Area-Based Management Tools, Including Marine Protected Areas—Reflections on the Status of Negotiations

Abstract

The negotiations on Area- based management tools and Marine Protected Areas (mpa s) are well advanced. There are several points most positions have in common, such as consultations before a decision on a new mpa, and why the strict division between the “global approach” and the “regional approach” may be misleading. This paper is based on a presentation that was presented shortly after the second substantive session of negotiations. States were anxiously waiting for the President of the conference, Ambassador Rena Lee, to publish the next document to guide the negotiations. The aim of the presentation was to illustrate the status of the negotiations on the topic “Area- based management tools, including marine protected areas”, by providing some examples of the different ideas proposed during the negotiations.