Marine Biodiversity and Marine Protected Area Networks

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Marine Biodiversity and Marine Protected Area
Networks
4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and
Islands

• Working Group Conference Report

• Pre-conference Activities
• Working Group Discussion (Aug 07 Mar 08)
• Policy Brief Preparation (Jan Mar 08)
• Conference Activities
• Working Group Meeting (6 April)
• Plenary Panel 4 (9 April)
• CBD Concurrent Discussion Session (9 April)

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Overall conclusions on progress, not so
positivewe cannot make the targets!

• No reduction in rate of loss of marine
  biodiversity by 2010 except for limited
  populations
• Area coverage of MPAs still less than 10 by 2012
• Representative networks of MPAs will be lacking
• Most MPAs still ineffectively managed

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One of great pleasures in life is doing what
others say you cannot do.
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Searching for some hopes.

• CBD provides overall framework of implementation
• Numerous high-level commitments
• Numerous projects and programmes underway
• Management interventions largely known and
  understood
• Some populations and ecosystems showing signs of
  recovery

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Identifying barriers and constraints

• Poor marketing of marine biodiversity value
• Lack of political interest and commitment
• Limited capacity and financial resources
• Lack of baseline data and information on trends
• Ineffective reporting mechanism
• Sectoral and fragmented efforts by regional and
  international organisations

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Overcoming the barriers,, 3 Key Recommendations

• Renew country commitments to Jakarta Mandates
• Establish effective reporting and monitoring
  framework
• Promote value of, and market marine
  biodiversity

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Elaborated Programme of Work on Marine and
Coastal Biological Diversity (Decision VII/5,
Annex I)

• Overall Vision
• To halt the loss of marine and coastal biological
  diversity nationally, regionally and globally
• To secure its capacity to provide goods and
  services
• Basic Principles
• The ecosystem approach
• The precautionary approach
• Programme Elements
• Implementation of integrated marine and coastal
  area management
• Marine and coastal living resources
• Marine and coastal protected areas
• Mariculture
• Invasive alien species

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Renew country commitments to Jakarta Mandates

• Establish Friends of Jakarta Mandates, as an
  informal partnership mechanism
• Support the implementation of POW on marine and
  coastal biodiversity
• Contribute to the preparation of in-depth review
  of Marine and Coastal POW by providing necessary
  expertise, information, and resources
• Assist Parties in building capacity
• Promote and market marine biodiversity value
• Facilitate building effective reporting and
  monitoring framework
• Strengthen the role of Regional Seas Programme
  and other regional organizations in the
  implementation of Jakarta Mandates

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Establish effective reporting and monitoring
framework

• Initiate participatory process for preparing 2010
  CBD review of POW for marine and coastal
  biodiversity
• Address reporting burdens of countries by
• Developing simple and coordinated reporting
  format
• Applying innovative assessment methodologies,
  e.g. focused group discussion, interview of key
  officials
• Providing necessary capacity building
  opportunities, e.g. regional/subregional
  workshops
• Mobilize competent international/ regional
  bodies, scientific groups and NGOs to assist
  countries in assessing the impacts, not only the
  activities
• Refine indicators for measuring progress, in
  terms of its impacts on the status of
  biodiversity
• Strengthen biodiversity reporting in Global
  Marine Assessment

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Promote value of, and market marine biodiversity

• Communicate the loss of marine biodiversity in
  socio-economic terms
• Develop enabling policy framework for marine
  biodiversity offset, in relation to CBD Article
  11 on economic incentives
• Actively communicate on the ecological as well as
  socio-economic benefits of MPAs, e.g. CBD
  publication on ecological, socio-economic
  benefits of Protected Areas
• Apply innovative communication tools and media
  for marketing marine biodiversity

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Policy steps and opportunities ahead

• COP 9 (May 08, Bonn, Germany)
• IUCN World Congress (Oct 08, Barcelona)
• World Ocean Congress (May 09, Indonesia)
• International Marine Conservation Congress (May
  09, USA)
• CBD SBSTTA 14 (Sept 09)/ SBSTTA 15 (May 10)
• COP10 (Oct 10, Nagoya, Japan)
• 2012 Yeosu Exposition on Living Ocean and Coast
  in RO Korea (May Aug 2012, Yeosu, RO Korea)

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Be a Guardian to Marine Biodiversity by becoming
Friends to Jakarta Mandates