Transcript Lucien Chabason

Regional Ocean Governance
in the Mediterranean
CPPS Workshop on Integrated Regional Ocean Policy
Bogotá, 28 Octobre 2015
Lucien Chabason
Senior Advisor
Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (Iddri)
27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France
www.iddri.org
Mediterranean partners for Regional Ocean Policy
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UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan/Barcelona Convention
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FAO/General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
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European Neighbourhood Policy/Union for the
Mediterranean
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NGOs Mediterranean Networks: IUCN; WWF
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International agencies
What is the MAP/Barcelona Convention?
• Institutional cooperation framework - 22 contracting parties
• First UNEP Regional Seas Programme – 1975
• A catalyzer of action at regional and national levels
through:
• Strategies/Programmes/Measures/Actions Plans
• Periodic assessments (status, threats, scenarios)
• Monitoring of marine and coastal environment
• Networks of Programme and Regional Activity Centres
Goal: to protect marine coastal environment and promote
sustainable development in the Mediterranean
Major MAP Pillars (thematic, legal, institutional)
1. Protection of & Coastal Environment and Sustainable
Development;
A. Enhancing Environmental Governance
B. Pollution Control and Prevention
C. Biodiversity and Ecosystems
D. Land Sea Interactions and Processes
• Cross-cutting issues:
E. Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
F. Sustainable Consumption and Production
G. Climate change
Major MAP Pillars (thematic, legal, institutional)
2. Legal component composed of
A. Barcelona Convention and 7 Protocols
addressing pollution from Dumping, LBS,
Offshore, transboundary movement of HW,
pollution from ships, biodiversity, and ICZM
B. Regional Strategies, Action Plans, Regional
Plans to facilitate the implementation of the
Convention and its Protocols
C. Legally Binding Measures on endangered
species and key pollutants ( ie Mercury, POPs,
Marine Litter, WWTP, BOD, etc)
D. Compliance and Reporting mechanism
Major MAP Pillars (thematic, legal, institutional)
3. Mediterranean Trust Fund (MTF), with ordinary contributions
from the Contracting Parties and other voluntary contributions
and projects (GEF, EU, FEEM)
4. Institutional set up: Meeting of the Contracting Parties, Bureau,
MCSD, MAP FP meeting, Compliance Committee, Secretariat,
RACs, Focal points
5. Partnership and outreach (UfM, UNEP GPA, CITES, CBD, EEA, RSC,
etc, civil society MAP partners
Ratifications Status of Barcelona Convention/Protocols
UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centers (RACs)
UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit, Athens Greece
including the Program on Pollution Assessment
and Control (MEDPOL)
Plan Bleu: Sustainable Development, SophiaAntipolis, France
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response
Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)
Priority Actions Program (PAP/RAC): Coastal
Zone Management, Croatia, Split
Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), Tunis,
Tunisia
Sustainable Consumption & Production
(SCP/RAC), Barcelona, Spain
INFO/RAC, Rome Italy
Recent policy developments and assessments
1. Advanced strategic policy and programming developments
mainstreaming ecosystem approach and GES targets, linked to
global SD Agenda
• MSSD (2016-2025) and MCSD reform
• MAP Mid Term Strategy (2016-2021)
• Regional Strategy for Prevention of and Response to
Marine Pollution from Ships (2016-2021)
• Action Plans (Offshore, SCP, Biodiversity)
• RCAAF
• MPA Roadmap
2. First Mediterranean Integrated Monitoring and Assessment
Programme based on ecosystem approach
Recent policy developments and assessments
3. Update of the 2010 Marine Litter assessment in the
Mediterranean
4. EEA/UNEP-MAP report on the implementation of H2020 to depollute the Mediterranean by 2020
5. Economic and Social Analysis of the Uses of the Coastal and
Marine Waters in the Mediterranean
6. 15 Mediterranean areas meeting the criteria included in the
EBSA repository and information-sharing mechanism as
approved by CBD
7. Sustainable financing of MPAs in the Mediterranean: A financial
analysis
Focussing on biodiversity
Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (Iddri)
27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France
www.iddri.org
SPA/BD Protocol
Protocol:
• Protection of areas
• Protection and conservation of species
• Coordination & assistance
Annexes:
• Annex I: Common Criteria for the choice of protected marine and coastal
areas that could be included in the SPAMI List
• Annex II: List en endangered or threatened species
• Annex III: List of species whose exploitation is regulated
http://rac-spa.org/sites/default/files/protocole_aspdb/protocol_eng.pdf
MPAs, where do we stand in the Med?
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170 designated MPAs
507 Natura 2000 sites
4 Fisheries Restricted Areas (GFCM)
Zones of deep-sea trawling ban
4.56% of the Mediterranean sea total area
(1.08% without Pelagos sanctuary)
5,26% in Total……….
SPAMIs
SPAMIs may be established:
• In marine and coastal zones subject to the
sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Parties; or
• Zones partly or wholly on the high seas
© Adel Bouajina
When including a site on the SPAMI List, Parties agree:
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to recognize the particular importance of this
area for
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the Mediterranean
to comply with the measures applicable to the
SPAMI and not to authorize nor undertake
any activities that might be contrary to the objectives
of the SPAMI.
© Unidad de Biología Marina, University of
Alicante (Spain)
32 SPAMIs (Bcl. Conv. COP 18, Dec. 2013)
Potential SPAMIs in the high seas
Conventions, agreements and
Intergovernmental organizations:
Governmental organizations:
Non-governmental organizations:
MAP Components:
Donors:
Lucien Chabason
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)