About the information-sharing mechanism
The EBSA website is divided into two sections: (i) The EBSA repository and (ii) the EBSA information-sharing mechanism. As decided by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the CBD in decision 16/16, each of these two sections have their own respective purposes and contain different types of information.
The EBSA information-sharing mechanism (ISM) contains:
• Records of submissions for modifications or descriptions in areas within national jurisdiction for inclusion in the EBSA repository, and the comments received on the submissions
• Submissions for modifications or descriptions of areas within national jurisdiction for inclusion in the ISM, and the comments received on such submissions and any responses to those comments
• Records of submissions for modifications or descriptions in areas beyond national jurisdiction
• An archive of previous versions of modified EBSA descriptions originally held in the ISM
• Links to national processes and their related scientific information pertaining to areas meeting the EBSA criteria
• Reports of the CBD EBSA workshops
• Guidance related to the application of the EBSA criteria, and the use of information contained in the description of such areas
• Other relevant scientific and technical information and other forms of knowledge, including, where available, the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities, with their free, prior and informed consent, related to areas described as meeting the EBSA criteria
• Information and experience relating to the application of other relevant and complementary intergovernmentally agreed scientific criteria
You can navigate to the EBSA repository by clicking on the tab in the toolbar at the top of the page or from the landing page of this website.