- Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: towards the last round of negotiations
- Convention on Biological Diversity: Regional Workshop to facilitate the Description of EBSAs in the North-East Atlantic Ocean
- Convention on Biological Diversity: Thematic Workshop on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
- COP 25 – Fisheries and Ocean Summary
- Towards implementation of OECMs in the Marine Capture Fishery Sector
- Key environmental challenges & the role of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs): A challenge and an opportunity for the marine capture fishery sector.
- EP Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development’ – #EUelections2019
- Manifesto for the European elections 2019
- Regional Ocean Governance: Building on cooperation & partnerships for a coherent implementation of SDG14+
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Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: towards the last round of negotiations
The negotiations for an international treaty on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) are now approaching the fourth and last session. During the third round of negotiations in New York City in August 2019, progress was made in advancing the draft text of the treaty. In particular, the …
Convention on Biological Diversity: Regional Workshop to facilitate the Description of EBSAs in the North-East Atlantic Ocean
The Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Training Session on EBSAs took place in Stockholm, 23-27 September 2019. The Workshop was hosted by the Government of Sweden and organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological …
Convention on Biological Diversity: Thematic Workshop on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
On 11-15 November 2019, the Fisheries Expert Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (IUCN-CEM-FEG) participated in the Thematic Workshop on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and the two-day event Advancing Ocean Action Towards Sustainable Development Goal 14, both held in Montreal, Canada. The …
COP 25 – Fisheries and Ocean Summary
The Ocean is a carbon sink: of the three places where carbon is stored—atmosphere, oceans, and land biosphere—approximately 93 percent of the CO2 is found in the oceans. Since 2009, it has absorbed 22% of CO2, and absorbed 90% of excess heat since pre-industrial years. It is fair to say …
Towards implementation of OECMs in the Marine Capture Fishery Sector
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the Report of the Expert Meeting on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Marine Capture Fishery Sector held in Rome, 7-10 May 2019. The meeting, which aimed to catalyze and consolidate expert advice on the identification and establishment of OECMs in …
33rd session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries
Represented by Serge Garcia and Despina Symons, EBCD/FEG participated as part of the IUCN delegation in the 33rd session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, that was held on 9-13 July 2018 in Rome, Italy. Moreover, EBCD/FEG organized a joint side-event on ‘Towards sustainable fisheries: mainstreaming biodiversity – what are …