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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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Earth Negotiations Bulletin - ENB
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First meeting of the Ad
Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas under the Convention
on Biological Diversity
The seventh meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP-7)
to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a programme of work on
protected areas. The objective of the programme of work is to support
the establishment and maintenance, by 2010 for terrestrial and by 2012
for marine areas, of comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically
representative national and regional systems of protected areas that
collectively, inter alia
through a global network, contribute to achieving the three objectives of
the Convention and the 2010 target to significantly reduce the current
rate of biodiversity loss.
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CBD
COP-7 further established an Ad Hoc
Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas to support and review the
implementation of the programme of work. The Working Group is expected
to, inter alia:
- explore
options for cooperation for establishing marine protected areas in
marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, consistent with
international law and based on scientific information;
- explore
options for mobilizing adequate and timely financial resources for
the implementation of the programme of work by developing countries
and countries with economies in transition;
- contribute
to the further development of tool kits for the identification, designation,
management, monitoring and evaluation of national and regional
systems of protected areas, with special regards to indigenous and
local communities and stakeholder involvement, and benefit-sharing
mechanisms;
- recommend
ways and means to improve implementation of the programme of work on
protected areas.
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cooperation with the CBD Secretariat
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