Publications

CBD Publications on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

EBSA HandbookHandbook for describing ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and modifying EBSA descriptions under the Convention on Biological Diversity
BBNJ AgreementWork under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) relevant to the Agreement under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)
The Substainable Ocean InitiativeThe Substainable Ocean Initiative: 10 years of building capacity and catalyzing partnerships to achieve global ocean goals
EBSA booklet Special place in the oceansSpecial Places in the Ocean: A Decade of Describing Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)
GBO-5 ocean hightlightsGBO-5: Ocean Highlights
EBSA booklet SEAEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - South-Eastern Atlantic Ocean English French
EBSA booklet SIOEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific Ocean English Spanish
EBSA booklet SIOEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - North Pacific
EBSA booklet SIOEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - Southern Indian Ocean
Priority Actions to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for Coral Reefs and Closely Associated EcosystemsPriority Actions to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for Coral Reefs and Closely Associated Ecosystems
EBSA booklet WSPEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - Western South Pacific
EBSA booklet WCAREcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) - Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic
SOISustainable Ocean Initiative
EBSAsEcologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)
Azores Scientific Criteria and GuidanceAzores Scientific Criteria and Guidance
(Portuguese version)
Global Ocean Biodiversity InitiativeGlobal Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
TS 83Marine Debris: Understanding, Preventing and Mitigating the Significant Adverse Impacts on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Technical Series No. 83.
TS 75An Updated Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity
Technical Series No. 75.
TS 75 Executive SummaryExecutive Summary: Main Findings and Key Messages of TS 75
Technical Series No. 75. Executive Summary
TS 46Scientific Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity
Technical Series No. 46.
TS 45Scientific Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Fertilization on Marine Biodiversity
Technical Series No. 45.
TS 37Synthesis and Review of the Best Available Scientific Studies on Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Marine Areas beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction
Technical Series No. 37.
TS 22Guidelines for the Rapid Ecological Assessment of Biodiversity in Inland Water, Coastal and Marine Areas
Technical Series No. 22.
TS 20Patterns of Species Richness in the High Seas
Technical Series No. 20.
TS 20The International Legal Regime of the High Seas and the Seabed Beyond the Limits Of National Jurisdiction
Technical Series No. 19.
TS 14Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management (IMCAM) Approaches for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity
Technical Series No. 14.
TS 14Technical Advice on the Establishment and Management of a National System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas
Technical Series No. 13.
TS 12Solutions for Sustainable Mariculture - Avoiding the Adverse Effects of Mariculture on Biological Diversity
Technical Series No. 12.
TS 8Status and Trends of, and Threats to, Mountain Biodiversity, Marine, Coastal and Inland Water Ecosystems
Technical Series No. 8.

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