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The two and a half year UNEP-Spain Lifeweb project aims to assist countries develop and apply cross-sectoral ecosystem approaches to management of human threats to marine mammals. The inter-regional initiative was launched by UNEP in June 2010 through financial support from the Government of Spain under the UNEP-Spain Partnership for the LifeWeb Initiative.
Maps
Initial activities and outputs include mapping of critical marine mammal habitats and regional-scale migration routes together with socio- economic information on human activities to underpin broad-scale spatial planning and management of human impacts on large marine mammals in Caribbean and Southeast and Northeast Pacific waters.
All the maps were prepared and produced by GRID-Arendal (Jean-Nicolas POUSSART), with the assistance, for the distribution and species richness maps, of the Whales and Dolphins Conservation Society (Kristin KASCHNER) and of a number of experts led by Dr Randall REEVES.
The maps resulting from this study can be viewed via the web mapping tool below. The precision of the data does not allow to zoom beyond 1 : 25 000 000
For an optimal use of the map, put it in full screen and don’t forget to unclick the active layer before changing it
Scenarios for marine mammal transboundary management in the insular Caribbean
The project also aimed to assist planners and managers initiate transboundary management and governance of marine resources via capacity building and technical guidance on marine spatial planning. The document elaborated by MarViva with the guidance of a group of experts established specifically for that purpose, and that presents transboundary management scenarios for marine mammals in the Insular Caribbean, using the principles of Marine Spatial Planning.
This document was presented to all concerned countries and territories during a specific meeting (April 23th to 25th, 2014, San Juan, Puerto Rico).
The report of the meeting is also available below.
