Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Legal Options for a New International Agreement

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (‘UNGA’) agreed to develop a new internationally legally binding instrument concerning the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (’biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction’ or ‘BBNJ’) (UN...

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Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT382
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:15 (UTC)
Created	September 21, 2022, 11:40 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-report-wcmc_rt382
Issued	2023-03-09T01:01:36.313Z
Language	en
Modified	2023-03-09T01:01:36.313Z
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Report
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citation	Fletcher, R., Scrimgeour, R., Rogalla von Bieberstein, K., Barritt, E., Gjerde, K., Hazin, C., Lascalles, B., Tittensor, D., Vinuales, J.F., Fletcher, S. (2017). Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Legal options for a new international agreement. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK .https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT382
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date_published	2017-01-01
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short_description	The aim of this work is to support States participating in the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Preparatory Committee meetings by presenting options for the content of the legal instrument appropriate for anticipated future changes in the pressures on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. In order to do this, three pressures on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction were chosen: physical loss and damage to the seabed; removal of biological resources; and ocean acidification.