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… Towards a Strategy for High Seas Marine Protected Areas Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas 15-17 January 2003, Malaga, … Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA …

… (Nairobi Convention) 1. Introduction The UNEP Regional Seas Programme (RSP) was established 1974 to address the … protect their shared marine environment. Type of regional seas Main feature Regions concerned UNEP administered Regional Seas Secretariat, administration of the Trust Fund and …

… WCC-2012-Res-075-EN Strengthening policies relating to the seas and oceans RECALLING that the seas and oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth’s … impacted by human activities; ALSO RECOGNIZING that the high seas, the marine zone that falls in areas beyond the …

… Territorial Seas … II. The High Seas in the Mediterranean … zone extending beyond these waters. As a result, the high seas in the Mediterranean lie much closer. The existence of a large area of high seas requires a high level of cooperation between …

… use of marine and freshwater resources in Mediterranean high priority areas”. COLLECTION Workgroup members This guide … changes in atmospheric circulation, the posi- tion of high and low pressure systems and other factors could alter … factors with a higher increase in the Aegean and Adriatic seas (Medium confidence) Vargas-Yáñez et al., 2012 Sea-level …

… Conservation of Cetaceans of the Mediterranean and Black Seas (ACCOBAMS), the Mediterranean Wetland Initiative … background, the Medi- terranean Sea hosts a relatively high diversity and endemism of marine species and habitats. … of Mediterranean MPAs, both in national waters and on the high seas, to reduce biodiversity loss. Among others, the …

… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Regional Seas and European Union Outermost Regions and Overseas … con- tinental margin does not extend up to that distance High seas / international waters (UNCLOS part VII) The High Seas are waters not included in the exclusive economic …

… conditions for formation of biological diversity with very high values, that puts the country among biological … of land (2-10 km wide) separated from the country by the high limestone mountains of Rumija, Orjen and Lovćen located … in Montenegro is mainly continental and precipitation is high, most of the watercourses along the coast have a surface …

… considerations 124 4.2 Nature of authority 125 4.2.1 High policy level 125 4.2.2 Lead protected areas agency 127 … Programme 234 3.3 Regional agreements 235 3.3.1 Regional Seas 235 3.3.2 OSPAR Convention 239 3.3.3 Helsinki Convention … between marine areas within national jurisdiction and the high seas 213 Box III(2)-2: South Africa’s first offshore MPA …

… Around 50% of the surface of the Earth is covered by the High Seas, the area of oceans beyond the juresdiction of … some of the largest ecosystems on the planet, such as the High Seas, remain largely unprotected and open to …