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1. La problématique générale de la gouvernance de la mer Méditerranée
The general issue of governance of the Mediterranean Sea
La problemática general de la gobernanza en el Mediterráneo

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La Gouvernance en Méditerranée:
De quoi s’agit-il?

Le Régime Juridique

Document entier

Relevant legal instruments in the Mediterranean

1. Regional Framework Conventions and Non-Binding Agreements

2. Vessel - Vessel Safety and Pollution Control

3. At-Sea Waste Disposal (Dumping) and Maritime Transport of Wastes

4. Nuclear Contamination from the Marine Perspective

5. Pollution from Offshore Activities

6. Sustainable Fisheries

7. Marine Protected Areas and Species

Relevant International and Regional Processes

Etudes de Cas

The project of international marine park in the mouths of Bonifacio in international law

Specially protected areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI) wholly on the high seas

Documents Intéressants

Sélection bibliographique

Media

Les réseaux transméditerranéens dans le domaine de la protection de la nature : limites et effets de la pluralité normative Sandrine MALJEAN-DUBOIS et Sébastien MABILE (en publication 2004)

Comment protéger les espaces de Haute mer en Méditerranée ? (La Razon.11 mars 2004)

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Governance of the Mediterranean Sea:
What is it about?

The legal regime

Full document

Relevant legal instruments in the Mediterranean

1. Regional Framework Conventions and Non-Binding Agreements

2. Vessel - Vessel Safety and Pollution Control

3. At-Sea Waste Disposal (Dumping) and Maritime Transport of Wastes

4. Nuclear Contamination from the Marine Perspective

5. Pollution from Offshore Activities

6. Sustainable Fisheries

7. Marine Protected Areas and Species

Relevant International and Regional Processes

Case studies

The project of international marine park in the mouths of Bonifacio in international law

Specially protected areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI) wholly on the high seas

Interesting documents

References

Media

Les réseaux transméditerranéens dans le domaine de la protection de la nature : limites et effets de la pluralité normative Sandrine MALJEAN-DUBOIS et Sébastien MABILE (en publication 2004)

Comment protéger les espaces de Haute mer en Méditerranée ? (La Razon.11 mars 2004)

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2. La gouvernance en Méditerranée au-delà des mers territoriales
Governance in the Mediterranean beyond territorial sea
La Gobernanza en el Mediterráneo más allá de las aguas territoriales

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A Programme

Towards an Improved Governance in the Mediterranean Beyond Territorial Seas. Agenda
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B Presentations

Main themes of discussion

SESSION 1. Legal Condition of the Mediterranean: an Evolution?

  • Pr Haritini Dipla, University of Athens, Greece
    Maritime Delimitation in the Mediterranean and Protection of Marine Biodiversity
    | Abstract |
  • Pr Saïd Ihraï, University Mohammed V, Morocco
    The Exclusive Economic Zone of Morocco in the Mediterranean
    | Abstract |
  • Daniel Silvestre, Secrétariat Général de la Mer, France
    The French Zone of Ecological Protection (ZPE) in the Mediterranean
    | Abstract | Map |
  • Pr Davor Vidas, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
    Croatia's Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone in the Adriatic Sea
  • Pr Tullio Scovazzi, University of Milan, Italy
    The Extension of Maritime Jurisdiction in the Seas surrounding Italy
    | Abstract | Map |

SESSION 2. Transboundary Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean

  • Pr Josette Beer-Gabel, University Paris I, France
    A Sanctuary for Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean | Abstract | Map | Photo |
  • Marianne Laudato, Office Environnement Corse, France
    The Office Environnement Corse and the protection in the Mouths of Bonifacio.
    | Resume / Document | Power Point |
  • Claudiane Chevalier, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
    The Project of International Marine Park in the Mouths of Bonifacio and the Regime of Navigation in the International Strait | Abstract | Power Point |
  • Aref Fakhry, IMO International Marine Law Institute, Malta
    Special Protective Regimes in the Mediterranean Sea
    | Abstract |
  • Gemma Andreone, University of Napoli, Italy
    Implementation of Fisheries Management and Marine Conservation Instruments in the Mediterranean High Seas | Abstract |
  • Pr Habib Slim, University of Tunis, Tunisia
    SPAMI as a Tool for Legitimization for the Formation of a Norm of a Customary Law at the Regional Level? | Abstract |

SESSION 3. Cooperation with Relevant Processes

  • Alain Bonzon, GFCM FAO, Italy
    The Reform of GFCM as a Tool for an Enhanced Management of Marine Resources in the Mediterranean.
    | Power Point |
  • Chedly Rais, MAP, Tunisia
    Role and Development of the Barcelona System for an Improved Governance
    | Abstract | Power Point |
  • Pr Lilia Khodjet el Khil, REMPEC, Malta
    Prevention of Operational Pollution by Tankers : Legal Regime, Obstacles and Achievements in the Mediterranean
    | Abstract | Power Point |

C Conclusions

Conclusions
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D Background Documents / General info

Background Documents

Rationale
Towards an Improved Governance in the Mediterranean Beyond Territorial Sea
15-16 March 2004
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Agreement on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundaries in the Area of the Strait of Bonifacio, 28 November 1986. (France-Italy)
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IUCN Mediterranean Marine Law Specialist Group (MMLSG) Brochure UICN Network of cooperation to address legal marine issues in the Mediterranean
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Convention on Biological Diversity Decision UNEP/CBD/COP/71L.31(2004)
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Declaration of the Ministerial Conference For the sustainable development of Fisheries in the Mediterranean (Venice
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Decision on the Extension of the Jurisdiction of the Republic of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea
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IUCN International Ocean Governance
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IUCN WWF WCPA Ten-year high seas marine protected Area strategy: A ten-year Strategy to Promote the Development of a Global Representative System of High Seas Marine Protected Area Networks
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Terms of Reference of Specialist Group for Ocean Law and Governance (2003)
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Report on the work of the UNICPOLOS. Letter dated 9 June 2003 from the Co-Chairpersons of the Consultative Process Addressed to the President of the General Assembly
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United Nations Secretary-General report for UNICPOLOS 2004
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Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas:
| Some Legal and Policy Considerations, Tullio Scovazzi |

Víctor Manteca Valdelande Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
| Regulación de Espacios Marinos en el Mediterráneo y Propuesta para una Política Común Pesquera Mediterránea |

Kristian Turkalj Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, Belgium
How to Improve Marine Resources Conservation and Management in the Mediterranean?
| Abstract |

General Info

Links to relevant legal instruments in the Mediterranean:

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004

Pertaining to international cooperation

Pertaining to combating unsustainable fisheries:

Pertaining to the protection of cetaceans:

Pertaining to Marine protected areas including the High seas:

  • Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas (SPA Protocol); adopted in 1982, in force in 1986, revised in 1995 as the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA and Biodiversity Protocol).
  • UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (in force in 1994)

Pertaining to prevention of marine pollution and emergency cases

 

E Minutes

Minutes | |

F List of Participants

G Press Releases

H Gallery

3. Marine protected areas in the high seas
Les aires marines protégées en haute mer
Las áreas marinas protegidas en alta mar

Version Française

Atelier sur les aires marines protegées
en haute mer

Objectifs

Programme

Documents

Background documents

Tomme Young (2003). Legal background paper. Developing a legal strategy for high seas marine protected areas.

Susan Gubbay (2003). Scientific Background Paper. Protecting the natural resources of the high seas.

Présentations

Welcome and Introductions

Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head, IUCN Global Marine Programme

Highlights of Scientific and Legal Background Papers as Relevant to the Development of an Action Plan

Tomme Rosanne Young, J.D. "Protecting the Natural Resources of the High Seas: Relevant policy and legal instruments and options for a strategy to protect priority areas and promote a system of MPAs"

Susan Gubbay, PhD. "Protecting the Natural Resources of the High Sea: the need for high seas MPAs and possible priority areas suitable for management as MPAs"

Short updates/ Presentations from Participants

Guiseppe Nortarbartolo di Sciara, Tullio Scovazzi and Patrick van Kleveran Case study on the Ligurian Sea Sanctuary, the first MPA with a high seas Component

Lyle Glowka. Putting Marine Scientific Research on a Sustainable Footing at Hydrothermal Vents

David Leary. The International seabed authority and designation of sensitive no mining areas for the conservation of hydrothermal vent ecosystems on the high seas: legal and practical realities

Vadim O. Mokievsky. Marine protected areas in the High Seas

Participants

Liste des Participants

Résumé

Compte-rendu

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English Version

Presentation of the workshop on high seas
marine protected areas

Objectives

Programme

Documents

Background documents

Tomme Young (2003). Legal background paper. Developing a legal strategy for high seas marine protected areas.

Susan Gubbay (2003). Scientific Background Paper. Protecting the natural resources of the high seas.

Presentations

Welcome and Introductions

Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head, IUCN Global Marine Programme

Highlights of Scientific and Legal Background Papers as Relevant to the Development of an Action Plan

Tomme Rosanne Young, J.D. "Protecting the Natural Resources of the High Seas: Relevant policy and legal instruments and options for a strategy to protect priority areas and promote a system of MPAs"

Susan Gubbay, PhD. "Protecting the Natural Resources of the High Sea: the need for high seas MPAs and possible priority areas suitable for management as MPAs"

Short updates/ Presentations from Participants

Guiseppe Nortarbartolo di Sciara, Tullio Scovazzi and Patrick van Kleveran, Case study on the Ligurian Sea Sanctuary, the first MPA with a high seas Component

Lyle Glowka. Putting Marine Scientific Research on a Sustainable Footing at Hydrothermal Vents

David Leary. The International seabed authority and designation of sensitive no mining areas for the conservation of hydrothermal vent ecosystems on the high seas: legal and practical realities

Vadim O. Mokievsky. Marine protected areas in the High Seas

Participants

Liste des Participants

Summary

Proceedings

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