Summary
On Wednesday, 5 April, the plenary of the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened throughout the day.
On area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs), delegates discussed three options: a global model, establishing a global institution to consider and decide on ABMT proposals; a hybrid model, reinforcing regional and sectoral organizations’ mandates through regional coordination mechanisms, and providing global guidance to enhance cooperation and global-level implementation oversight; and a regional and sectoral model, recognizing regional and sectoral bodies’ authority for decision making, monitoring and review of ABMTs with the ILBI providing general policy guidance to promote cooperation, without global-level oversight. On environmental impact assessments (EIAs), delegates discussed: assessing transboundary impacts, strategic environmental assessments, scientific review and consultation, other governance aspects and a clearinghouse mechanism.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF.
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Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs
Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Lois Young, Belize
Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile
Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius
Michael Googan, Australia
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Rolando Castro, Costa Rica
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
L-R: Sophie Mirgaux and John Brincat, EU
Djamchid Momtaz, Iran
José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina
Matthías Pálsson, Iceland
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Larisa Chernysheva, Russian Federation
Coumba Gaye, Senegal
Takehiro Nakamura, UN Environment
Sora Lokita, Indonesia
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Duncan Muhumuza Laki, Uganda
Lizanne Aching, Trinidad and Tobago
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
Ariel Cayanan, the Philippines
Ma Xinmin, China
Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia
Wini Broadbelt, EU
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte
Salpin, UNDOALOS
Delegates from the EU consulting
Asheline Appleton, IISD RS, confers with Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway
Evan Bloom, US, in conversation with delegates from Mexico