Progress report for
Support action, innovation and learning to address source-to-sea priorities
Achievement at a glance
Implementing the source-to-sea approach: A guide for practitioners published in 2019. The source-to-sea approach directly addresses the linkages between land, water, delta, estuary, coast, nearshore and ocean ecosystems in support of holistic natural resources management and economic development. This guide supports professionals to apply the source-to-sea approach during project design, implementation and evaluation. Building upon the conceptual framework first developed by the Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the guide presents a step-wise approach that can be used at all levels and adapted to local contexts. For each step, it provides relevant background materials, case studies and guiding questions to identify the changes needed to address the impacts of alterations in key source-to-sea flows.Challenges faced in implementation
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Professionals who are designing, implementing and evaluating projects and programmes will benefit from the structured approach to identifying source-to-sea priorities. Decision makers will make more robust decisions arising from coordination between upstream and downstream stakeholders and across sectors. Stakeholders affected by changes in the source-to-sea system will benefit from improvements resulting from implementation of prioritized intervention strategies.