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Grounding the BBNJ agreement’s resource mobilization goal: cost benchmarks and the case for needs-based funding

Frontiers in Marine Science
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) established a historic legal framework for conserving ...
Liz Hollaway, Emily Belonje, Bram Burger, Angelique Pouponneau, Mintewab Bezabih, Eliza Northrop   +5 more
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Dispute Settlement under the BBNJ Agreement

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
Abstract The Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), adopted in June 2023, enhances existing law of the sea and environmental law frameworks by addressing the critical issue of biodiversity in international waters.
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On the provisions regarding access to and benefit-sharing of MGRs under the BBNJ agreement: from the perspective of the concept of a maritime community with a shared future

Frontiers in Marine Science
The BBNJ Agreement represents a new development in the field of the law of the sea. In particular, the implementation of the provisions regarding access and benefit-sharing (hereinafter, ABS) of marine genetic resources (hereinafter, MGRs) under the BBNJ
Chuanliang Wang, Chuanliang Wang, Chuanliang Wang, Chuanliang Wang, Mengjie Zhao, Dexin Wang, Xiuwei An   +6 more
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The Advent of the 2023 “BBNJ” Agreement: A Preliminary Legal Analysis

Environmental Policy and Law
On 4 March 2023, the Member States of the United Nations agreed in New York on the text of a new treaty on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ or ABNJ) –in international maritime areas. It took marathon process spread over more than ten years of informal discussions, four years of formal negotiations and the final session of almost
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Benefit sharing of marine genetic resources and intellectual property protection under the BBNJ agreement

Frontiers in Marine Science
The relationship between benefit-sharing of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction and the intellectual property system has been a focal issue in past negotiations of the BBNJ Agreement.
Qing Xu, Yongfeng Jin
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Big schools of small fish in a big pond – the influence of small-island developing states in the BBNJ process

Frontiers in Marine Science
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are champions on the global stage of sustainable and equitable ocean management. This paper addresses the contributions of SIDS to the negotiation and development of the legally binding agreement under the United ...
Kahlil Hassanali, Kahlil Hassanali, Kahlil Hassanali, Nellie Catzim, Nellie Catzim, Ríán Derrig, Harriet Harden-Davies, Vui Gemma Nelson, Vui Gemma Nelson, Angelique Pouponneau, Angelique Pouponneau   +10 more
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On the implementation of the provisions concerning area-based management tools under the BBNJ Agreement

Marine Development
As one of the four core components 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), area-based ...
Zheng Gong, Chuanliang Wang
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BBNJ Agreement's Clearing–House Mechanism: AI for good?

Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
The Agreement under the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) established a key information system for implementation: the Clearing–House Mechanism (Mechanism).
Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, Judith Gobin, Martin Styrmoe Moen, Aaron Roan   +3 more
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How to make benefit-sharing possible: the absence of a disclosure of origin system under the BBNJ agreement and the way forward

Frontiers in Marine Science
The entry into force of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement institutionalizes benefit-sharing for marine genetic resources from the high seas.
Fanyu Kong
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Mapping genetic extractivism in the high seas: political ecologies of the BBNJ regime for ‘marine genetic resources’

Frontiers in Marine Science
In this article, we situate the emergence of a global regulatory regime for marine genetic resources within broader tendencies towards uneven development and expanding extractivist practices.
Erica Borg, Amedeo Policante
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