IMCAM-01 Official

Official

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UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-IMCAM/1/1/1

Provisional agenda

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UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-IMCAM/1/1/1/Add.1

Annotated agenda

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UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-IMCAM/1/1/2

Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management (Imcam)

Information

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UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-IMCAM/1/1/INF/1

Guidance on Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management Produced by the Ramsar Convention

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UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-IMCAM/1/1/INF/2

Goals and Targets Relevant to Management of Marine and Coastal Resources Adopted by International Processes

Notifications

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2005-079 SCBD/STTM/MV/mr/49633

In Annex 1 of decision VII/5, which presents the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity, programme element 1 relates to the implementation of integrated marine and coastal area management (IMCAM). Activity (c) under operational objective 1.1 calls for the identification of obstacles to the implementation of IMCAM nationally and regionally, and the development and implementation of strategies, such as partnerships, tools and other means, to overcome those obstacles, including provision of guidance on the application of such tools. In accordance with this decision, an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on IMCAM has been formed to provide guidance on implementation of activity (c).

Notification to: CBD National Focal Points Invited International Organizations

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2004-107 SCBD/STTM/MV

Meeting of the AHTEG on Implementation of IMCAM in Montreal, Canada, from 11 to 15 July 2005. The main purpose of this meeting is to identify obstacles to implementation of IMCAM, and ways and means to overcome them, including policy, institutional, technological and financial tools and mechanisms. I invite you to nominate, at your earliest convenience, but no later than 1 March 2005, an expert who can participate in the meeting of the AHTEG on Implementation of IMCAM.

Notification to: CBD & SBSTTA National Focal Points

Action required by 2005-03-01

Other

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Information for Participants

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Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management (IMCAM) Approaches for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity

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Solutions for Sustainable Mariculture - Avoiding the Adverse Effects of Mariculture on Biological Diversity

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Technical Advice on the Establishment and Management of a National System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas