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Book (stand-alone)Workshop on Linking Global and Regional Levels in the Management of Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). Proceedings 2016
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No results found.The marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), which comprise 64 percent of the oceans’ surface, contain ecosystems with marine resources and biodiversity of great ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural importance. The ecosystems in the ABNJ include the water column and seabed of the high seas, and are located far from coastal areas, making the sustainable management of fisheries and biodiversity conservation in these areas challenging. There is widespread agreement on the need to improv e conservation of marine ecosystems and sustainable use of resources in ABNJ at both global and regional levels emphasizing the need for links between regional and global management processes in ABNJ. In various ABNJ regions of the world, such as the Northeast Atlantic, the Sargasso Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Islands, important initiatives are underway to adapt existing regional institutional processes to move toward ecosystem-based management of ABNJ and to implement tools such as m ultiple-use area-based management and environmental impact assessment. Experiences, knowledge gained, and lessons learned from regional initiatives in fisheries management and biodiversity conservation in ABNJ need to be shared across regions and linked to ongoing global processes for maximum results and transformational impacts. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetImplementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: Recent FAO Tools and Examples from Africa, Mediterranean and the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction 2022
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No results found.The ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) has been adopted at the FAO Committee on Fisheries as the guiding approach for achieving sustainable fisheries. The FAO Technical Guidelines on EAF support the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct For Responsible Fisheries, assisted by other FAO guidance material and tools. The EAF is holistic and risk-based management approach that takes into consideration the ecological, human and social elements of sustainability and the most appropriate governance framework. Its main purpose is to plan, develop and manage fisheries more effectively. It seeks to reconcile a broader set of objectives in a holistic participatory and adaptive process. Although the EAF is increasingly being internalized at regional bodies and county level, difficulties still exist in full EAF implementation. The implementation of the EAF depends on countries’ capacity to address management in a cost-effective way considering availability of adequate human and financial resources. At the regional level, holistic implementation varies depending on the mandate of the respective organizations, particularly so in the areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). FAO has been leading efforts and assisting countries to promote the implementation of the EAF by assisting regional fisheries bodies and through its field projects. This side event will highlight two recently developed EAF Tools, and showcase specific experiences from the Atlantic coast of Africa and the Mediterranean, as well as from the ABNJ via the Common Oceans Program. -
Book (stand-alone)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 2017
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No results found.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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