The members of the SARGADOM research project are committed to bringing you live coverage of international negotiations on ocean, climate and biodiversity. During major international meetings (the latest being the International Seabed Authority negotiations), delegations of researchers are accredited as observers to report on these crucial discussions, which will have an impact on the level of protection of marine biodiversity, with an expert’s eye, and a decoding of the issues at stake is also offered before, during and after the events. You can access our latest coverage below.
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The University of Western Brittany (UBO) invites the public to dive deep into the ocean at a conference at Océanopoplis, a scientific center dedicated to the ocean in Brest.
In a groundbreaking move towards global marine conservation, Palau has etched its name in history as the first country to ratify the BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Treaty. The small Pacific island nation has taken a bold step to safeguard the vast and vital areas of the world’s oceans that lie beyond national jurisdiction.
3 days Workshop in Costa Rica, 13-15 November 2023, on the designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) on the High Seas.
As negotiations resume in Kingston to continue the drafting of the mining code, discover Dr Catherine Blanchard’s day-to-day observations.
The high seas treaty opened for signature on september 20th. It has already been signed by more than 70 states
SARGADOM team attended the ‘High Seas Treaty Symposium – from negotiation to implementation’ on 6-7 October 2023 in Edinburgh, UK.
The 1st Steering Committee Meeting for the Sargasso Sea GEF project was scheduled on October 4, 2023, and the 1st stakeholder Engagement Meeting for the project on the October 5, 2023, in Edinburgh, UK, in conjunction with the High Seas Symposium.
The International Seabed Authority is an International Organization based in Kingston. And it is under high pressure!
Its July negotiations on a Mining Code allowing the exploitation of seabed mineral resources just started.
After two days of fruitful discussion during the ABMTs in ABNJ workshop organized by IUCN & OFB with group discussion using a fictive site the transition was just right for the SARGADOM steering committee.
End of June, the SARGADOM project hosted its second steering committee meeting in conjunction with the IUCN high seas ABMTs workshop in Gland, Switzerland.
Adopted in Montreal last 19 December 2022, the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework includes several objectives and targets that cover the Ocean and coasts and aimed at transforming the way these ecosystems are managed. Their implementation however raises many challenges and requires, in particular, to integrate the GBF into intergovernmental marine-related organisations and to pay special attention to the high seas.
The fifth edition of the IMPAC5 Congress dedicated to Marine Protected Areas took place in Vancouver from 3 to 9 February 2022 under the auspices of IUCN.
SARGADOM is a research projet that aims to contribute to a hybrid governance to protect and manage two remarkable areas of the high seas
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