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The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… been identified; knowledge of the behaviour of different species is increasing; deep-sea ecosystems are being studied … Stocks Agreement UNGA United Nations General Assembly VME Vulnerable marine ecosystem VMS Vessel Monitoring System … cable industry makes efforts to reduce or avoid impacts on vulnerable deep-water ecosystems by using modern seabed …
25 May 2026 Literature

Convention on Biological Diversity

… to components of biodiversity (for example a particular species or habitat) as well as to processes and activities … no significant adverse impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, … multiple anthropogenic pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… of the sea-bed and subsoil together with sedentary species, such as clams and abalone, as provided in article … not authorized to proceed, identification and closure of vulnerable marine ecosystems, such as, seamounts, … UNGA was banning bottom-trawling in areas identified as vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs). UNGA reviewed progress …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Implementing conservation and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… ABNJ; RECALLING also IUCN’s commitment to protecting species that rely on marine areas beyond national … Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA), Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) and other important areas … while protecting marine biodiversity, safeguarding vulnerable species and habitats, and maintaining ecosystem …
25 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Case Study - OSPAR - Protecting marine biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

… network of MPAs are: - to protect, conserve and restore species, habitats and ecological processes which have been … activities; - to prevent degradation of, and damage to, species, habitats and ecological processes, following the … bottom fisheries five areas of the high seas identified as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) that substantially …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater