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Roundtable Discussion at the 5th World Water Forum: Meeting Human and Environmental Needs through Linking Integrated Management of Freshwater Basins with Downstream Coastal Areas and their Ecosystems 
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World Ocean Observatory Launches New Freshwater-to-Oceans Website: Linking Freshwater to Oceans. FRESHWATER TO OCEANS TASK FORCE Due to interrelated natural processes, what happens upstream affects the downstream environment and vice versa. In order to preserve overall system integrity, it is imperative to link management measures regarding oceans and coasts to the improved management of river basins and watersheds. However, discussions of freshwater management and oceans and coasts management typically take place separately in different fora. 
The Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, through the Global Environment Facility Project on Fostering a Global Dialogue on Oceans, Coasts, and SIDS, and on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Interlinkages, focuses on improving interlinkages between freshwater and oceans issues, through policy analyses that address the incorporation of integrated coastal and river basin management approaches and related institutional, legal, and financial arrangements into national and regional environmental and developmental policies, in recognition of the inextricable connections between freshwater and oceans. This work is facilitated by a Freshwater to Oceans Task Force, which is composed of experts in both watershed management and integrated coastal and ocean management from various organizations and regions, co-chaired by Patricia Muñoz, National Polytechnique Institute, Mexico, former chair of the Consejo Consultivo del Agua of Mexico, and Tom Laughlin, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The International Workshop on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Management Interlinkages was held on January 10-11, 2006 in Mexico City, organized by the Consejo Consultivo del Agua, Mexico, SEMARNAT, Mexico, Centro EPOMEX, the Global Forum, UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) and other collaborating organizations (please see report ). Thirty-nine (39) experts from 29 countries participated in the workshop.
This issue was also addressed at the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, held in UNESCO, Paris, France, from January 23-28, 2006, along with preparations for the second Intergovernmental Review of the UNEP-GPA (IGR-2) to be held on October 16-20, 2006, in Beijing, People's Republic of China, through a panel session and multi-stakeholder dialogues (please see report ).
Paris Conference Background Information on Freshwater to Oceans A session on Management Link for Freshwaters and Coasts - Progress in Local Actions organized by the UNEP/GPA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Global Forum was be held at the 4th World Water Forum on March 18, 2006, which aimed to promote integrated watershed and coastal management through the UNEP-GPA framework, partnerships and other approaches (please see session agenda ).
Presentations - Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, Overview of Freshwater to Oceans Linkages
- Mr. A.K. Pattnaik, Experience of Chilika Lagoon, India
- Dr. Jorge Euan, GPA implementation process experience in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - Ms. Donna Spencer, GPA implementation process experience in Trinidad & Tobago - Mr. Emil Cherrington, GPA Experience in Panama Another session on Strengthening Crosscutting Schemes toward the Integrated Management of Rivers and Coasts organized by SEMARNAT General Directorship for Environmental Policy, Regional and Sectoral Integration, and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), was held at the 4th World Water Forum on March 18, 2006, which promoted crosscutting interventions along the watershed to protect coastal areas from land based sources of pollution, and highlighted the need of integrated watershed and coastal management (please see session agenda ).
Presentations - Dr. Patricia Muñoz, Key-note speaker - Dr. Evelia Rivera Arriaga, Integrated Water Management Program of Campeche, Mexico
- Ms. Stella Regina Bernad, GEF Partnership for Environmental Management in the Seas of East Asia
- Dr. Porfirio Alvarez, Crosscutting Strategy for Integrated Watershed and Coastal Management in the Peninsula de Yucatan, Mexico
- Ms. Kari Aina Eik, GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction for the Danube/Black Sea Basin
Global Forum efforts on linking freshwater to oceans initiatives will continue with stakeholder dialogues at the October 2006 UNEP-GPA Intergovernmental Review in Beijing. For More Information Contact: Patricia Muñoz, National Polytechnique Institute, Mexico (nmunoz@ipn.mx) Clement Lewsey and Gonzalo Cid, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (gonzalo.cid@noaa.gov) Antonio Díaz de Leon, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico (adiazdeleon@semarnat.gob.mx) Porfirio Alvarez, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico (porfirio.alvarez@semarnat.gob.mx) Evelia Rivera-Arriaga, Centro EPOMEX (eveliarivera@gmail.com) Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands (bcs@udel.edu) Cees van de Guchte, UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) (c.vandeguchte@unep.nl) Martin Adriaanse, UNEP-GPA (m.adriaanse@unep.nl) Niels Ipsen, UNEP Collaborating Centre on Water and Environment (nhi@dhi.dk) Miriam Balgos, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands (mbalgos@udel.edu) Kateryna Wowk, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands (kmw@udel.edu) |
