Examples of Areas beyond national jurisdiction in a sentence
All these states and organizations have taken some institutional and/or operational steps to establish and manage MPAs. Following on from this decision, the Canadian government, with financial support from the German government, has offered to host a CBD Expert Workshop on Scientific and Technical Guidance on the use of Biogeographic Classification Systems and Identification of Marine Areas beyond national jurisdiction in need of protection.
This agreement is often referred to as BBNJ.2. Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are, respectively, the high seas and the deep seabed beyond states’ exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction include more than half the planet (‘international waters’ beyond territory for shipping, ‘high seas’ beyond exclusive economic zones (EEZs) for fishing and ‘the Area’ beyond EEZs and any extended continental shelves for seabed mining).
OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 211 - cont - Deep-sea Fisheries and Areas beyond national jurisdiction The FAO programme on deep-sea fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction focuses both on applying an ecosystems approach to fisheries and protecting marine biodiversity in the deep seas and has been ongoing since the adoption of FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas (Deep Sea Guidelines) in 2008.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ)In implementation of the STAP Work Program Activity 2.9, a draft scoping paper “Governance Challenges, Gaps and Management Opportunities in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” was completed in July 201514.
The majority of SBA is located in the deep, open ocean in Areas beyond national jurisdiction, ABNJs, whereas only two SBAs were coast- adjacent and continental shelf regions.
In December 2014, the FAO organized an expert workshop to further discuss elements of the GAP and is organizing a series of regional workshops to work towards the development of regional action plans as called for in the SSF Guidelines in 2015.Deep-sea Fisheries and Areas beyond national jurisdiction In December 2014, the Database on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME database) was launched.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) represent, in legal terms, a new frontier for the development of the law of the sea.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) are especially vulnerable to industrial activities since no state has the mandate for their protection (16) and high seas resources are instead governed by a complex network of regulations and institutions (11).
I.9.a. Areas beyond national jurisdiction The topic of MPAs in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and their impact on the balance between marine conservation and other ocean uses is extremely interesting.