Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, the third implementing agreement to UNCLOS
TODO: see how UNCLOS actually relates to this?
Objective: conservation & sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
- high seas (beyond EEZ)
- intl seabed
4 components
- marine genetic resources - regulate access to & benefit sharing from MGR
- area based management tools, Marine Protected Areas
- EIA
- Capacity building & transfer of marine tech
Why important?
- common ocean - shared biodiversity
- fragmented governanec of high seas biodiversity
- supports 30x30 target