Designation and Management of OSPAR MPAs Beyond National Jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic Dr. Henning von Nordheim 1 & Tim Packeiser² 1 German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) ² 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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Designation and Management of OSPAR MPAs
Beyond National Jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic
Dr. Henning von Nordheim1 & Tim Packeiser²
1 German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
² 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
OSPAR Convention Area in the North-East Atlantic
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
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.
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
Status of OSPAR Network of MPAs (before OSPAR Ministerial Meeting in September 2010)
Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the OSPAR Maritime Area
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
Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (II)
Source:
WWF Germany
2007
Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (III)
Source:
BfN Germany
2008/2009
Designation of OSPAR MPAs beyond national jurisdiction (IV)
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 km²
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
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