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ABNJ Deep Seas Project:Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation of

Deep-sea Living Marine Resources and Ecosystems in ABNJ

Area-based planning in ABNJ

Hannah ThomasProject Manager, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Hydrothermal vents

Cold seeps

Cold water corals

Deep sea sponges

Seamounts Rich seamount biodiversity

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Deep sea fishing Deep sea mining

Shipping Cable laying

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Ecosystem-based management

Core Principles1) Maintain connectivity within and across ecosystems2) Support ecosystem services3) Understand and address cumulative impacts4) Manage for multiple objectives (multi-sectoral)5) Learn and adapt

Area-based planning for ecosystem-based management

MPA network planningTrade-off analyses

Marine Spatial Planning

Ecosystemservice

assessments

Cumulative impacts

Developing and testing a methodology for area-based planning inABNJ

Objectives• Apply the ecosystem-based management methodology to ABNJ

• Adapt and further develop suitable area-based planning tools• Review applicability of area-based planning tools to ABNJ

• Gather experiences and good practices from other regions

• Understand the relevant governance frameworks

• Build capacity in the pilot regions for area-based planning in ABNJ• Support a planning process that incorporates ABNJ

• Test area-based planning approaches and tools

• Provide policy-relevant advice

Developing and testing a methodology for area-based planning inABNJPilot regions

Study on governanceand legal frameworks

Regional case studies

Connectivity study

Capacity assessment

Inventory of ABNJdatasets

Review of suitable area-based planning tools

Phase 1: Information gathering

• Develop a commonunderstanding of the ecosystem

• Take stock of existingmanagement practices

• Build knowledge base

METHODOLOGY

• Assess existing capacity

• Recognize connections withinand across ecosystems

ACTIVITIES & OUTPUTS

Reviews &studies Data & tools Capacity development Stakeholder engagement



Connectivity study

Capacity assessment



Phase 1: Information gathering METHODOLOGY

ACTIVITIES & OUTPUTS ACTIVITIES & OUTPUTS

Phase 2: Analysis &synthesis




Connectivity study

Capacity assessment




Knowledge sharingworkshops

Sectoral engagement

Synthesis: area-based planning

options andrecommendations

Ecosystem serviceassessment

Cumulative impactsassessment

• Adapt and further developsuitable area-based planningtools to ABNJ and connectedEEZs

• Develop opportunities for sectorsto come together

• Choose area-based planningstrategy

• Build capacity for area-basedplanning








Connectivity study







Phase 3: Testing



Capacity assessment Knowledge sharingworkshops

Sectoral engagement








Connectivity study



Phase 1: Information gathering




• Provide policy-relevantadvice

• Evaluate managementoptions and examinetrade-offs

• Understand lessonslearned and good practices

Policy maker outreach

Capacity re-assessment andlessons learned

Phase 3: Testing

Area-based planningscenario development

Policy messages

METHODOLOGY




Sectoral engagement








Connectivity study






Policy messages



Sectoral engagement







Connectivity study




2017 2018 2019




Policy messages


Sectoral engagement





Outcomes

•Tools tested

•Experiences shared

•Capacity developed

Governance study: Institutional arrangements and cross-sectoralcooperation

http://wcmc.io/ABNJInstitutionalArrangements

Key Findings forWIO:

• Limited use of area-basedcompetencies in WIO, despiteexisting mandates

• Strong regional interest to strengthencooperation between sectoralinstitutions

• Main challenge to area-basedplanning is lack of capacity in ABNJissues

• Nairobi Convention (and IOC) can bean important forum for discussion onABNJ issues

Northeast Atlantic

Learning from experiences: Case studies of regional area-basedplanning

Southern Ocean

MediterraneanCentral Eastern Pacific

• Governance

• Ecosystem-based

• Data quality

• Enforcement

• Stakeholder engagement

Factors influencingsuccess

• Review Dec 2017

• Review to be publishedJan 2018

Next steps

Trade-off tools?

Ecosystem service valuation?

Marine spatial planning?

Assessing the suitability of area-based planning tools forABNJ

• Expert Workshop Feb 2018• Present final draft at March

Focal Points mtg• Review to be published

April 2018

Next steps

• Legal framework• Governance• Data• Geological/ecological

conditions

Suitability elements

MPA networks?

Assessing regional capacity

Collating ABNJ data

• Over 100 datasets of biodiversitycharacteristics

• Standardised metadata sheets andinteractive pdfs for half the datasets

Inventory of GLOBAL marine biodiversitydatasets

http://wcmc.io/WIOdata

• Starting in November 2017• Nairobi Convention Sec coordination• Supported by other project partners

Inventory of REGIONAL marine datasets

Transboundary connectivity

Regionalcumulativeimpacts

Adapting area-based planning tools for ABNJ

Synthesis: area-basedplanning options andrecommendations

Next steps:• Published May 2018

• Presented at ABNJ Deep Seasworkshop (2018)

• Foundation for NairobiConvention decisions

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