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The BBNJ agreement and liability

open access: yesMarine Policy, 2023
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) negotiations are approaching the final phase, with significant urgency to conclude an agreement. But the current draft text lacks provisions for liability and compensation. This short communication investigates that absence, and its impact on consistency with UNCLOS and implementation effectiveness ...
Elizabeth Mendenhall, Kahlil Hassanali
exaly   +4 more sources

Data Management and the ‘BBNJ Standardized Batch Identifier’ Under the BBNJ Agreement [PDF]

open access: yesSustainable Development Goals Series
<p><span>This chapter addresses two innovations in the BBNJ Agreement – the ‘“BBNJ” standardized batch identifier’ (BBNJ Identifier) and the data management plan (DMP). The BBNJ Identifier is a means to link information about the subject matter of the BBNJ Agreement – marine genetic resources (MGRs) and digital sequence information on MGRs (
Marcel Jaspars   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Stewardship as the Object and Purpose of the BBNJ Agreement

open access: yesThe International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
Stewardship forms the basis of the object and purpose of the BBNJ Agreement. Stewardship forms part of the text and provides a responsibility orientated ethos that is necessary to reframe hw we use the oceans. By treating stewardship as part of the
Richard Barnes
semanticscholar   +7 more sources

The BBNJ Agreement: Achievements and Prospects

Chinese Journal of Environmental Law
After lengthy and challenging consultations and negotiations, the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (‘BBNJ ...
Jinpeng Wang
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Innovations in the Institutional Arrangements in the BBNJ Agreement

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
The adoption of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) is a major achievement, not least ...
Christopher Whomersley
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The Interplay between the CAOF Agreement and BBNJ Agreement: A Chinese Perspective

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
After years of negotiation, in 2018, five Arctic coastal states and five other members, including China, reached the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAOF Agreement). Meanwhile, at the sessions of the BBNJ
Dan Liu
exaly   +2 more sources

The BBNJ Agreement and the Principle of Common Heritage of Humankind

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
The BBNJ Agreement aims at regulating, inter alia , the exploitation of marine genetic resources beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, a subject-matter that was not covered by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
T. Scovazzi
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Traditional knowledge and the BBNJ instrument

Marine Policy, 2020
Abstract Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are the holders of a vast amount of traditional knowledge of the ocean and its resources. In this article, we discuss the potential for this knowledge and the IPLCs holding such knowledge to be recognized by the international community in the development and implementation of an international ...
Clement Yow Mulalap   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Submarine Cables and BBNJ.

2023
This paper is respectfully submitted by the International Cable Protection Committee (“ICPC”)1 to provide the PrepCom with information on submarine cables, their contribution to sustainable development and their relationship to the marine environment in areas beyond national jurisdiction.2 The views presented generally reflect the consensus of the ...
openaire   +1 more source

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