COP Décision
. Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAS)
XII/22.Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling
decision X/29 and decision XI/17,
Also recalling that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets out the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out,
Reiterating the central role of the General Assembly of the United Nations in addressing issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction,
1.Welcomes the scientific and technical evaluation of information contained in the reports of the regional workshops for describing ecologically or biologically significant marine areas held in seven regions: Southern Indian Ocean (Flic en Flac, Mauritius, 31 July-3 August 2012); 120 Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific (Galapagos, Ecuador, 28-31 August 2012; 121 North Pacific (Moscow, Russian Federation, 25 February-1 March 2013); 122 South-Eastern Atlantic (Swakopmund, Namibia, 8-12 April 2013); 123 Arctic (Helsinki, Finland, 3-7 March 2014) 124 ; North-West Atlantic (Montreal, Canada, 24-28 March 2014); 125 and Mediterranean (Málaga, Spain, 3-7 April 2014); 126
2.Expresses its gratitude to all donors, hosting countries and collaborating organizations involved in the organization of the regional workshops referred to above;
3.Recalling paragraph 26 of decision X/29 and paragraph 6 of decision XI/17, requests the Executive Secretary to include the summary reports prepared by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its eighteenth meeting, as annexed to the present decision, in the EBSA repository, and to submit them, prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to the General Assembly of the United Nations and particularly its Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, as well as to Parties, other Governments and relevant international organizations in line with the purpose and procedures set out in decisions X/29 and XI/17 , and further requests the Executive Secretary to present the reports to the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects;
4.Notes that there is an ongoing scientific and technical process applying the EBSA criteria in the North-East Atlantic;
5.Recalls the sovereignty of coastal States over their territorial sea, as well as their sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, as well as the rights of other States in these areas, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and recognizes that the sharing of the outcomes of the EBSA process does not prejudice the sovereignty, sovereign rights or jurisdiction of coastal States, or the rights of other States;
6.Requests the Executive Secretary, in line with paragraph 36 of decision X/29 and paragraph 12 of decision XI/17, to continue to facilitate the description of areas meeting the criteria for EBSAs through the organization of additional regional or subregional workshops where Parties wish workshops to be held;
7.Invites Parties and other Governments to undertake national exercises, as appropriate, to describe areas meeting the EBSA criteria, or other relevant compatible and complementary nationally or intergovernmentally agreed scientific criteria in areas within national jurisdiction, taking into account States’ own established processes within their respective jurisdictions, and to consider making this information, and other relevant information, available through the EBSA repository or information-sharing mechanism, in accordance with the process established in decisions X/29 and XI/17, and requests the Executive Secretary to report on progress to a meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
8.Encourages Parties and other Governments to make use, as appropriate, of the scientific information regarding the description of areas meeting EBSA criteria, including the information in the EBSA repository and information-sharing mechanism, as well as the information from indigenous and local communities as well as relevant sectors, including the fisheries sector, when carrying out marine spatial planning, development of representative networks of marine protected areas, taking into account annex II to decision IX/20, and application of other area-based management measures in marine and coastal areas, with a view to contributing to national efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets;
9.Welcoming United Nations General Assembly resolution 68/70 on oceans and the law of the sea, further invites, in this context, the United Nations General Assembly as well as other competent international organizations to consider using, as appropriate, the scientific information included in the EBSA repository regarding the descriptions of areas meeting the EBSA criteria in the implementation of their respective mandates;
10.Also requests the Executive Secretary, building upon the existing scientific guidance and drawing upon the lessons learned from the series of regional workshops to facilitate the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria and views gathered from Parties and other Governments, to develop practical options to further enhance scientific methodologies and approaches on the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria, ensuring that the best available scientific and technical information and traditional knowledge of various users of marine resources, including fishers, are used and that the products are scientifically sound and up-to-date, and to report on progress to a meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
11.Invites Parties and other Governments who find it appropriate to do so, individually, in accordance with national legislation, bilaterally or jointly at the regional level, and, where appropriate, in collaboration with competent intergovernmental organizations, in accordance with international law, including UNCLOS, to undertake scientific and technical analysis of the status of marine and coastal biodiversity in areas, within the respective jurisdictions of Parties and other Governments and the mandates of intergovernmental organizations, described as meeting the EBSA criteria and contained in the EBSA repository;
12.Requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations, including regional seas conventions and action plans, and, where appropriate, regional fisheries management organizations with regard to fisheries management, to facilitate technical training, including the organization of regional and/or subregional capacity-building workshops, where Parties wish workshops to be held, on scientific methodologies and approaches of applying the EBSA criteria as well as the compilation and use of scientific and technical information contained in the EBSA repository and information-sharing mechanism, and other relevant information, with a view to contributing to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and to report on progress to a meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
13.Recalling paragraph 22 of decision XI/17 and recognizing the scientific gaps, regarding the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria, requests the Executive Secretary, encourages Parties and invites other Governments to collaborate with relevant international scientific bodies including, inter alia, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, to address knowledge gaps and lack of scientific information regarding the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria;
14.Requests the Executive Secretary, and invites Parties, other Governments, and funding organizations, as appropriate, to provide adequate, timely and sustainable support to address capacity-building and financial needs regarding the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria in developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States as well as countries with economies in transition;
15.Recalling paragraph 24 of decision XI/17 and recognizing the importance of traditional knowledge as a source of information for describing areas meeting the EBSA criteria, encourages Parties to promote, as appropriate and in accordance with national legislation, the use of the traditional, scientific, technical and technological knowledge of indigenous and local communities at the national level, with their full and effective participation, in support of the description of areas meeting the EBSA criteria and requests the Executive Secretary to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities, including fisheries communities, with a view to ensuring their full and effective participation in regional or subregional workshops on the description of areas meeting the criteria for EBSAs, and to incorporate the use of traditional knowledge in the EBSA training materials;
Annex
SUMMARY REPORT ON THE DESCRIPTION OF AREAS MEETING THE SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA FOR ECOLOGICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT MARINE AREAS 127
1.Pursuant to paragraph 36 of decision X/29 and paragraph 12 of decision XI/17, seven additional regional workshops were convened by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as follows:
Southern Indian Ocean (Flic en Flac, Mauritius, 31 July to 3 August 2012); 128
Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific (Galapagos, Ecuador, 28 to 31 August 2012); 129
North Pacific (Moscow, Russian Federation, 25 February to 1 March 2013); 130
South-Eastern Atlantic (Swakopmund, Namibia, 8 to 12 April 2013); 131
Arctic (Helsinki, Finland, 3 to 7 March 2014); 132
North-West Atlantic (Montreal, Canada, 24 to 28 March 2014); 133 and
Mediterranean (Málaga, Spain, 7 to 11 April 2014). 134
2.Pursuant to paragraph 12 of decision XI/17, summaries of the results of these regional workshops are provided in tables 1 to 7 below, respectively, while full descriptions of how the areas meet the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) are provided in the annexes to the respective reports of the workshops (UNEP/CBD/RW/EBSA/SIO/1/4, UNEP/CBD/RW/EBSA/ETTP/1/4, UNEP/CBD/EBSA/NP/1/4, UNEP/CBD/RW/EBSA/SEA/1/4, UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/1/5, UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/2/4, UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WS/2014/3/4).
3.In paragraph 26 of decision X/29, the Conference of Parties noted that the application of the EBSA criteria is a scientific and technical exercise, that areas found to meet the criteria may require enhanced conservation and management measures, and that this can be achieved through a variety of means, including marine protected areas and impact assessments, and emphasized that the identification of ecologically or biologically significant areas and the selection of conservation and management measures is a matter for States and competent intergovernmental organizations, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
4.The description of marine areas meeting the criteria for ecologically or biologically significant marine areas does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Nor does it have economic or legal implications; it is strictly a scientific and technical exercise.
RANKING OF EBSA CRITERIARelevance
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CRITERIA
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Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. Agulhas Bank Nursery Area
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H | H | H | M | M | M | M |
2. Agulhas Slope and Seamounts
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M | H | M | H | H | H | H |
3. Offshore of Port Elizabeth
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M | H | H | M | H | H | L |
4. Protea Banks and Sardine Route
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H | H | M | M | M | M | L |
5. Natal Bight
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M | H | H | M | H | L | L |
6. Incomati River to Ponta do Ouro (Southern Mozambique)
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M | M | H | M | H | H | M |
7. Delagoa Shelf Edge, Canyons and Slope
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M | H | M | M | M | H | H |
8. Save River to San Sebastian (Central Mozambique)
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H | H | H | M | H | H | H |
9. Morrumbene to Zavora Bay (Southern Mozambique)
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H | H | H | M | H | H | L |
10. Quelimane to Zuni River (Zambezi River Delta)
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H | H | M | L | H | - | M |
11. Agulhas Front
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H | H | H | M | H | M | L |
12. Tanga Coelacanth Marine Park
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H | L | H | M | L | M | L |
13. Pemba-Shimoni-Kisite
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H | M | M | M | M | M | L |
14. Baixo Pinda – Pebane (Primeiras and Segundas Islands)
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M | M | M | M | M | H | M |
15. Zanzibar (Unguja) – Saadani
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M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
16. Rufiji – Mafia- Kilwa
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M | M | M | M | H | M | M |
17. Watamu Area
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M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
18. Pemba Bay - Mtwara (part of the Mozambique Channel)
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H | M | M | H | H | H | L |
19. Mozambique Channel
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H | H | H | H | H | M | H |
20. The Iles éparses (part of the Mozambique Channel)
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H | H | M | H | H | M | H |
21. Lamu-Kiunga Area
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M | M | M | M | M | M | L |
22. Walters Shoals
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H | M | L | L | L | M | H |
23. Coral Seamount and Fracture Zone Feature
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H | M | - | H | - | H | M |
24. Northern Mozambique Channel
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H | H | H | H | H | H | L |
25. Moheli Marine Park
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M | H | H | H | H | H | H |
26. Prince Edward Islands, Del Cano Rise and Crozet Islands
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
27. Southern Madagascar (part of the Mozambique Channel)
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H | H | H | M | H | H | H |
28. Tromelin Island
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
29. Mahe, Alphonse and Amirantes Plateau
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H | H | H | M | H | H | L |
30. Atlantis Seamount
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H | M | H | H | M | H | M |
31. Blue Bay Marine Park
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H | H | M | H | - | H | H |
32. Saya de Malha Bank
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H | H | - | - | H | - | H |
33. Sri Lankan Side of Gulf of Mannar
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H | H | H | H | H | H | L |
34. Central Indian Ocean Basin
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L | H | M | L | L | M | - |
35. Rusky
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H | - | - | H | - | - | L |
36. Fool’s Flat
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H | - | - | H | - | - | H |
37. East Broken Ridge Guyot
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H | - | - | M | - | - | H |
38. South of Java Island
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M | H | H | - | H | - | - |
39. Due South of Great Australian Bight
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- | H | H | M | L | - | - |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. área de Agregación Oceánica del Tiburón Blanco del Pacifico Nororiental (North-East Pacific White Shark Offshore Aggregation Area)
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H | H | H | L | L | - | - |
2. Clipperton Atoll
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H | H | M | M | M | M | M |
3. Santuario Ventilas Hidrotermales de la Cuenca De Guaymas (Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Vents Sanctuary)
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H | H | M | M | H | H | M |
4. Ecosistema Marino Sipacate-Cañón, San José (Sipacate-Cañón Marine Ecosystem of San José)
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M | H | H | M | H | H | M |
5. Golfo de Fonseca (Gulf of Fonseca)
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H | M | M | H | - | M | M |
6. Dorsal Submarina de Malpelo (Malpelo Ridge)
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H | H | H | M | M | H | H |
7. Upwelling System of Papagayo and adjacent areas
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H | H | H | H | H | - | - |
8. Corredor Marino del Pacifico Oriental Tropical (Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor)
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M | H | H | M | M | M | L |
9. Zona Ecuatorial de Alta Productividad (Equatorial High-Productivity Zone)
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H | L | L | - | H | L | L |
10. Archipiélago de Galápagos y Prolongación Occidental (Galápagos Archipelago and its Western Extension)
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M |
11. Cordillera de Carnegie – Frente Ecuatorial (Carnegie Ridge – Equatorial Front)
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H | H | H | M | H | H | M |
12. Golfo de Guayaquil (Gulf of Guayaquil)
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H | H | H | H | H | H | L |
13. Sistema de Surgencia de la Corriente Humboldt en Perú (Humboldt Current Upwelling System in Peru)
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H | H | H | L | H | H | L |
14. Centros de Surgencia Mayor y Aves Marinas Asociadas a la Corriente de Humboldt en Perú (Permanent Upwelling Cores and Important Seabird Areas of the Humboldt Current in Peru)
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H | H | H | L | H | M | M |
15. Sistema de Surgencia de la Corriente de Humboldt en el Norte de Chile (Northern Chile Humboldt Current Upwelling System)
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H | H | M | H | H | M | - |
16. Sistema de Surgencia de la Corriente de Humboldt en Chile Central (Central Chile Humboldt Current Upwelling System)
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H | H | H | - | H | H | M |
17. Sistema de Surgencia de la Corriente de Humboldt en el Sur de Chile (Southern Chile Humboldt Current Upwelling System)
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H | H | - | H | H | M | L |
18. Dorsal de Nazca y de Salas y Gómez (Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges)
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L | H | H | H | M | H | H |
19. Montes Submarinos en el Cordón de Juan Fernández (Juan Fernández Ridge Seamounts)
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H | H | M | M | M | M | M |
20. Convergencia de la Deriva del Oeste (West Wind Drift Convergence)
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H | H | M | M | H | H | M |
21. área de Alimentación del Petrel Gris en la Sur del Dorsal del Pacífico Este (Grey Petrel Feeding Area in the South-East Pacific Rise)
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M | H | M | M | - | - | - |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. Peter the Great Bay
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M |
2. West Kamchatka Shelf
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M | H | H | M | H | H | M |
3. Southeast Kamchatka Coastal Waters
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- | H | H | M | M | H | M |
4. Eastern Shelf of Sakhalin Island
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M | H | H | M | H | H | M |
5. Moneron Island Shelf
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M | M | - | L | H | L | H |
6. Shantary Islands Shelf, Amur and Tugur Bays
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H | M | H | H | H | H | H |
7. Commander Islands Shelf and Slope
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M |
8. East and South Chukotka Coast
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M | H | H | H | M | H | H |
9. Yamskie Islands and Western Shelikhov Bay
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M | H | H | H | H | H | H |
10. Alijos Islands
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L | L | - | M | H | H | H |
11. Coronado Islands
Coronado Norte (32°28’N, 117°18’O), with a surface area of 48 ha;
Pilón de Azúcar (32° 25’N, 117°16’O) covering 7 ha; Coronado Centro (32°25’N, 117°16’O) covering 14 ha; Coronado Sur (32°25’N, 117°15’O) covering 183 ha. |
L | M | L | M | H | H | L |
12. Guadalupe Island
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L | H | M | M | H | H | M |
13. Upper Gulf of California Region
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H | H | H | M | H | M | L |
14. Midriff Islands Region
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
15. Coastal Waters Off Baja California
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L | H | H | H | M | M | H |
16. Juan de Fuca Ridge Hydrothermal Vents
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H | H | - | H | H | M | M |
17. North-east Pacific Ocean Seamounts
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H | M | L | H | H | H | H |
18. Emperor Seamount Chain and Northern Hawaiian Ridge
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M | M | L | M | M | M | L |
19. North Pacific Transition Zone
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L | H | H | L | H | M | M |
20. Focal Foraging Areas For Hawaiian Albatrosses During Egg-Laying And Incubation
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M | H | H | H | H | L | L |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | ||||||||||
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1. Coastal habitats of the neritic zone of Mauritania and the far north of Senegal
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H | H | H | M | H | M | - | ||||||||||
2. Cold-water coral reefs off Nouakchott
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M | M | - | M | - | M | M | ||||||||||
3. Permanent upwelling cell in northern Mauritania
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H | H | M | - | H | H | L | ||||||||||
4. Timiris Canyon system
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H | M | M | H | H | M | M | ||||||||||
5. Cayar Seamount
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H | M | M | - | M | M | L | ||||||||||
6. Cayar Canyon
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H | M | M | M | M | H | L | ||||||||||
7. Saloum Delta
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M | L | M | M | M | H | M | ||||||||||
8. Mouth of the Casamance River
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M | M | M | M | M | M | L | ||||||||||
9. Island of Boavista
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M | ||||||||||
10. Santa Luzia, Raso and Branco complex
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H | M | H | H | M | M | H | ||||||||||
11. Santo Antão north-west region
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H | M | H | M | H | M | - | ||||||||||
12. Bijagos archipelago
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M | ||||||||||
13. Rio Pongo
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L | M | M | M | M | H | L | ||||||||||
15. Yawari Complex
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M | M | H | L | M | M | - | ||||||||||
16. Rivercess-Greenville Turtle-Breeding Ground
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H | H | H | H | M | - | M | ||||||||||
17. Tabou Canyon and Seamount
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H | H | H | M | H | H | M | ||||||||||
18. Abidjan Canyon and Trou sans Fond
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H | H | M | M | H | M | L | ||||||||||
19. Shrimp and sardine route from Tabou to Assinie
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H | H | H | M | H | H | M | ||||||||||
20. The EEZ off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire
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M | H | H | M | H | M | M | ||||||||||
21. Agbodrafo coastal and marine habitat
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M | H | H | H | H | H | L | ||||||||||
22. Bouche du Roi-Togbin
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H | H | H | H | M | M | L | ||||||||||
23. Togo-Benin cross-border marine area
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L | H | H | H | M | M | L | ||||||||||
24. Kribi-Campo
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H | M | M | M | - | - | L | ||||||||||
25. Lagoa Azul and Praia das Conchas
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H | ||||||||||
26. Ilhas Tinhosas
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H | ||||||||||
27. Mayumba marine and coastal area
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H | H | H | H | H | H | H | ||||||||||
28. North-west continental shelf
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H | H | L | M | M | M | H | ||||||||||
29. Muanda coastal and marine area
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M | M | H | M | M | H | - | ||||||||||
30. Equatorial tuna production area
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H | H | M | M | H | M | M | ||||||||||
31. Area of convergence of the Canary and Guinea currents
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H | H | H | M | H | H | M | ||||||||||
32. Ramiros-Palmerinhas Coastal Area
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M | H | H | M | M | M | M | ||||||||||
33. Kunene-Tigress
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H | H | M | M | M | H | M | ||||||||||
34. Namibian Islands
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L | H | H | H | M | L | M | ||||||||||
35. Orange Cone
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H | H | M | M | M | M | M | ||||||||||
36. Orange Shelf Edge
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L | M | H | M | M | H | H | ||||||||||
37. Childs Bank
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H | L | M | H | L | M | H | ||||||||||
38. Namaqua Coastal Area
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L | M | H | M | H | L | H | ||||||||||
39. Cape Canyon and Surrounds
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M | H | H | H | H | M | M | ||||||||||
40. Browns Bank
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H | H | H | M | M | L | M | ||||||||||
41. Namaqua Fossil Forest
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H | - | - | H | M | - | - | ||||||||||
42. Namib Flyway
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M | H | H | M | H | M | L | ||||||||||
43. Benguela Upwelling System
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H | H | H | M | H | H | M | ||||||||||
44. Walvis Ridge
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H | H | M | M | - | M | M | ||||||||||
45. Subtropical Convergence Zone (STCZ)
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M | H | H | M | M | M | L |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. The Marginal Ice Zone and the Seasonal Ice-Cover Over the Deep Arctic Ocean
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H | H | M | H | H | M | H |
2. Multi-year Ice of the Central Arctic Ocean
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H | M | M | H | L | L | H |
3. Murman Coast and Varanger Fjord
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M | H | H | H | H | H | M |
4. White Sea
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H | H | M | H | M | H | H |
5. South-eastern Barents Sea (the Pechora Sea)
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M | H | M | H | H | M | M |
6. Coast of Western and Northern Novaya Zemlya
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M | H | - | M | H | - | M |
7. North-eastern Barents–Kara Sea
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M | H | H | H | H | - | H |
8. Ob-Enisey River Mouth
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H | H | M | M | H | L | M |
9. Great Siberian Polynya
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H | H | M | H | H | M | H |
10. Wrangel-Gerald Shallows and Ratmanov Gyre
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M | H | H | H | H | H | H |
11. Coastal Waters of Chukotka
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M | H | H | H | H | H | H |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. Labrador Sea Deep Convection Area
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H | M | - | M | L | L | M |
2. Seabird Foraging Zone in the Southern Labrador Sea
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M | H | M | M | M | M | M |
3. Orphan Knoll
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H | - | - | H | L | H | H |
4. Slopes of the Flemish Cap and Grand Bank
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H | M | H | H | M | H | M |
5. Southeast Shoal and Adjacent Areas on the Tail of the Grand Bank
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H | H | H | M | H | H | L |
6. New England and Corner Rise Seamounts
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H | H | - | M | - | H | M |
7. Hydrothermal Vent Fields
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H | H | - | H | H | H | H] |
Location and brief description of areas | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 |
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1. Northern Adriatic
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M | H | H | M | H | M | L |
2. Jabuka/Pomo Pit
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H | H | M | M | H | M | L |
3. South Adriatic Ionian Straight
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H | H | H | H | M | H | M |
6. North-western Mediterranean Pelagic Ecosystems
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M |
7. North-western Mediterranean Benthic Ecosystems
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H | M | H | H | M | H | M |
8. Sicilian Channel
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M | H | H | H | M | H | L |
9. Gulf of Gabès
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H | M | H | H | M | M | M |
10. Gulf of Sirte
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M | H | H | H | H | H | H |
11. Nile Delta Fan
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H | H | H | H | H | H | M |
12. East Levantine Canyons (ELCA)
|
H | H | H | H | - | H | M |
13. North-East Levantine Sea
|
M | H | H | M | - | - | - |
14. Akamas and Chrysochou Bay
|
H | H | H | H | - | M | M |
15. Hellenic Trench
|
H | H | H | H | H | - | - |
16. Central Aegean Sea
|
M | H | H | M | L | H | M |
17. North Aegean
|
H | H | M | L | H | H | L |
XII/21 | XII/23 |
127The designations employed and the presentation of material in this note do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
128Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSA-SIO-01.
129Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSA-ETTP-01.
130Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSA-NP-01.
131Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSA-SEA-01.
132 Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSAWS-2014-01.
133 Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSAWS-2014-02.
134Report and documentation available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EBSAWS-2014-03.
135For the areas 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18 in this table, Peru plans to undertake additional scientific and technical analysis of the areas described as meeting the EBSA criteria with a view to identifying the areas meeting the EBSA criteria and as applicable, to make this information available once the analysis is completed and subject to the adoption of a national position in this respect.