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Workshop on capacity development to improve the management of marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): needs, experiences, options, and opportunities, St. George's, Grenada, 18 - 21 May, 2016

Year of publication 2017

Pages 76 p.

Author Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Global Ocean Forum (GOF)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109983-4

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) As a part of Grenada’s Blue Week 2016 and Investment Conference, the Global Ocean Forum, FAO, and the project partners of the Common Oceans ABNJ Capacity Project organized a workshop on Capacity Development to Improve the Management of Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): Needs, Experiences, Options, and Opportunities, held from May 18–21, 2016 in St. George’s, Grenada. The workshop aimed at 1. discussing and exchanging information and perspectives towards a broader understanding of the needs and opportunities in the development of capacity regarding ABNJ; 2. contributing information on capacity development to the global deliberations towards a legallybinding international instrument on BBNJ under UNCLOS; and 3. formulating the next steps towards advancing capacity development regarding ABNJ, building on past and ongoing initiatives and experiences (especially the outputs of the Common Oceans Program), and responding to global prescriptions on capacity development in rel ation to marine resources and their management.

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