Summary
On Tuesday, 28 March, delegates to the the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) reconvened in the informal working group on marine genetic resources in the morning. Deliberations focused on benefit-sharing modalities and on the possible establishment of a clearinghouse. Following a brief plenary, the informal working group on area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs), convened in the afternoon, focusing on objectives and definitions.
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Bird's eye view of PrepCom 3 plenary session
Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation
Thembile Joyini, South Africa
Margo Deiye, Nauru
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Susan Whelan, Holy See
Napoleon Beras, Dominican Republic
Zhang Haiwen, China
Nundini Pertaub, Mauritius
L-R: Konrad Marciniak and John Brincat, EU
Christoph Reusser, Switzerland
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Jihyun Lee, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Salvatore Aricò, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Kristina Gjerde, IUCN
Merete Tandstad, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Jessica Battle, WWF
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Janine Coye-Felson, Belize, Facilitator of the informal working group on marine genetic resources; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; and Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs; Valentina Germani, UNDOALOS; and Carlos Fuentes, UNDOALOS
Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil
Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs
Florian Botto, Monaco
Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia
Isaías Medina Mejías, Venezuela
Babajide Alo, Nigeria
L-R: Tidiani Couma, Monaco, in conversation with Angel Horna, Peru
Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including
MPAs, with Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia
Thembile Joyini, South Africa, consulting with Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador