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First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working
Group
on Protected Areas
13- 17 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy
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Highlights for Friday 17, June 2005
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On Friday
morning, SWG-I attempted to reach agreement on issues where a compromise
was imminent due to informal consultations, with the understanding that
highly controversial issues, particularly regarding options for
cooperation for the establishment of MPAs
beyond national jurisdiction, would remain in brackets for consideration
by the second meeting of the Working Group. The closing plenary convened
in the afternoon.
Above photo: The EU in consultation regarding the report of SWG-I.
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CLOSING
PLENARY:
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The closing plenary heard closing remarks by the CBD Executive
Secretary Hamdallah Zedan, and closing statements by regional and
other groups. Thanking all
the delegates and staff for hard work and commitment, CBD Executive
Secretary said the Working Group can be reasonably satisfied with its
work.
Palau, speaking on behalf of the Asia
and Pacific group, expressed general satisfaction with the
meeting’s outcomes. Noting that achievement of the work
programme’s objectives requires financial resources, capacity
building and institutional strengthening, he
urged developing countries and GEF to fulfil their commitments. The Netherlands,
on behalf of the EU, said that even though the meeting made good
progress on the implementation of the work programme, the fact that
brackets remain in the chapeau of the recommendation on financial
mechanisms sets a dangerous precedent for other CBD Working Groups.
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Above
photos L-R: The dais of of the closing
plenary with Aldo Cosentino,
Director General for Nature Protection, Ministry of Environment and
Territory of Italy; Altero Matteoli, Minister of Environment and
Territory of Italy; Letchumanan Ramatha, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia, speaking on behalf of
COP-7 President; Hamdallah Zedan, CBD Executive Secretary, Jo Mulongoy, Secretary of the Meeting and Chaweewan Hutacharern,
Rapporteur (Thailand).
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Altero Matteoli, Minister of Environment and Territory of Italy,
delivered closing comments, congratulating the Working Group on a
far-reaching debate and progress made on the development of toolkits
for the identification and management of PA systems. He also called for
support from delegates to request the Italian Prime Minister’s
support
for the recommendations from this meeting at the next G8 summit in July
2005.
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Above photo: Delegates from the EU, Norway, and Ghana in consultation
with Hamdallah Zedan,
CBD Executive Secretary and Letchumanan
Ramatha, Under-Secretary of the Ministry
of Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia, on behalf of COP-7
President.
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Palau, speaking on behalf of the Asia and Pacific group, expressed general
satisfaction with the meeting’s outcomes.
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IIFB expressed concern with regard to deletion of references to
the rights of indigenous and local communities in several documents.
Above photo: Auldhild Schanche (IIFB)
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Greenpeace and WWF made a joint statement on behalf of NGOs,
expressing deep concern that not all Parties shared the urgency to act,
backtracking on targets agreed at COP-7, and that CBD’s
role with regard to high seas was questioned repeatedly.
Above photo: Martin Kaiser (Greenpeace)
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Letchumanan Ramatha, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment of Malaysia, on behalf of COP-7 President
gavelled the meeting to a close at
10:10pm
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SUB-WORKING
GROUP I
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Above
photos L-R: The dais of SWG-I with David Coates (CBD), SWG-I
Chair Karen Brown, and Jo Mulongoy,
Secretary of the Meeting
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Delegates
agreed on compromise language regarding: the findings of the
preliminary scientific study and a request to the Executive Secretary
to synthesize scientific information; participation of stakeholders and
indigenous and local communities on MPA identification and management;
a compilation of existing ecological criteria for area identification
and biogeographical classification systems by
the Executive Secretary, and a scientific expert workshop, hosted by
Canada, to develop such criteria and classification systems, the
results of which will be transmitted to Parties in advance of the
second Working Group meeting; relevant global and regional legal
instruments that, in addition to UNCLOS, constitute the international
legal framework; lack of implementation and enforcement of the
international legal framework with respect to biodiversity in marine
areas beyond national jurisdiction; cooperation and coordination among
different forums; Parties’ actions towards establishing national
and regional MPAs; work to develop and
implement measures to combat IUU fishing; and a request to the
Executive Secretary to transmit the Working Group results to the UNGA
Informal Working Group.
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Above photo: View of the plenary during the morning session of
SWG-I.
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CANADA
expressed its intention to host a scientific workshop on criteria and
classification system.
Above photo L-R: Susan Waters, Robert McLean and Renée
Sauvé (Canada)
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Delegates
debated a compromise proposal encouraging Parties to endeavor to
establish some MPAs in regions, on a case by
case basis, as a contribution towards meeting the 2012 target. The EU
requested that some MPAs be established in
the high seas by 2008. Argentina
highlighted lack of criteria and legal framework to establish MPAs in the high seas, but the EU underscored
criteria under regional seas conventions and establishment of high seas
PAs by RFMOs.
Delegates agreed to drop the paragraph.
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Bracketed
text remained on: a clause regarding an implementing convention to
UNCLOS, with the EU supporting the reference, Canada and Australia
wishing to keep it as an option, GRULAC supporting to draft it as a
recommendation, and Norway, Iceland and Japan opposing any reference to
an implementing agreement to UNCLOS; an option regarding cooperation to
make progress in establishing MPAs beyond
national jurisdiction, with the EU calling for early progress and
Norway opposing reference to MPAs beyond
national jurisdiction; options requiring implementation of the Fish
Stocks Agreement; and an option addressing designation of Particularly
Sensitive Sea Areas under the International Maritime Organization.
SWG-I then adopted its report (UNEP/CBD/WG-PA/SWG.I/L.1 and Add.1) as
amended to reflect morning discussions
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