This new BBNJ Agreement, now signed by more than 80 countries, is a historic step for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. It is also in consonance with the objectives of the global Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework adopted at CBD...
The Research of the Participation of International Non-Governmental Organizations in BBNJ Agreement Negotiation ZHANG Lina,JIANG Tingye (Law School,Hainan University,Haikou 570228,China)Abstract :International non-governmental organizations (NGOs)mainly raised text proposals in the BBNJ agreement negotia-tion...
use of marine genetic resources and DSI, the tracking of monetary and non-monetary benefits through the use of the batch identifier all stem from proposals put forward by this block of 134 developing countries, and are key to the perception of legitimacy achieved by this progressive agreement. ...
This first part of the paper will note significant areas of agreement and some consequences of agreement on those points. The second part of the paper then (following the language of the Prep Comm) goes on to examine in detail “some of the main issues on which there is a divergence of ...
After drawing a historical overview of the BBNJ process and exploring how the Agreement could improve coordination and cooperation in ABNJ, this chapter discusses the Netherlands' position and involvement in the development of the new Agreement.Blanchard, Catherine...
Living Resources (CCAMLR)'s struggle to establish Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The paper then addresses the question: what lessons can countries learn from CCAMLR's experience in establishing high seas MPAs under the Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement? The...
On 3 December 2018, in the sixth round of negotiations, the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAOF Agreement) was reached by the five coastal states of the Arctic Ocean (Russia, the US, Canada, Norway and Denmark, or A5) and Iceland, China...