25,900 ha of known managed ineffectively, under sustainable laws for seagrass seagrass area in the Number of seagrass due to lack of enabling management with Laws and regulations management in light South China Sea by sites for which environment for supporting laws and enacted for seagrass of development Yr 5 management zoning/regulation regulations management pressures regulations exist Number of MPA Sustainable use and 1.3.2 Amended Amended MPA Adequate local management management of management plans for management cooperation, as well containing seagrass and related 7 existing MPAs with as satisfaction with management resources is rarely significant seagrass existing MPA actions addressed in areas, to include management, to agree management for specific priority seagrass MPAs in the SCS management management actions actions Number of newly MPA management in 1.3.3 Designation of 7 Official Adequate joint established MPAs SCS predominantly new Marine Protected proclamations, government and focused on seagrass focuses on strict Areas focusing on executive orders, and community management protection of reef seagrass areas ordinances commitment to areas establishing MPAs for manage seagrass on a significant seagrass protected area basis sites Status of mechanism Management, 1.3.4 Established Annual results reports Capacity of provincial established for ecological and mechanism for on seagrass and local level monitoring seagrass environmental, and monitoring management at resource managers to management socio-economic management, priority collate nationally and effectiveness and stress indicator frameworks ecological and regionally comparable reduction developed but not yet economic indicators information and data applied at priority sites at 21 sites 1.4 Number Integrated of integrated Population growth, 1.4.1 Integrated Adopted integrated Adequate management management of and urbanisation of the management plans management plans cooperation to agree 783,900 developed ha of coastal coastal fringe, developed and under boundaries and wetland at 19 sites, combined with rapid implementation for at Annual compile and analyse including Total area habitat (ha) of economic growth in least 3 lagoons implementation information to restoration wetland under and the SCS region places (26,818 ha), 9 reports, including identify threats and protection management plan for tremendous pressure estuaries (614,680 results of agree management strengthened sustainable use at on coastal wetland ha), 5 tidal flats environmental stress actions priority locations ecosystems (96,903 ha), 1 peat reduction initiatives swamp (45,700 ha) and 1 non-peat swamp (9,808 ha)
25,900 ha of known seagrass area in the South China Sea by Yr 5 Number of seagrass sites for which management regulations exist managed ineffectively, due to lack of enabling environment for zoning/regulation under sustainable management with supporting laws and regulations Laws and regulations enacted for seagrass management laws for seagrass management in light of development pressures Number of MPA management containing management actions Sustainable use and management of seagrass and related resources is rarely addressed in management for MPAs in the SCS 1.3.2 Amended management plans for 7 existing MPAs with significant seagrass areas, to include specific management actions Amended MPA management Adequate local cooperation, as well as satisfaction with existing MPA management, to agree priority seagrass management actions Number of newly established MPAs focused on seagrass management MPA management in SCS predominantly focuses on strict protection of reef areas 1.3.3 Designation of 7 new Marine Protected Areas focusing on seagrass areas Official proclamations, executive orders, and ordinances establishing MPAs for significant seagrass sites Adequate joint government and community commitment to manage seagrass on a protected area basis Status of mechanism established for monitoring seagrass management effectiveness and stress reduction Management, ecological and environmental, and socio-economic indicator frameworks developed but not yet applied at priority sites 1.3.4 Established mechanism for monitoring management, ecological and indicators at 21 sites Annual results reports on seagrass management at priority Capacity of provincial and local level resource managers to collate nationally and regionally comparable information and data 1.4 Integrated management of 783,900 ha of coastal wetland at 19 sites, including habitat restoration and protection strengthened at priority locations Number of integrated management developed Total area (ha) of wetland under management plan for sustainable use Population growth, and urbanisation of the coastal fringe, combined with rapid economic growth in the SCS region places tremendous pressure on coastal wetland ecosystems 1.4.1 Integrated management plans developed and under implementation for at least 3 lagoons (26,818 ha), 9 estuaries (614,680 ha), 5 tidal flats (96,903 ha), 1 peat swamp (45,700 ha) and 1 non-peat swamp (9,808 ha) Adopted integrated management plans Annual implementation reports, including results of environmental stress reduction initiatives Adequate cooperation to agree boundaries and compile and analyse information to identify threats and agree management actions economic
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