Report of the expert meeting on the potential for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in inland fisheries
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an in-person expert meeting in Rome, Italy on 27–29 November 2023 to discuss considerations and opportunities for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in freshwater ecosystems where inland fisheries are being managed. FAO engaged experts in inland fisheries, freshwater management and biodiversity conservation with the objective of discussing, in the context of the newly adopted Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), (1) the role of freshwater fisheries resources management in meeting the newly adopted global biodiversity targets and; (2) the guidance needed to recognize the potential contribution of freshwater fisheries resources management to biodiversity conservation and to Target 3 through the recognition of OECMs.