Extra First Class COC Course (Part ‘A’)

Subject: A6 – Environment Protection & Energy Management in Maritime Industry.

Topic:

A joint approach that combines the seemingly competing interests for ocean and
coastal resources and space (such as environment and energy generation etc) is
required to ensure long term sustainability of marine and coastal system instead of
sectorial (fragmented) marine and coastal management.

Assignment:

Discuss how to move towards ecosystem based management, mentioning the

following:

I. Visioning phase (Establish a foundation)

II. Planning phase (Chart the ecosystem based management process)
III. Implementation phase (Apply and Adapt EBM)

Any one of the following area can be chosen while discussing and adopting EBM:
a) Coastal Gujrat; b) Coastal Maharashtra; c) Coastal Tamil Nadu or d) Coastal Orissa.

Student Name and Number: Nawin Ranjan Sharma, TMI/EFCE/2019/14.

Assessor: Mr. Shailendra Kumar.

Date of Submission: 28th February 2019.

 Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................................. ii

List of Acronyms .................................................................................................. iii

List of Figures ...................................................................................................... iv

List of Tables ........................................................................................................ v

1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1

2. Main Body: Coastal Tamil Nadu ........................................................................ 2

2.1 Visioning ...............................................................................................................2

2.2 Planning ................................................................................................................2

2.3 Implementing........................................................................................................2

3. Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 2

References ........................................................................................................... 3

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 List of Acronyms
CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
EA: Ecosystem Approach
EAF: Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
EBA: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation
EBFM: Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
EBM: Ecosystem-Based Management
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment
GEF: Global Environment Facility
GIS: Geographic Information System
ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICZM: Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IEA: Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
IMO: International Maritime Organization
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWCAM: Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management project
LME: Large Marine Ecosystem
MPA: Marine Protected Area
MSP: Marine Spatial Planning
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment
TDA: Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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 1. Introduction

What is Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) for marine and coastal resources?

‘Ecosystem-Based Management’, a relatively new concept for marine and coastal

system has long been in use for land-based systems dating back to 1950. In 2005
scientists and policy experts to U.S. policy-makers, agreed to the definition of EBM
for the oceans as “an integrated approach to management that considers the entire
ecosystem, including humans. The goal of EBM is to maintain an ecosystem in a
healthy, productive and resilient condition so that it can provide the services humans
want and need. EBM differs from current approaches that usually focus on a single
species, sector, activity or concern; it considers the cumulative impacts of different
sectors” (McLeod, et al., 2005). Thus EBM:

 emphasizes the protection of key processes and functioning of ecosystem structure;

 is specific to individual ecosystem and its related activities;
 accounts for the links within the systems such as air, water and land;
 recognizes the interactions among various targets and non-target species;
 integrates social, ecological, economic and institutional perspective independently.

The phrase ‘Ecosystem Approach’ with a similar meaning was formally accepted at
Rio 1992 Earth Summit and formed the groundwork for Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) (JNCC, 1998). CBD provides twelve complimentary and interlinked
principles, guidelines, tools and techniques to assist practitioners in implementing
ecosystem approach (CBD, 1995).

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 2. Main Body: Coastal Tamil Nadu
2.1 Visioning

2.2 Planning

2.3 Implementing

3. Conclusion
References