Progress report for
Contribution to the CBD Special Voluntary Trust Fund to support work on EBSAs, Marine Spatial Planning and the Sustainable Ocean Initiative.
Achievement at a glance
CBD has allocated the funding to secure participation from developing countries and regions at the CBD Expert Workshop to Develop Options for Modifying the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas, for Describing New Areas, and for Strengthening the Scientific Credibility and Transparency of this Process, that was held in Berlin December 2017. The contribution has also been used in the planning of and support participation from developing at the second meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organisations (RSOs) and Regional Fisheries Bodies (RFBs) on accelerating the process to achieve the Aichi targets. This is an initiative in line with the government prioritization on strengthening the regional marine cooperation. There is still a need for mainstreaming of marine biodiversity into different sectors and cooperation of between global and regional conventions as well as different competent organisations. Also, there is a further need to increase capacity building and improve ocean literacy.Beneficiaries
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