The Benguela Current Commission

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The Benguela Current Commission
by \| 01-09-2014 16:52 0
The Benguela Current Convention is a formal agreement, between the governments of South Africa, Angola and Namibia. This convention was signed on the 21st of August, 2014 by the The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa, and her Angolan and Namibia counterparts. This is a 5-year Strategic Plan that commits the three countries to collaborate in the ocean environment. South Africa shares a coastal border line with Namibia which in turn shares it with Angola as can be seen on the map and thus is aware of the impacts of mismanagement of their ocean environments on each other. They together share the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem. The new plan recognises that in order for the three countries to enjoy optimum benefits of the shared marine resources, they should engage on certain key issues for sustainable development of oceans. These include the marine transport and manufacturing the offshore oil and gas mining as well as fisheries. According to the Department of Environmental affairs website, the agreement seeks to promote a coordinated regional approach to the long-term conservation, protection, rehabilitation, enhancement and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, to provide economic, environmental and social benefits. I believe this collaboration would serve as a check for our marine environment and would bind the various governments to put in measures to protect them. In the words of the South African minister, "Alone one can go fast, but together we can go very far,?

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