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- Designation and Management of OSPAR MPAs Beyond National
Jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic Dr. Henning von Nordheim 1
& Tim Packeiser 1 German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
(BfN) Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) IUCN-BfN
Seminar on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine
Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction 1-3 December 2011
Bonn/Germany
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- OSPAR Convention Area in the North-East Atlantic
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- OSPAR Convention Oslo-Paris Convention on the Protection of the
Marine Environment in the North-East Atlantic (1992) 15 Contracting
Parties & European Union 5 Thematic Strategies: Eutrophication
Strategy Hazardous Substances Strategy Offshore Industry Strategy
Radioactive Substances Strategy Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Strategy 5 Committees & various Working/Correspondence
Groups
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- OSPAR Convention Work to implement the OSPAR Convention and its
strategies is taken forward through the adoption of decisions,
which are legally binding on the Contracting Parties, and through
recommendations and other agreements. OSPAR Decisions and
Recommendations set out actions to be taken by the Contracting
Parties.
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- OSPAR Network of MPAs OSPAR Ministerial Meeting in 2003 adopted
Recommendation 2003/3: to establish an ecologically coherent
network of well-managed MPAs in the North-East Atlantic by 2010
Toolbox: Biogeographic classification of the OSPAR Maritime Area
OSPAR List of threatened and/or declining species and habitats
Guidelines for the identification and selection of Marine Protected
Areas in the OSPAR Maritime Area (including criteria) Guidance on
developing an ecologically coherent Network of OSPAR Marine
Protected Areas Guidelines for the management of Marine Protected
Areas in the OSPAR Maritime Area As facilitator functions the
OSPAR-MPA group since 1999
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- Status of OSPAR Network of MPAs (before OSPAR Ministerial
Meeting in September 2010)
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- Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the OSPAR Maritime
Area
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (I)
Compilation of scientific information and data Identification of
potential MPAs in ABNJ Preparation of proposals for MPAs in ABNJ
(2006/2008) Scientific evaluation of proposals by OSPAR working
groups and committees as well as by ICES (2008-2009) Conservation
objectives for proposed MPAs in ABNJ agreed by the OSPAR Commission
(2009) Six potential MPAs in ABNJ agreed in principle by the OSPAR
Commission (2008/2009) Legal advice on the establishment of MPAs in
ABNJ by OSPAR Group of Jurists (2009-2010) Political negotiations
and final agreement at OSPAR Ministerial Meeting (2010) 2005
2010
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (II)
Source: WWF Germany 2007
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (III)
Source: BfN Germany 2008/2009
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction
(IV)
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (V)
OSPAR MPAs in ABNJ as established at the OSPAR Ministerial Meeting
2010 (September 2010 in Bergen/Norway) Area coverage: ~ 286.000
km
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- Status of the OSPAR Network of MPAs (as of November 2011) 181
MPAs ~ 440.000 km ~ 3.15 % of the OSPAR Maritime Area * 175 MPAs
(155.000 km) within national jurisdiction * 6 MPAs (285.000 km)
beyond national jurisdiction
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- Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (VI)
OSPAR Ministerial Meeting in 2010 adopted: OSPAR Decisions on the
Establishment of six MPAs in ABNJ OSPAR Recommendations on the
Management of six MPAs in ABNJ ! applicable to OSPAR Contracting
Parties only ! Mindful of the competencies of the OSPAR Commission,
cooperation/collaboration is sought with other regional/global
Competent Authorities regarding the management of these MPAs in
ABNJ
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- Management of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (I)
Competent Authorities to regulate human activities in accordance
with UNCLOS and corresponding mandates in ABNJ: OSPAR Commission
(OSPAR) Protection of the Marine Environment: awareness raising,
information building, marine science, environmental impact
assessments (EIAs), strategic environmental assessments (SEAs)
North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) International
Seabed Authority (ISA) International Maritime Organization
(IMO)
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- Management of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (II)
Moving from a sectoral to an integrated ecosystem-based management
approach amongst Competent Authorities: Memoranda of Understanding
OSPAR-NEAFC; OSPAR-IMO; OSPAR-ISA; NEAFC-IMO; IMO-ISA; etc.
Informal Consultative Meetings March 2010/Madeira; January
2012/Paris; to be continued Collective Arrangement between
Competent Authorities on the management of selected areas in ABNJ
in the North-East Atlantic * setting out principles for
collaboration; signed by OSPAR 2011; to be signed by other CAs
Joint preparation of management plans for MPAs in ABNJ to start in
January 2012
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- Management of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (III)
Envisaged Collective Arrangement between Competent Authorities on
the management of selected areas in ABNJ in the North-East Atlantic
2.The Competent Authorities decide within the framework of their
respective mandate and competence, to cooperate in the development
and implementation of appropriate measures for the conservation and
management of these areas, informed, where appropriate, by
conservation objectives established for these areas. 3.To this end
the Competent Authorities should: a.inform each other of any
updated scientific information and environmental assessment and
monitoring data; b.Notify and consult each other of existing and
proposed human uses; c.cooperate on environmental impact
assessments, strategic environmental assessments and equivalent
instruments; d.consult annually to review their respective
objectives in relation to the areas listed in Annex1, the status of
the areas concerned, and the appropriateness of existing management
measures and, where necessary, develop proposals for improvement of
either; and e.cooperate to obtain a better knowledge of the areas
concerned through, where appropriate, developing exchange of data,
sharing of databases and collecting data in standardised
formats.
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- Joint Management Plan MoUs & Collective Arrangement on the
management of selected areas in ABNJ Management of OSPAR MPAs
beyond national jurisdiction (IV) MPA beyond national jurisdiction
in the North-East Atlantic OSPAR ISAIMO NEAFC Recommendations on
management measures for awareness raising, information building,
marine research, EIAs, SEAs (2010) Temporary Area Closures
(2009)
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- Management of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (V)
NEAFC: Temporary area closures on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge
prohibiting fishing gear likely to contact the seafloor during
normal course of fishing operations (2009-2015) Applies to NEAFC
Contracting Parties
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- Concluding reflections on the regional approach in the
North-East Atlantic Without a global regulatory mechanism in place,
action at the regional level seems to be the only way forward It is
an evolving approach due to lack of precedent Competencies are in
general complementary; yet overlaps exist with regards to the
general mandate to protect the marine environment Challenge to
establish principles and practicalities of
cooperation/collaboration amongst Competent Authorities Regional
Authorities naturally with limited geographic scope; applicability
of measures restricted to Contracting Parties Global Authorities
involvement/support is necessary; yet it appears to be a
complicated and longwinded process
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- Thank you very much for your attention! Further information:
The first network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the high
seas: The process, the challenges and where next B.C. OLeary, R.L.
Brown, D.E. Johnson, H. von Nordheim, J. Ardron, T. Packeiser, C.M.
Roberts Marine Policy 36 (2012) 598605