ABNJ Regional Leaders Program – First Session

Capacity Development and ABNJ

Regional and National Perspectives

Examples from Africa

January 21, 2015

Conference Room 7, United Nations HQ

New York, USA

Outline From regional to national

• 1. Regional perspective on ABNJ - Africa Group’s position

- African Regional Seas

- Challenges

• 2. Sub-regional initiatives and programs - Awareness raising_

- Capacity building needs

• 3. Successful case study - Ocean Economy

- Joint management strategy

1. Regional perspective on ABNJ

(i) AIMS 2050

- ABNJs Silent

- Reference to Africa Maritime Domaine

(AMD)

- AMD has vast potential for wealth

creation.

1. Regional perspective on ABNJ (C’d)

(ii) Africa Group’s position

Africa Group statement at the 8th Ad-Hoc

Open-ended Informal Working Group on

areas beyond national jurisdiction (i.e:

common heritage of mankind principle +

technical capabilities + transfer of marine

technology

1. Regional perspective on ABNJ (C’d)

(iii) African Regional Seas

• 4 Conventions and relevant protocols

(Abidjan, Barcelona, Nairobi, PERSGA)

• Abidjan Convention COP11

Decision - CP. 11/10. Conservation and

Sustainable use of the Marine Biodiversity of

the Areas Located beyond National

Jurisdictions

1. Regional perspective on ABNJ (C’d)

(iv) Challenges ahead

• Activities on ABNJ impact EEZ and vice

versa

• No coherent regional legal framework

• Lack of capacities and financial resources

• Lack of ocean governance mechanisms

• Lack of compliance and enforcement (to

monitor, control and surveillance the

activities)

2. Sub-regional Organisations/Initiatives

• Nairobi Convention and Protocols • EA Regional Seas Program • WIOMSA • IOTC • IOC • SWIOFC • CORDIO • SIODFA • AFRICAN UNION • COMESA • SADC • EAC

(i) Awareness raising

(ii) Capacity Building Needs

2. Sub-regional Programs/Projects

ASCLME project

Baseline assessment of the ASCLME was done in order to:

• Fill information gaps

• To ascertain the role of external forcing functions (such as the Mascarene Plateau and the Southern Equatorial Current)

Comoros

Madagascar

Tanzania

Kenya

Somalia

Seychelles

Reunion (France)

Mauritius

Mozambique

Eastern Coast of South Africa

GEF- WIOMHP Creation of a Marine

Highway (especially in the Mozambique Channel) to ensure safe passage of ships by preventing oil spill pollution control.

Empowerment of the

participating countries to be in a state of preparedness in conformity with the IMO Conventions OPRC 90 and HNS 2000.

2. OTHERS PROJECTS

• SWIOFP

• WIOLaB

• EAF- NANSEN

• SEA MOUNT

• ACEP

• ReCoMap

• TRANSMAP

• PUMPSEA

• NAGISA

• North Mozambique Channel - WHS

2. Capacity Building Needs Research – A need for comprehensive research

to explore all biodiversity and resources in the region and do ecosystem valuation.

Monitoring – In-terms of human, methods and tools for the purpose of keeping proper track records of changes and therefore forms the basis for proper and informed decisions.

Observer programmes for fisheries and biodiversity

Enforcement and compliance

Ocean/Blue Economy – Mauritius & Seychelles case

1. Seabed exploration for hydrocarbon and minerals

2. Fishing, seafood processing and aquaculture

3. Deep ocean water applications (MRU)

4. Marine services

5. Seaport-related activities

6. Marine renewable energies

7. Marine Biotechnology

8. Ocean knowledge cluster

3. Successful case study

Sustainable development of the Ocean Economy

Core asset of the Ocean Economy: Protection of the maritime health and the

preservation of Mauritian biological diversity

The Maurice Ile Durable &

Seychelles Dev Stg Policy Strategy and Action Plan for

sustainably developing the

Ocean Economy

The 2005 Mauritius Strategy for the

further implementation of

the Barbados Plan of Action

Rio+20 Declaration on the importance of the conservation and

the sustainable use of the oceans and

seas

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Treaty Concerning the Joint Management of the Continental Shelf in the

Mascarene Plateau Region

PART 1: PRELIMINARY

Article 1: Definitions

Article 2: Treaty without Prejudice

PART 2: THE JOINT MANAGEMENT AREA

Article 3: Joint Management Area

PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY

ARRANGEMENTS

Article 4: Regulatory Bodies

A three-tiered joint administrative structure

Ministerial Council:

Joint Commission:

Designated Authority:

Article 5: Sharing of Revenue

Article 6: Taxation Code

Article 7: Application of Domestic Law

Article 8: Natural Resource Codes

PART 4: PIPELINES AND UNITISATION

Article 9: Pipelines

Article 10: Unitisation

Article 11: Surveys

Article 12: Protection of the Seabed Marine Environment

Article 13: Biological Surveys and Bioprospecting

PART 6: EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND

APPLICATION OF DOMESTIC LAWS

Article 14: Employment

Article 15: Health and Safety for Workers

Article 16: Criminal Jurisdiction

Article 17: Customs, Migration and Quarantine

Article 18: Safety, Operating Standards and Crewing of

Resource Industry Vessels

PART 7: SURVEILLANCE, SECURITY AND RESCUE

Article 19: Surveillance and Security Measures

Article 20: Search and Rescue

PART 8: SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES, DURATION AND

ENTRY INTO FORCE

Article 21: Settlement of Disputes

Article 22: Amendment

Article 23: Duration of the Treaty

Article 24: Entry into Force

Signed 13 March 2012

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Water Column

above

Continental Shelf

1. Connectivity

2. Sedentary

species

3. Bottom

fishing

ABNJ above CONTINENTAL

shelf

CONCLUSION

• 1. Awareness and capacity development

on ABNJ challenges for Africa continent

• 2. Encourage the MCS activities in the

EEZ/ABNJ

• 3. Established Management framework for

CS

• 4. Marine Spatial Planning capacity

• 5. Proper ocean governance mechanisms

for Africa

THANK YOU!

Abidjan Convention