Strengthening regulatory framework and national capacity for monitoring effluent discharges, water, and sediments quality in coastal and marine areas of Madagascar
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2 Years
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Overall objective:
The project overall objective is to improve the health status of land-based activities affected marine and coastal ecosystems in the River Betsiboka estuary (including the Bombetoka Bay) through effective implementation and enforcement of an appropriate and regionally harmonized regulation
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- Improve the MEEF and its regional capacity to effectively manage and regulate land-based sources of pollution and activities:
- Increase existing national monitoring capacity to help implement and monitor effluent discharges and water and sediment quality in receiving coastal and marine environment:
The Bombetoka Estuary is highly vulnerable to pollution from Mahajanga city’s tourism, agricultural, industrial, and other sectors. Tests of the water by the National Centre For Environmental Research (CNRE) indicate the presence of toxic heavy metals and hydrocarbons that pose serious risks to both human and marine life. The project will demonstrate how water quality and sediments can be improved by developing a regulatory framework and monitoring system—a framework which will provide the basis for the development of national wastewater standards. Both institutional and human capacity to monitor pollution will thereby be strengthened—and the risks to human and marine health reduced.
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