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Gulf of MexicoLarge Marine Ecosystem
Porfirio lvarez-TorresProject Coordinator
STAP GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS 2ND
EXPERTCONSULTATION ON HYPOXIA AND NUTRIENT REDUCTIONIN THE COASTAL ZONE
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GoM
LME
Project
Components
Pollution Reduction and Control
Living Marine Resources
Ecosystem Conservation
4. Monitoring &4. Monitoring &EvaluationEvaluation(Indicators)(Indicators)
55.. CoordinationCoordination Joint Assesment and Monitoring ofCoastal Conditions in the GoM
National Action ProgrammeNational Action Programme(NAP)(NAP)
3. Pilot Projects3. Pilot Projects
Enhacing Shrimp Production throughEcosystem Based Management
Enhanced Natural Habitat Conservationin the Coastal and Marine Areas of theGoM LME
Productivity
Fish Stocks- FisheriesMonitoring & Ecosystem Health
Governance
Socioeconomics
Climate Changeand Sea Level Rise
Education and Outreach
2. Strategic Action Programme2. Strategic Action Programme(SAP)(SAP)
JointAssessmentBased oncountryinkindcontributions
NOAA &SEMARNAT
1. Transboundary Diagnostic1. Transboundary DiagnosticAnalysis (TDA)Analysis (TDA)
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*Strategiesforharmonizinglegislative,policyandregulatoryframeworks
onagricultural
practices
at
LME
wide
levels
developed,
building upon
the
GulfofMexicoGovernorsAlliance
*StocktakingofthePapaloapanwatershedCommission(andotherrelevant
examples)todefineopportunitiesforreplicationinotherGoMriverbasins
inordertoprovideforstronginterlinkagesbetweenwatershed
managementauthoritiesandcoastalmanagers
*StrategicPartnershipsbetweenGoMLMEinstitutionsresponsiblefor
integratedmanagement
of
the
major
GoM
river
basins,
as
well
as
the
main
coastalcitiesdeveloped
*RegionalPlansofActionorprograms(eg.RPAYUCATAN)developedby
Mexicoas
amajor
contribution
to
reduce
land
based
sources
of
pollution
intotheGoMLME
Strategiesand
actions
for
the
reduction
and
control
of
nutrient over
enrichment,
HABsandfortheeliminationofdeadzonesdeveloped
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DissolvedInorganicNitrogen
Contributions(TonN/y), NEWSDIN PredictionModelfortheGulfof
MexicoTheUNEPLargeMarineEcosystemReport,2009
DissolvedInorganic
Nitrogen
ContributionsSources(TonN/y),NEWSDINPredictionModelfortheGulf
ofMexico
TheUNEPLargeMarineEcosystemReport,2009
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Identification of HABs
Correlacindedatosim enesdesatlitevs datosinsitu
FAN
clorofilaaConcentration
MODIS/Aqua AverageComposition 20022009
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HABs Monitoring
HBSOS (Harmful Algal BloomsObserving System)
IOC-UNESCO (Intergoverment
Oceanographic Comision onHarmful Algal Bloom Programme)
Joint effort between Mex US to create standardize
HABIOS
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SAP
IMPLEMENTATION
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
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ResultsfromBAHIASCruise,ResultsfromBAHIASCruise,junejune 2008,2008,
RVRVAnteaAntea IRD,ProgramJESTIRD,ProgramJEST
Hypoxiain
Campeche Sound
and
the
GrijalvaUsumacinta RiverBasin
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Grijalva-UsumacintaRiver Basin
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Advise &Decision
Making Process
Oceans
CommissionBinational Commission
TwoTwo OceanOcean ObservingObserving SystemsSystems
MexicoMexico USUSMexicoMexico FranceFrance
Monitoring and Observing Systems
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