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EBSAs in the North-East Atlantic Ocean added to the CBD Repository

EBSAs in the North-East Atlantic Ocean added to the CBD Repository

Amidst the furore of finalising the CBD’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – now know as the Kunming-Montreal GBF – the results of the most recent Regional Workshop to describe Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (the North-East Atlantic Workshop held in 2019) were accepted by the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15)Continue Reading EBSAs in the North-East Atlantic Ocean added to the CBD Repository

GOBI at CBD COP15

GOBI at CBD COP15

GOBI will be in attendance at CBD COP15, co-hosting three side events. They are: Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs): Describing the special places of the ocean in a changing world 13:15, Friday 9 December 2022: CEE Meeting Room 510A Co-organisers: CBD Secretariat & GOBI A decade ago, the CBD community embarked on anContinue Reading GOBI at CBD COP15

New IMMAs declared

New IMMAs declared

Thirty-six new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) have been uploaded to the IMMA e-Atlas. They are located in the South East Tropical and Temperate Pacific Ocean from northern Mexico to the southern tip of Chile, and are the result of an intensive week-long workshop in San José, Costa Rica (June 2022). Besides the 36 newContinue Reading New IMMAs declared