Marine Pollution - ESCAP · 2019-12-20 · •Identifying main sources of marine pollution...

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Marine Pollution

Global Dialogue on Ocean AccountingNovember 12-15 2019

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Sri Lanka

https://www.oceanaccounts.org/

http://www.unescap.org/our-work/statisticsEcosystems & the Ocean2

Details of World Water Column


Strategic Importance of Sri Lanka in Indian Ocean


Importance of Southern Tip of Sri Lanka

➢ Annually 60000 ships pass through southern part


oTerritorial sea of

21,500 sq km.

o Exclusive Economic

Zone (EEZ) of 517,000

sq km.

o Lagoons and

estuaries of 158,000 ha.


1. The policy context

Ecosystems & the Ocean6

• Vision• A pollution free marine environment around Sri Lanka for the

sustainable national development of the country.


2. Concerns

• This includes pollution from: land-based sources (e.g.industrial, particles, chemicals, agriculture andresidential waste)

• Harm to living resources and marine life,

• Hazards to human health,

• limitation to marine activities such as fishing and otherlegitimate uses of the sea,

• impairment of quality for use of sea water and reductionof amenities .



3. Priorities

• Reduction of the Marine Pollution



Priorities Cotn…

• OBJECTIVES

• Identifying main sources of marine pollution

• Formulating a strategy for reduction of marinepollution

• Assess the root causes and remedies for the growingchallenge of pollution in the urbanized coastalenvironment



4. Current plans

• Industrial Park

• Organic Agriculture

• Assistance for local community

• Local water quality monitoring

• Common effluent treatment plant

• River or River basin monitoring

• Clean industry development with ADB



5. Stakeholders• Sri Lanka Navy

• Sri Lanka Coast Guard Department

• Ministry of Environment

• Central Environmental Authority

• Sri Lanka Ports Authority

• Coast Conservation Department

• International Maritime Organization

• Board of investment

• Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA)

• The National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA)

• Department of Agriculture

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs



6. Role of the National Statistics Office

• Collecting, Compiling, Classifying, Producing, Analyzingand Publishing General Purpose Statistic relevant to theMarine Pollution and disperse information amonghigher authorities (National and International) andstakeholders



7. Institutional mechanisms


Monitoring Reporting Analyzing

Mitigating

Law

Enforcement


8. Main data sources• Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA)

• The National Aquatic Resources Research andDevelopment Agency (NARA)

• Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

• Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management

• Ministry of Agriculture

• Board of Investment

• Ministry of Tourism



9. Opportunities and constraints

OPPORTUNITIES

• Pollution free coastal line

• Development in eco-tourism

• Enhanced in bio-diversity and lead into to more fishery harvest.



9. Opportunities and constraints cotn…

CONSTRAINTS

• Scarcity of land

• Difficulty to change farming pattern and lack of interest and knowledge

• Influence of business oriented firms



10. Priority actions

• Common effluent treatment plant

• Plastic recycling project by SLN and MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

• Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System

• Marine bio-diversity project collaboration with people

• Environmental Education and Awareness



Thank you!


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