The STRONG High Seas project has published a new report providing an overview of challenges and opportunities for integrated ocean management (IOM) in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific regions and recommendations to enhance IOM for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in these regions. Read more New report: Integrated Ocean Management for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of ABNJ in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific

The STRONG High Seas project has published a Glossary of Ocean Governance Terms to provide decision-makers and other stakeholders, including the private sector, scientific communities, civil society, and traditional communities, with a reference lexicon on ocean governance related terms to facilitate understanding when engaging in negotiations and implementation of international and national policies and regulations. Read more New Publication: Glossary of Ocean Governance Terms

The STRONG High Seas project has published a guidance document to support the implementation of the international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) that is being negotiated under the United Nations. Read more New Report: Guidance to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation Measures in High Seas Fisheries

The STRONG High Seas project has published new reports providing reflections and recommendations for capacity development for the conservation of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific regions. Read more Reflections from the STRONG High Seas Project: Capacity Development for Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in ABNJ

On 15 and 16 February 2022, IDDRI, in the context of the STRONG High Seas project and in cooperation with the International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (IMCS) Network and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), organised an online informal workshop under the Chatham House rule entitled “High Seas Marine Protected Areas: Vast Remote and Costly?”.

Read more STRONG High Seas Online Workshop – High Seas Marine Protected Areas: Vast, Remote and Costly?

The STRONG High Seas project has published new findings providing recommendations for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific regions.

Read more New Research: Recommendations for the Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Marine Biodiversity Of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

The STRONG High Seas project partner IDDRI published this new report that presents an overview of compliance mechanisms and explores good practices and lessons learned from implementation and compliance committees in several multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), based on an extensive review of the literature and existing provisions, as well as targeted interviews with experts. Finally, it provides reflections and options for the development of the BBNJ “high seas” treaty.

Read more Ensuring effective implementation of a high seas biodiversity treaty: Lessons learned and options for an implementation and compliance committee

The STRONG High Seas project welcomes the new Secretary General of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS), Ambassador José Luis Néstor Pérez Sánchez-Cerro of Peru, who will be heading the CPPS Secretariat for the next four years.

Read more STRONG High Seas welcomes the new Secretary General of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS)

The STRONG High Seas project was invited to provide a targeted intervention on ocean governance and areas beyond national jurisdiction during the Pre-Conference Workshops of the African UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in January 2022.

Read more STRONG High Seas Intervention on Ocean Governance and Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction during the Pre-Conference Workshops of the African UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development