STRONG High Seas Resources

Project information

• STRONG High Seas Project Flyer [English]
• STRONG High Seas Project Flyer [Spanish]
• STRONG High Seas Project Flyer [French]
• STRONG High Seas Project Presentation [English]

Project regional platforms

• Marine Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and the Abidjan Convention Region
• Biodiversidad Fuera de la Jurisdicción Nacional en la Región del Pacífico Sudeste

Project reports

• Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve the Legal and Institutional Framework of the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific (12/2018)
  • Summary for Decision-Makers [English] (01/2019)
  • Resumen para tomadores de decisiones  [Spanish] (01/2019)
  • Résumé à l’intention des décideurs [French] (01/2019)

• Regional Ocean Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward (02/2019)
  • Summary for Decision-Makers [English] (02/2019)
  • Resumen para tomadores de decisiones  [Spanish] (02/2019)
  • Résumé à l’intention des décideurs [French] (02/2019)

• Ecological Baselines of the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific: Status of Marine Biodiversity and Anthropogenic Pressures in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (12/2019)
  • Summary for Decision-Makers – Southeast Atlantic [English] (05/2020)
  • Résumé à l’intention des décideurs – Atlantique du Sud-Est [French] (05/2020)
  • Summary for Decision-Makers – Southeast Pacific [English] (05/2020)
  • Resumen para tomadores de decisiones – Pacífico Sudeste [Spanish] (05/2020)

• Strengthening Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (01/2020)
  • Briefing for Negotiators [English] (12/2020)

• Options for Strengthening Monitoring, Control and Surveillance of Human Activities in the Southeast Pacific Region [English] (11/2020)
• Opciones para fortalecer el seguimiento, control y vigilancia de las actividades humanas en la región del Pacífico Sudeste [Spanish] (11/2020)

• Strengthening High Seas Governance Through Enhanced Environmental Assessment Processes (01/2021)

• Report on Socio-Economic Importance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
  • Southeast Atlantic region: [English/French (available soon)] (05/2021)
  • Southeast Pacific region: [Spanish/English (available soon)] (06/2021)

Policy briefs

• Policy brief – Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Options for Underpinning a Strong BBNJ Agreement through Regional and Sectoral Governance (08/2018)
• Policy brief – Keeping an Eye on the High Seas: Strengthening Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Through a New Marine Biodiversity Treaty (08/2019)
• Policy Brief – Towards Ecosystem-based Management of the Global Ocean: Strengthening Regional Cooperation through a New Agreement for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (12/2019)

Workshop summaries

2018

• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 1: Opportunities for Strengthening Ocean Governance in the Southeast Pacific (06/2018, Cali)
  • Workshop Summary [English] Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish] Agenda del Taller [Spanish]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 1: Opportunities for Strengthening Ocean Governance in the Southeast Atlantic (06/2018, Abidjan)
  • Workshop Summary [English] Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Résumé de l’atelier [French] Programme de l’atelier [French]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop: Technological tools for Monitoring Control and Surveillance in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (07/2018, Paris)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
• STRONG High Seas High-Level Expert Meeting: Building a Strong High Seas Treaty: What is the Role for Regional Ocean Governance? (09/2018, New York)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
• STRONG High Seas Capacity Building Workshop: BBNJ Capacity Building Workshop for UN Negotiations 1 (09/2018, New York)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Workshop Agenda [English]

2019

• STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop: Baseline Revision and Ecological Analysis (02/2019, Guayaquil)
  • Workshop Agenda [English] Workshop Summary [English]
  • Agenda del Taller [Spanish] Resumen del taller [Spanish]
• STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop: Strengthening Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) through an international instrument on high seas biodiversity (02/2019, Paris)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 2: Science for Solutions: Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance in ABNJ of the Southeast Pacific (03/2019, Guayaquil)
  • Workshop Summary [English] Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish] Agenda del Taller [Spanish]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas High-Level Expert Meeting: Towards an Effective High Seas Treaty: Building on and Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance (03/2019, New York)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 2: Science for Solutions: Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance of ABNJ in the Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean (06/2019, Cape Town)
  • Workshop Summary [English] Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Résumé de l’atelier [French] Programme de l’atelier [French]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Capacity Building Workshop: Marine Genetic Resources and Area-based Management Tools (08/2019, New York)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop: Socioeconomic Analysis in ABNJ (10/2019, Baranquilla)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish]
• STRONG High Seas Capacity Building Workshop: Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) in the Southeast Atlantic region (11/2019, Cape Town)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop: Strengthening Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) through an international instrument on high seas biodiversity (11/2019, Guayaquil)
  • Workshop Summary [English]

2020

• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 3: Enhancing the Knowledge Base for Cross-Sectoral Management and Ocean Governance in ABNJ of the Southeast Pacific (02/2020, Lima)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish]
  • Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Agenda del Taller [Spanish]
  • Presentations

2021

• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar – Part I: Sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in ABNJ in the South-East Pacific (01/2021)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish]
• STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 3: Enhancing the Knowledge Base for Cross-Sectoral Management and Ocean Governance in ABNJ of the Southeast Atlantic (02/2021, online)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Résumé de l’atelier [French]
  • Workshop Agenda [English]
  • Programme de l’atelier [French]
  • Presentations
• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar – Part II: Sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in ABNJ in the South-East Pacific (03/2021)
  • Workshop Summary [English]
  • Resumen del taller [Spanish Day 1/Day2]

Online Seminars

• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar – Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction in the Southeast Pacific and Southeast Atlantic (08/2018)
  • Agenda [English]
• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar – Marine Genetic Resources: Building Capacities for Ocean Governance (11/2019)
  • Agenda [English]
• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar – Strengthening Monitoring control and surveillance through a High Seas Treaty (11/2020)
  • Flyer [English]
• STRONG High Seas Online Seminar (Spanish) – Strengthening MCS in the Southeast Pacific (11/2020)
  • Flyer [Spanish]

Featuring STRONG High Seas

• Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative (IKI) / International Climate Initiative: STRONG High Seas Project Website
• Conservation | mag: Article by Lewis Kihumba on Earth’s High Seas: A Frontier in Need of Governance
• Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI): Newsletter Summer 2020, page 21
• Deep-Sea Life Newsletter Issue 14 available at Deep-Sea Biology Society (DSBS): Article by Lewis Kihumba, Ben Boteler, Carole Durussel on Taking Stock of STRONG High Seas Project two years on (online) / Taking Stock of STRONG High Seas Project two years on (pdf, pp. 17-18)
• Deep-Sea Life Newsletter Issue 13 (pp. 21-22) available at Deep-Sea Biology Society (DSBS) and Indeep Project: Dialogue Workshop Report: Science for Solutions: Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance for Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction in the South East Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
• South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO): Note on the publication of the Dialogue Workshop Summary (for Summary click here)
• International Ocean Institute (IOI): Workshop report on the STRONG High Seas Capacity Development Workshop held by IOI – African Region in collaboration with BirdLife International
• Liberian Observer: Article by Lewis Kihumba on “African States are Critical in Advancing Ocean Governance” also available at Modern Ghana, the Patriotic Vanguard and Media Guinee (French)
• BirdLife Africa: Newsletter December 2020, Issue 3, page 8 (English / French)
• BirdLife Africa: Newsletter June 2021, Issue 4, page 9 (English / French)
• High Seas Alliance – Treaty Tracker: STRONG High Seas Project / Study on Socio-Economic Importance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction