
• Very vulnerable to
external and internal
stresses
• One of the richest
marine ecosystems on
earth
• Important to local and
national economies
Benguela Current Commission • Established in 2007 to promote integrated
management, sustainable development and protection
of the BCLME
• Provides a vehicle for the countries to introduce an
ecosystem approach to management of the BCLME.
• Focused on:
– management of shared fish stocks,
– assessment and monitoring of the physical environment,
– establishment of an ecosystem information system, and
– cooperatively manage biodiversity & ecosystem health.
Participating Ministries
Angola Namibia South Africa
Agriculture, Rural
Development and
Fisheries
Petroleum
Transport
Fisheries and
Marine Resources
Mines and Energy
Environment and
Tourism
Water and
Environmental
Affairs
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries
Works and
Transport
Works and
Transport Environment Minerals Resources
Background to the SEA
• The Benguela Current Commission is
concerned about the BCLME, due to
cumulative impacts of many kinds of
development in the three Member States
• BCC has hired SAIEA to conduct the
Scoping Phase of the SEA
• Scoping Report summarises key threats
and concerns, and provides Terms of
Reference for the full SEA
• BCC will commission the SEA.
SEA scoping
• Initial understanding of drivers, pressures, and response options (basic scenarios)
• Understand relevant strategic frameworks (vision, laws) rapidy assess alignment – i.e. opportunities/ constraints
• Initial public consultation – Identify key I&APs, preliminary understanding of their issues, concerns and expectations
• Identify linkages to be studied in more detail in the SEA
• Identification of possible risks and/or fatal flaws
• Clarify scope of work for SEA (geographic boundaries, time horizons, budget, methodology, reporting, sequencing, etc)
• Identify expertise needed on the SEA Team
Key drivers: Petroleum exploration &
production
Key drivers – Seabed mining
Key drivers – Industrialisation
Key drivers – Terrestrial mining
Key drivers – Shipping, Ports and Trade
Key drivers – Fishing
Key drivers – Catchment land-use
Key drivers – Coastal towns & resorts
Key external driver – Climate Change
SEA and SEMP inputs and expected
pathways to influence PPP & Projects
