{"id":806,"date":"2018-08-28T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/?p=806"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:29:12","slug":"strong-high-seas-project-releases-first-policy-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/28\/strong-high-seas-project-releases-first-policy-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"STRONG High Seas project releases policy brief on options for underpinning BBNJ agreement through regional and sectoral governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The STRONG High Seas project released a policy brief entitled \u2018Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Options for Underpinning a Strong Global BBNJ Agreement through Regional and Sectoral Governance\u2019.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-460x288.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/turtle-863336_1280_Creative-Commons-Pixabay.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Free Photos (863336)\/Creative Commons Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The policy\u00a0brief introduces the value of and threats to the marine environment and biodiversity beyond national boundaries,\u00a0describes the current framework for ocean governance in ABNJ and provides a basic background on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/bbnj\/\">upcoming BBNJ Intergovernmental Conference<\/a> (the first session will be held from 4 to 17 September 2018 in New York).\u00a0The policy brief highlights the importance of the interplay between the global and regional levels and identifies possible\u00a0options for underpinning a strong global BBNJ agreement through regional and sectoral governance.<\/p>\n<p>The policy brief can be downloaded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/STRONG-High-Seas-Policy-Brief_Options-for-underpinning-BBNJ-agreement.pdf\">here<\/a>. For further information contact the\u00a0STRONG High Seas Project Team at IASS under\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:stronghighseas@iass-potsdam.de\">stronghighseas@iass-potsdam.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The STRONG High Seas project released a policy brief entitled \u2018Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Options for Underpinning a Strong Global BBNJ Agreement through Regional and Sectoral Governance\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}