The Benguela Current Commission (BCC) is a multi-sectoral inter-governmental, initiative of Angola, Namibia and South Africa. It promotes the vision of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) sustaining human and ecosystem well-being for generation after generation.
Contribution of the project towards Sustainable Development Goals:
This project will proactively address a number of SDGs, particularly SDG14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development and SDG17: Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, but also End Poverty, Food Security, Gender Equality and Empowerment, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Reduce Inequality, Sustainable Consumption, Climate Change, Ecosystem and Biodiversity.
The overall project aim is to realize a coordinated regional approach to the long-term conservation, protection, rehabilitation, enhancement and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in order to provide economic, environmental and social benefits and well-being to the region through the domestication and implementation of the Benguela Current Convention and accompanying Strategic Action Programme.
Contact
Physical address
NATMIRC Complex
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
1 Strand Street
Swakopmund
Postal address
Private Bag 5031
Swakopmund
Namibia
Telephone: +264 64 406901
Fax: +264 64 406902/3
Email (Executive Secretary): hashali@benguelacc.org