DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
COP 10 Decision X/29 on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Identify EBSAs in the World’s Oceans
ECOMAR
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN)
Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
High Seas Alliance
Strong Action needed at Rio+20 to Secure a Sea-Change for Ocean Conservation
The Need for a New Implementing Agreement Under UNCLOS on Marine Biodiversity of the High Seas
Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas (HERMIONE)
Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (IMARES Wageningen UR)
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
A New Chapter for the High Seas?
A Legal Scenario Analysis for Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Governance of Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction at the Regional Level
Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: The State of Play
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Data Portal
Working Group on Deep-Water Ecology
Working Group on the Biology and Assessment of Deep Sea Fisheries Resources
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Briefing Note on the WG on Marine Biodiversity
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Protection of the Seabed Environment
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas in the Pelagic Realm: Examples and Guidelines
Global Marine and Polar Programme
Global Ocean Protection - Present Status and Future Possibilities
High Seas Gems: Hidden Treasures of Our Blue Earth
IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Towards a Strategy for High Seas Marine Protected Areas
Mar-Eco
Marine Protected Area News
Marine Conservation Institute (MCI)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
Memorandum of Understanding Between OSPAR and NEAFC
Report of NEAFC’s 30th Annual Meeting 2011
The Development of NEAFC's Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs)
OceaAnic Seamounts: an Integrated Study (OASIS)
Toward the Conservation and Management of the Sedlo Seamount
OSPAR Background Documents on Relevant Species and Habitats
OSPAR – Biodiversity, Species and Habitats – and Related Political Commitments
OSPAR Convention Annex V on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity
OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats
OSPAR Ministerial Statement 2010
OSPAR's North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy – Biodiversity
OSPAR Quality Status Report 2010 – Protection and Conservation of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
OSPAR – Marine Protected Areas
Factsheet: Status of the OSPAR Network of Marine Protected Areas in 2012
Factsheet: State of the OSPAR Network of Marine Protected Areas in 2014
Guidelines for the Identification and Selection of Marine Protected Areas in the OSPAR Maritime Area
Guidelines for the Management of Marine Protected Areas in the OSPAR Maritime Area
OSPAR Marine Protected Areas Webtool
OSPAR Recommendation 2003/3 on a Network of Marine Protected Areas
OSPAR Recommendation 2010/2 on Amending Recommendation 2003/3 on a Network of Marine Protected Areas
2014 Status Report on the OSPAR Network of Marine Protected Areas
OSPAR – Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
Charlie-Gibbs North High Seas MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Charlie-Gibbs South MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Milne Seamount MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Altair Seamount High Seas
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Antialtair Seamount High Seas MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Josephine Seamount High Seas MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) north of the Azores High Seas MPA
Background Document (Nomination Proforma)
Decision on the Establishment of the MPA
OSPAR Recommendations on Furthering the Protection and Conservation of Relevant Species and Habitats
Sargasso Sea Alliance
Seamounts Online
Sylvia Earle Alliance
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC)/PEW
Out of the Abyss: Transforming EU Rules to Protect the Deep Sea
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Cold-Water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight - No Longer out of Mind
Deep-Sea Sponge Grounds – Reservoirs of Biodiversity
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Marine Protected Areas in the High Seas
Worldwide Review of Bottom Fisheries in the High Seas
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
Resolutions on Sustainable Fisheries (2006)
Resolutions on Sustainable Fisheries (2011)
Resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (2011)
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
World Database on Marine Protected Areas
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
Conservation in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction - the Role of Regional Seas Organisations
FAR OUT and DEEP UNDER. Protecting Deep-Sea Life on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
First High Seas Marine Protected Areas in the North Atlantic
High Seas MPAs – Regional Approaches and Experiences
Living Blue Planet Report. Species, habitats and human well-being
Marine Protected Areas - Smart Investments in Ocean Health
Matrix of Management Options for the Charlie-Gibbs MPA
Reviewing the Ocean Economy. The case for action - 2015
Saya de Malha Banks - Establishment of a High Seas MPA
Seamounts of the North-East Atlantic
Synthesis of Gaps Identified in Co-Chairs' BBNJ Workshop Report
The High Seas of Sala y Goméz and Nazca Ridges
The Status of Natural Resources on the High Seas
The Value of our Oceans – The Economic Benefits of Marine Biodiversity and Healthy Oceans