Meeting Documents

Report of the Expert Workshop on Ecological Criteria and Biogeographic Classification Systems for Marine Areas in Need Of Protection

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Provisional Agenda

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Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

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Report of the Expert Workshop on Ecological Criteria and Biogeographic Classification Systems for Marine Areas in Need Of Protection

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Protected Areas: Consideration of the Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (Summary of existing ecological criteria for identification of potential marine areas for protection and biogeographical classification systems)

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Global Coastal and Marine Biogeographic Regionalization As a Support Tool for Implementation of CBD Programmes of Work

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Report of the Scientific Experts’ Workshop on Criteria for Identifying Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 6-8 December 2005, Ottawa, Canada

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Information Notes for Participants

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Ardron, J. (2007). Overview of Existing High Seas Spatial Measures and Proposals with Relevance to High Seas Conservation. German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

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An Update on Work Related to Biogeographic Criteria for the Classification of Open and Deep Ocean Areas (A joint expert effort under the co-sponsorship of UNESCO, IOC, IUCN, Australia, Canada, Mexico and the J.M. Kaplan Fund). Side Event. United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Eight Meeting. United Nations, New York, 25 June 2007. Background Notes.

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An Update on Work Related to Biogeographic Criteria for the Classification of Open and Deep Ocean Areas. Presentation. Side Event at ICP 8. 27 June 2007.

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Vierros, M. and W.L. Cheung. Synthesis and Review of the Best Available Scientific Studies on Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Marine Areas Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction.

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Clark, M.R., Tittensor D., Rogers A.D., Brewin, P., Schlacher, T., Rowden, A., Stocks, K., Consalvey, M. (2006). Seamounts, deep-sea corals and fisheries: vulnerability of deep-sea corals to fishing on seamounts beyond areas of national jurisdiction. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK

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Establishing Criteria for the Identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas on the High Seas

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Report and Documentation of the Expert Workshop on Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Management: Review of Issues and Considerations. Rome, 12-14 June 2006. FAO Fisheries Report No. 825 FIEP/R825

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Gjerde, K. M. (Draft: 2007). High Seas MPAs and Deep-Sea Fishing.

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Grant, S., Constable, A., Raymond, B. and S. Doust. (2006). Bioregionalization of the Southern Ocean: Report of Experts Workshop. WWF-Australia and ACE CRC.

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International Maritime Organization (IMO). Assembly 24th Session, agenda item 11. 6 Feb. 2006. Resolution A. 982 (24), Adopted on 1 December 2005 (Agenda item 11). Revised guidelines for the identification and designation of particularly sensitive sea areas.

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Ivanov, A. N. and V.A. Spiridonov. An approach to marine bioregionalization in the Russian Arctic for the purposes of planning marine protected areas and other areas in need of protection

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Leathwick, J., Julian, K., and M. Francis (2006). Exploration of the use of reserve planning software to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Prepared for the Department of Conservation, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Ltd.

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Roberts, C.M. et al. Roadmap to Recovery: A global network of marine reserves. Greenpeace International. Environmental Department, University of York, York, U.K.

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Snelder, T. H. et al. (2006). Development of an Ecologic Marine Classification in the New Zealand Region, Environmental Management, Vol. 39, No. 1. pp. 12-29.

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Spalding, M.D. et al. (2007). Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas, BioScience, Vol.57, No. 7. pp. 573-583.

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UNEP-WCMC (2007). Working towards a High Seas Marine Protected Areas Network: Development of an Interactive Map (IMap) and review of spatial databases containing information on marine areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. A report of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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Vierros, M. (2007). Approaches to biogeographic classification of the world’s oceans. Presented as a background document at the CCAMLR Biroegionalisation Workshop (Brussels, Belgium, 13-17 August 2007). United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies

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Vierros, M. (2007). Approaches to biogeographic classification of the world’s oceans. Presentation.

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Christiansen, S. for WWF NEAME. Marine Protected Areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Proposed High Seas MPAs in the North East Atlantic by WWF 1998-2006