Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2014
Thematic : Marine Protected Areas
Language : English
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As a maritime country, Malaysia has a long-standing commitment to promote conservation
and sustainable management of its marine resources. Prior to formally becoming a
member of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), Malaysia had already begun promoting
sustainable use of marine resources in the Coral Triangle under the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine
Ecoregion (SSME) Initiative.
The origin of the SSME was a memorandum of understanding agreed to by the three countries
that border the Sulu–Sulawesi Sea: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. This memorandum
of understanding formalized an agreement to adopt an ecoregion approach to conserving
marine resources in the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion as contained in the Ecoregion
Conservation Plan, which was ratified by the three countries in 2006.
A tri-national committee was set up and a comprehensive action plan was developed, consistent
with Goal 2 of the CTI, which aimed to fully apply the ecosystem approach to management of
fisheries and other marine resources. This comprehensive action plan fulfills the commitment of
these governments to meet the targets of not only the SSME Initiative, but also the Millennium
Development Goal of improving fisheries stocks and the socioeconomic condition of coastal
communities by 2015.
The Sustainable Fisheries: Sulu–Celebes Sea Sustainable Fisheries Project is the first regional
project to be implemented under the SSME Initiative. The project, which is funded by the
Global Environment Facility through its implementing agency, the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), is a 5-year project spanning 2009–2014.
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