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.
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.
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.
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.
