UN Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA): IUCN-CEM-FEG Member Dr. Joji Morishita chairs the UNFSA Review Conference
Dr. Joji Morishita, Advisor of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan, former Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (retired), and member of IUCN-CEM Fisheries Experts Group, chairs the Resumed UN Conference on the UN Fish...
Report: Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) & Marine Fisheries
The role of area-based management tools (ABMTs) is growing in the fisheries landscape both in EEZs and in the high seas. Fisheries are highly spatial in all their activities but their spatial dimensions have only been weakly addressed in their...
COP15 Press Release – Fisheries in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
In the context of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15), the European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) in collaboration with the IUCN-CEM Fisheries Expert Group, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted...
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: An Indicator to Monitor the Threats to Inland Fisheries, as a Component of Target 5
In preparation for CBD COP15 and the final negotiating session for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, EBCD, the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group, InFish and Inland Fisheries Alliance have developed a technical brief on Target 5 for the adoption of an...
OECMs in marine capture fisheries: Key implementation issues of governance, management, and biodiversity
The IUCN Fisheries Expert Group co-authored, in collaboration with representatives from FAO and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the paper “OECMs in marine capture fisheries: Key implementation issues of governance, management, and biodiversity”. The paper highlights that: The quality...
Press release – The Future of the Ocean: Finding cooperative pathways towards 2030
On 28 June 2022, in the framework of the United Nations Oceans Conference, the European Bureau of Conservation and Development (EBCD) along with the FAO, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group (IUCN-CEM-FEG) and the...
UN Fish Stock Agreement: Serge Garcia informs State Parties about fisheries OECMs and their role in strengthening the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures are increasingly recognized as an essential tool to improve effective fisheries management and strengthen the operationalization of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries. At the Fifteenth round of informal consultations of States Parties to the United...
The Future of the Ocean: Finding Cooperative Pathways towards 2030
Where: Pavilhão Do Conhecimento-Ciência Viva Largo José Mariano Gago nº1, 1990-073 Lisboa, Portugal (How to get there) When: 28 June, 14.00-16.00 Registration here At the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, EBCD and the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group, in collaboration with the...
UN Ocean Conference: Joint submission by the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group and EBCD
In preparation for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group (IUCN-CEM-FEG) and the European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) have submitted a joint input to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration, underlining the need to:...
Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Ocean Post-2020: Implications for the Global Biodiversity Framework
16 MARCH 202113:15 – 14:45 CEST GENEVA: SALLE ABC, LEVEL 0ONLINE: ZOOM, REGISTER HERE ORGANIZERS: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Fisheries Expert Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-CEM-FEG), European Bureau for Conservation and...