October 20th, 2009: The Government of Egypt, represented by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) is currently preparing the Alexandria Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (AICZM) which has the following main objectives: a. to supply a strategic framework and immediate small- scale investments to reduce the load of land- based sources of pollution entering the Mediterranean Sea in the hot spots of El Mex Bay and Lake Mariout; and b. to protect/restore globally significant coastal heritage and ecosystem processes by supporting the Government of Egypts efforts to develop and implement a National Coastal Zone Management Plan. This proposed project is developed with assistance from the World Bank (through a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)) which continues to provide support to the Government of Egypt for improving its environmental management capabilities and to demonstrate the value added of an integrated and participatory approach to coastal zone management for sustainable development. The project is partially blended with the ongoing Second Egypt Pollution Abatement Project (EPAP II) implemented by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), which aims at reducing industrial pollution in two hot spots in Egypt, namely Alexandria (primarily Lake Mariout) and Greater Cairo.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:11:02 +0000
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