The international legal regime of the high seas and the seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and options for cooperation for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAS) in marine areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction /

The International Legal Copyright © 2005, Secretariat of the Convention Regime of the High Seas and the Seabed Beyond on Biological Diversity the Limits of National Jurisdiction and Options for Cooperation for the establishment of Marine The designations employed and the presentation Protected Areas (MPAs) in Marine Areas Beyond of material in this publication do not imply the the Limits of Nation [...] The seventh meeting tion, the Parties to the CBD have agreed to address of the Conference of the Parties agreed that marine options for cooperation for the establishment of and coastal protected areas are one of the essential marine protected areas beyond the limits of na- tools and approaches in the conservation and sus- tional jurisdiction. [...] The COP, in both of the International Legal Regime of the High Seas decision VII/5 on marine and coastal biological and the Seabed Beyond the Limits of National diversity and decision VII/28 on protected areas, Jurisdiction, as well as options for cooperation adopted the target of developing such MCPA sys- for the establishment of marine protected areas in tems by the year 2012, echoing the commit [...] PREFACE 1. The Parties to the Convention on Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Biological Diversity have expressed concern over the United Nations Environment Programme the increased risks to biodiversity in marine areas (UNEP), and the Secretariat of the Convention beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, and on Biological Diversity. [...] The Convention divides marine of the Sea, the Commission on the Limits of the space into a number of zones, both within and Continental Shelf, and the International Seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.