Transcript Component 4
ABNJ Deep Seas Project
Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation of Deep-sea
Living Marine Resources and Ecosystems in the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Hannah Thomas
Area-based Planning Specialist, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Seamounts
Rich seamount biodiversity
Cold water corals
Deep sea sponges
Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps
Cold seeps
Hydrothermal vents
Hydrothermal vents
Deep sea
fishing
Shipping
Deep sea mining
Oil and gas exploration
Cable laying
Offshore wind energy
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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ABNJ Deep Seas Project – Four components
Component 1: Improved application of policy and legal frameworks
Component 2: Reducing adverse impacts on VMEs and
components of EBSAs
• Implementation guide for international legal and policy
Component
instruments
for ABNJ3: Improved planning and adaptive management
for ABNJ deep-sea fisheries
• Regional collaborations for multi-sectoral dialogue
Component 4: Development and testing of a methodology for areabased planning
ABNJ Deep Seas Project – Four components
Component 1: Improved application of policy and legal frameworks
Component 2: Reducing adverse impacts on VMEs and
components of EBSAs
Component 3: Improved planning and adaptive management
• A VME portal/database
for ABNJ deep-sea fisheries
• Updated high seas bottom fisheries review
• Regional
“EBSA” 4:
databases
expanded
Component
Development
and testing of a methodology for areabased
planning on applying VME and EBSA criteria
• Support
to countries
ABNJ Deep Seas Project – Four components
Component 1: Improved application of policy and legal frameworks
Component 2: Reducing adverse impacts on VMEs and
components of EBSAs
Component 3: Improved planning and adaptive management
for ABNJ deep-sea fisheries
Component
4: Development
and testingspecies
of a methodology for
• Improving
knowledge
on key deep-sea
area-based planning
• Action plan for DSF best practices
ABNJ Deep Seas Project – Four components
Component 1: Improved application of policy and legal frameworks
Component 2: Reducing adverse impacts on VMEs and components of EBSAs
Component 3: Improved planning and adaptive management for ABNJ deep-sea fisheries
Component 4: Development and testing of a methodology for area-based planning
Component 4
1. Review applicability of area based planning tools to ABNJ
Framework tools
Support tools
Marine
spatial
planning
Offshore
wind energy
value
cumulative use mapping
MPA network
fishery
value
cost-benefit analyses
Ecosystem service valuation and trade-offs
Component 4
2. Gather experiences from regional ABNJ area-based planning
North East Atlantic
Sargasso Sea
OSPAR Network of MPAs in ABNJ
Sargasso Sea Commission
Southern Ocean
CCAMLR
Component 4
3. Develop and test area-based planning tools in pilot regions
Permanent Commission for the
South Pacific (CPPS)
Western Indian Ocean
Nairobi Convention
Southeast Pacific
Year 1
Year 2
Years 3, 4, 5
Information gathering
Synthesis
Applying and testing tools
Multi-sectoral engagement
Applicability of
ABP tools to ABNJ
Regional
experiences of
ABP in ABNJ
Synthesis
and sharing
of ABP tool
information
Capacity
assessment and
identification of
suitable ABP
tools for pilot
regions
Testing ABP
tools
Development
of ABP tools
Institutional
arrangements in
each pilot region
CPPS / Nairobi Convention engagement
Support,
guidance and
collating
lessons learned
Further information
Contact information:
FAO: [email protected] (Project Coordinator)
UNEP-WCMC: [email protected] (Component 4 Coordinator)
[email protected]
http://www.commonoceans.org/
ABNJ Deep Seas Project – Four components
Executing Agencies
Component 1
Component 2
Component 3
Component 4