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Conservation of Living Marine Resources

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WHO WE ARE

PERSGA is the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

PERSGA is an IGO have seven member states, including Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. PERSGA is hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.

PERSGA facilitates the coordination of efforts among its member states to develop and implement collective strategies for the conservation of marine environment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. By collaborating at a regional level, PERSGA member countries address environmental threats, such as overfishing, marine pollution and destruction of sensitive habitats. This coordination helps create uniform policies and standards across the region.

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Our Vision

Towards Economic Prosperity and Healthy, Sustainable Marine Environment.

Secretary General Message

The establishment of PERSGA under the Jeddah Convention (1982) was a sincere expression of the will of the Arab countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to preserve the marine and coastal environment in the region. So, PERSGA is an Intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of the coastal and marine environments found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, aiming at rational use of living and non-living marine and coastal resources in a manner ensuring optimum benefit for the present generation while maintaining the potential of that environment to satisfy the needs and aspirations of future generations…

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Our Projects

HESBERSGA Project

Ongoing

SFISH Project

Ongoing

Glofouling Project

Completed

SEM Project

Completed

Our Programmes

PERSGA Knowledge Base

PERSGA recognizes the importance of integrated database and information system for sound knowledge management

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LMR, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Living marine resources in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have played an important economic and social role since a long history of traditional use by local communities.

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LBA and Marine Litter

Marine Litter is solid waste left or thrown away by humans either on beaches or in seas. Some of marine litter can reach the marine environment through other sources such as valleys and sewages.

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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a principal tool for conservation management in the coastal and marine environment.

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Reduction Of Navigation Risk And Marine Pollution

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden form part of the major east-west shipping route passing through the Suez Canal, which carries around 7% of global seaborne trade.

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Marine Biodiversity

The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden is a globally significant marine ecosystem and are renowned for their diversity of ecosystems, habitats and species, the numbers of endemic species, and their biogeographic significance.

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Regional Monitoring (REMP)

Monitoring of coastal and marine environment is one of the key tools in scientifically based marine and coastal resources management.

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Climate Change

In order to prepare and adapt to the likely impacts of Climate Change, an assessment of coastal vulnerability in the region is needed, together with promoting and mobilizing appropriate capacities for implementing an integrated and dynamic process of adaptation.

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Sustainable Blue Economy

The regional project on “Harnessing Marine Ecosystem Services and Transforming to Sustainable Blue Economy in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden” (HESBERSGA) is supported by the GEF-IW, implemented by UNEP, and executed by PERSGA.

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On Ground Projects

These projects are of limited size but generate quick results. They are important in terms of providing direct impacts on the lives of local communities in coastal areas.

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Public Awareness and Community Participation

PERSGA’s Public awareness, participation and outreach activities are designed to assist the implementation of all PERSGA programmes and activities by ensuring a participative approach.

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