Pacific Small Island Developing States

On Monday, 29 August, the plenary of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 2) on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), convened briefly in the morning. It was followed by the informal working group on marine genetic resources, which focused on definitions, intellectual property rights and benefit-sharing. The informal working group on area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, met throughout the day to consider: definitions, principles and approaches, and institutional arrangements. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report in English and French from the 2nd 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.” Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. John Brincat, EU Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Margo Deiye, Nauru, for Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Alice Revell and John Adank, New Zealand Amb. Makurita Baaro, Kiribati Chair Eden Charles, Trinidad and Tobago Zentaro Naganuma, Japan Kimo Goree, Vice-President, IISD, with Sidney Kemble, the Netherlands Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica Prim Masrinuan, Thailand for the Group of 77 and China Ali Nasimfar, Iran Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Isaías Medina Mejías, Venezuela Diedre Mills, Jamaica Michael Bliss, Australia Christoph Reusser, Switzerland Xinmin Ma, China Kristina Gjerde, IUCN Janine Coye-Felson, Belize Sofia Tsenikli, Greenpeace Cristian Laborda Mora, Chile Catherine Boucher, Canada Ismail Raushan, Maldives Peggy Kalas, High Seas Alliance Alistair Graham, Australia, and Cristian Laborda Mora, Chile Daniela Diz, ENB, and Martijn Peijs, the Netherlands Participants networking Hector Celarié, El Salvador