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T e SADC common position for CITES South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe,
COP 18 was developed with input from all participated in the programme under the theme
SADC Member States’ CITES Management and “Aqua-preneurship for industrial development
Scientif c Authorities through two facilitated and Job creation”, to ensure market-led sustain-
preparatory workshops. T e regional common able improvements in the aquaculture value
position contains set of regional issues which chain in the SADC region. T e theme was re-
Member States agree upon by consensus before sponding to the 2019 SADC Summit theme, “A
going to the meeting and is used to guide their Conducive Environment for Inclusive and Sus-
participation and voting in a coordinated man- tainable Industrial Development, Increased
ner during the meeting. T e common positions Intra-Regional Trade and Job Creation”.
have resulted in high visibility of SADC’s partic- Implementation of at-sea f sheries patrols
ipation in such meetings. Fif een SADC Member continued in 2019 under Operation Vanguard,
States participated in CITES COP 18. which is the SADC Monitoring, Control and
Surveillance Coordination Centre (MCSCC)
Conservation of Forests f agship implemented through FISH-i Africa
SADC is implementing a project on Conserva- project and Sea Shepherd partnership. Two suc-
tion and Sustainable Management of Forest Re- cessful joint patrols in the Exclusive Economic
sources in Southern Africa. T e objective of the Zones (EEZ) of the United Republic of Tanzania
project is to develop the capacity of Member in 2018 were followed by this successful surveil-
States and the SADC Secretariat in forest infor- lance activities in Namibia`s EEZ from April
mation systems, integrated forest f re manage- through June 2019, with the objective of tackling
ment, and participatory forest management. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) f sh-
T e project is supported by the Government of ing in the SADC waters, and in this case specif -
Japan, through the Japan International Coop- cally the Namibian waters.
eration Agency (JICA), and is contributing to Under the direction of the Namibian Law
the implementation of the SADC Forestry Enforcement Of cers (comprised of f sheries
Strategy (2010-2020). T e project has con- inspectors and police of cers), the M/Y Ocean
ducted a series of capacity-building interven- Warrior patrol vessel (with crew supplied by
tions for Member States in the areas of forest Sea Shepherd) stopped incursions by large for- 79
information systems, integrated forest f re eign industrial factory trawlers that have been
management, and participatory forest manage- crossing the northern maritime border into
ment. It has also facilitated the development of Namibia to poach horse mackerel. T is opera-
Draf Regional Guidelines on Forest Informa- tion marked the second year of successful im-
tion System, Participatory Forest Management plementation of Operation Vanguard, hence
and Forest Fire Management as well as the re- SADC Secretariat encourages SADC coastal
view of the SADC Forestry Strategy (2010- States to make use of this coordinated oppor-
2020). T e revised strategy will provide a tunity to utilise M/Y Ocean Warrior patrol ves-
framework for both regional cooperation and sel, under the command of Sea Shepherd at no
international engagement on forest issues as cost to bolster regional ef orts in the f ght
well as concerted action by SADC Member against IUU f shing.
States in the management, conservation and SADC Secretariat, in partnership with FAO
sustainable use of their forest for the next 10 and the COMESA Secretariat supported Zambia
years. T e draf guidelines and draf revised and Zimbabwe authorities in their ef orts to
Forestry Strategy (2020-2030) will be submit- strengthen co-management and value chains of
ted to SADC Statutory Structures for validation shared f sheries resources and aquaculture of
and approval. Lake Kariba and the transboundary waters of the
Zambezi River. T is was guided by the Protocol
Aquaculture Programme on Economic and Technical Co-operation be-
T e SADC Secretariat, in partnership with the tween Zambia and Zimbabwe concerning man-
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) agement and development of the f sheries of
and the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Lake Kariba and transboundary waters of the
Natural Resources, continued to promote youth Zambezi River, formulated on the basis of SADC
entrepreneurship for industrial development and Protocol on Fisheries and SADC Protocol on
job creation in the SADC aquaculture sector. Shared Watercourses. T e shared resources from
T is was done through the Transformation of Lake Kariba and transboundary waters of Zam-
Aquaculture, Fish Processing and Value Addition bezi River are very important for the communi-
in the SADC Region Programme. In 2019, 20 ties who are settled around these water bodies,
aquaculture youth entrepreneurs from as well as for the economies of the two countries.
Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, In particular, the freshwater sardines and tilapia