Upcoming Seminar: MPAs in ABNJ

An international seminar titled "Towards a legal framework for the creation and management of cross sectoral marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction" will take place September 19-21, Nausicaa Boulogne-sur Mer (France). 

The seminar's objectives are:
- to conduct a legal analysis of different possible options for the creations and management of cross-scectoral MPAs in ABNJ;
- to explore the political conditions that would enable the realisation of each legal option developed; and
- to adopted accordingly, specific recommendations that will be brought to international forums particularly in view to the 6th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, UNCSD (Rio+20)and IUCN's 5th World Conservation Congress.