Summary
On Tuesday, 11 July, PrepCom 4's informal working group on marine genetic resources (MGRs), addressed: the nature of benefits; benefit-sharing modalities; intellectual property rights; monitoring of utilization of MGRs; a clearinghouse mechanism; and capacity building and technology transfer.
The informal working group on measures such as area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs), facilitated by Alice Revell (New Zealand), discussed: objectives, guiding principles and approaches, criteria for identifying areas in need of protection; and the process for establishing ABMTs, including decision-making.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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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; Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS; and Michele Ameri, UNDOALOS
Dominic Misiolo Sofe, Samoa
Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia
Zha Hyoung Rhee, Republic of Korea
Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan
Zentaro Naganuma, Japan
Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Leonito Bacalando Jr., Federated States of Micronesia
Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines
José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina
Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea
Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
Zakieh Taghizadeh, Iran
Shara Duncan, Costa Rica
Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, making an intervention
Konrad Marciniak, EU
Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN
Jessica Battle, WWF
Alain Tellier, Canada
Sabita Nakarmi, Nepal
Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland, making an intervention
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS
L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs; and Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS
Sophie Mirgaux, EU
Ma Xinmin, China
Kate Neilson, New Zealand
Aboubacar Oulare, Guinea
Fred Sarufa, Papua New Guinea
Drusila Esther Bayate, the Philippines
Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China
Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga
Evan Bloom, US
Mirriam Lidimani, Solomon Islands
L-R: Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, in a conversation with Zakieh Taghizadeh, Iran
Alexander Shestakov (center), WWF, in a discussion with delegates from the Russian Federation
L-R: Florian Botto, Monaco; Sergio Carvalho, Portugal; Tidiani Couma, Monaco; and Stella Bartolini Cavicchi, World Ocean Council