GEF-funded, FAO-coordinated project "Sustainable Management of Tuna Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in ABNJ" has been approved by Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO Naoko Ishii.

Common Oceans: FAO promotes ABNJ fisheries management reform, holds information session at UN headquarters  

FAO - Tuna and tuna-like species are a significant source of nutritious food and livelihoods. They are very important economically to both developed and developing countries.

GEF - The Global sustainable fisheries management and biodiversity conservation in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) Program promotes efficient and sustainable management of fisheries resources and biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ.

UNEP/WCMC - Most of the marine protected areas (MPAs) around the world, estimated to number about 5000, have been established both on an ad hoc basis and through systematic planning processes. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requires that Party states establish, by 2012, comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative...