ID: GEF-1909 Completed

Protection of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (LME)

Timeline
100% Complete
Start Date:
2 December 2010
End Date:
31 December 2017

Objective

To enable the countries of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem to address priority transboundary concerns on declining fisheries, associated biodiversity and water quality through governance reforms, investments and management programs. The long-term environmental goal of the CCLME program is to reverse the degradation of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem caused by over-fishing, habitat modification and changes in water quality by adoption of an ecosystem-based management approach.

Co-financing:
$ 17,805,000
Project Grant:
$ 1,500,000
Total Value:
$ 19,305,000

 

Country
Country:
Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal
Partners
Partners:
FAO/UNEP
Partners
Implementing Agencies:
FAO; UNEP
Partners
Project Documents: