RESOURCES
Publications & reports
Scientific articles, project partner reports, conference and workshop recordings
by Sargasso Sea Commission
- August, 2024
The article examines new technologies available for the advancement of the governance of the high seas, in the context of legal developments including the adoption of the BBNJ agreement.
Authors: David Freestone, Kieran Bjergstrom, Kristina Gjerde, Patrick Halpin, Kevin Fleming, Andrew Hudson, Alex Rogers, Fae Sapsford, Vardis Maximilian Tsontos, Ph.D, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo, and David Vousden.
Do you know the thermal dome?
by MarViva Foundation
- June 7, 2024
Supplement to the daily newspaper La Nación –
Available in Spanish & English
Technical report: Analysis of the economic impact of the Thermal Dome in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
by MarViva Foundation
- May, 2024
A technical publication (available in Spanish and English) describing the Thermal Dome’s economic contribution to the Central American countries to provide input for the Socio-Economic Diagnostic Analysis (SEDA).
Author: Sonia Angélica Jurado Caicedo
Recommendations for the establishment of a ABMT to manage negative impacts from the international maritime navigation in the Thermal Dome
by MarViva Foundation
Policy Brief (available in Spanish and English) including recommendations for the establishment of an Area-Based Management Tool (ABMT) in the high seas area of the Thermal Dome to reduce negative impacts from maritime navigation trough the adoption of a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area in the Thermal Dome
o Evidence on the economic relevance and the linkages between commercial fishing and tourism activities in Central America and the Thermal Dome
o The intention of the COCATRAM countries to establish a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) in the Thermal Dome.
Author: Sonia Angélica Jurado Caicedo
- May, 2024
Guidance document for understanding the BBNJ Agreement
by MarViva Foundation
Discover here, in English and in Spanish, the new editorial contribution dedicated to disseminating knowledge and improving understanding of the BBNJ treaty, both for the general public and for the government officials responsible for its implementation, written by Sonia Angélica Jurado Caicedo, SARGADOM project coordinator at the MarViva Foundation, specialist in the fields of international affairs, environmental multilateralism, ocean governance, and sustainable development SARGADOM project coordinator at the MarViva Foundation and a specialized in the field.
- March 20, 2024
Extended Post-Event Material IMO-WMU PSSA Workshop
by IMO-WMU-Nippon Foundation
From 13 to 15 November 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Maritime University (WMU) – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute (GOI) hosted a workshop in Costa Rica on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) on the High Seas.
The workshop was delivered in collaboration with the Sargasso Sea Commission and MarViva, with support by The Nippon Foundation, the Global Environment Facility, United
Nations Developing Programme (UNDP), SARGADOM and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO).
- November 15, 2023
Interactive dialogue 7: Enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
by Sargasso Sea Commission
- 2022
Interactive dialogue 7: Enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
by MarViva Foundation
- 2022
Contribute to a hybrid governance to protect and manage remarkable areas of the high seas: the Thermal Dome and Sargasso Sea (SARGADOM project)
by MarViva Foundation, OFB, Sargasso Sea Commission, UBO
- 2022
Area-based management tools in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction: Time to be bold, visionary and pragmatic for the benefit of humankind and the ocean
by Gjerde K., Payne C., Freestone D., Pasquero J., Ortuno Crespo G., Epps M., Chazot C. and Spadone A.
- 2022
Lessons learned from ABNJ initiatives and treaties
by MarViva Foundation, OFB, Sargasso Sea Commission
- October 7, 2023
Biodiversité marine, vers un nouveau traité de l’ONU
by Bailly D., Cadalen P-Y., Guilloux B., Leclerc T. & Richard J.
- April 4, 2023
An Analysis of Policy Options Available to the International Maritime Organization to Protect the Costa Rica Thermal Dome: Building the Case for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
by Richard Castillo Rodríguez, Jorge Jiménez, Katherine Arroyo Arce, Katie R. Thompson
- January 19, 2023
IUCN commentary on the further revised draft text of an 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
by IUCN, David Freestone
- August 8, 2022
The Sargasso Sea High Seas EBSA After Ten Years: Is It Still Relevant and How Has It Helped Conservation Efforts?
by Howard S.J. Roe, David Freestone and Fae Sapsford
- June 24, 2022
Governance of High Seas Ecosystems: Big Data & AI
by Dr Kieran N Bjergstrom & Kevin P Fleming
- April 29, 2022
Rendez-vous à New-York ! La gouvernance de la haute mer et la protection de sa biodiversité !
by University of Brest
- February 10, 2022
Workshop Ocean governance responding to change
by Denis Bailly, University of Brest
- February 9, 2022
The Sargasso Sea Commission: An Evolving New Paradigm for High Seas Ecosystem Governance?
by David Freestone, Sargasso Sea Commission
- June 16, 2021
Advancing the Central American marine agenda: the case of the Thermal Dome
by MarViva Foundation
- April 10, 2021
Conserving the Golden Rainforest of the Atlantic: the Sargasso Sea GEF/FFEM project
by David Freestone, Sargasso Sea Commission
- March 10, 2021
High Seas and Coastal Linkages: the Case of the Costa Rica Thermal Dome
by Jorge Jiménez and Katherine Arroyo, MarViva Foundation
- January 13, 2021
Contributing to hybrid governance to protect and manage remarkable areas on the high seas: Tropical East Pacific and Northwest Atlantic Oceans
by Teresa Mackey, Sargasso Sea Commission and Katherine Arroyo MarViva Foundation
- December 1, 2020
Press Review
- To mine or not to mine the seabed? At the forefront of the debate in Jamaica, a researcher from Brest explains what’s at stake
- July 27, 2023
- ‘One of the most important talks no one has heard of’: why the high seas treaty matters
- February 28, 2023
- Traité sur la protection de la haute mer : quelles avancées et quels blocages à l’Onu ?
- August 31, 2022
- À Brest, Océanopolis sera la porte d’entrée du sommet mondial des océans One Ocean Summit
- February 4, 2022
- Multimillion dollar grant awarded to protect Sargasso Sea – The Royal Gazette – Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community
- February 9, 2021
Factsheet
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