In decision XIII/9, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity encouraged Parties to apply marine spatial planning in areas within their jurisdiction or enhance existing marine spatial planning initiatives. In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary and invited relevant organizations, in particular the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations
Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Maritime Organization, regional seas conventions and action plans and regional fisheries bodies to support the national implementation of marine spatial planning.
Pursuant to this request, the Executive Secretary issued notification 2017-083, dated 31 August 2017, requesting information on experiences in in the implementation of marine spatial planning.
Submissions were received in response to this notification from Brazil, Germany, European Union, Finland, France, Sweden, Iraq, Mexico, Oman, Peru, Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) and Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCA) Consortium. The submissions received in response to the notification were collated, compiled and synthesized in the attached table describing various activities undertaken by Parties and relevant organizations related to marine spatial planning.
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