Ecosystem Approach for the Management of Deep-Sea Mining Activities

Cormier, Roland

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12696-4_14

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“…Based on the results from an appropriate monitoring strategy, an adaptive management cycle includes a periodic review of the environmental situation and of the suite of measures. Transparency and stakeholder involvement are important process standards for EAM governance (Cormier et al, 2017;Cormier, 2019). Collaborative and coordinated approaches, integrated and across sectors, will likely be more effective to attain the interrelated ocean, biodiversity, and climate targets (Stephenson et al, 2019).…”

Section: An Ecosystem Approach To Management For Abnjmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Potentially, a regional management approach such as envisaged by the ISA provides tremendous opportunities for an EAM-consistent regionally integrated environmental governance in ABNJ, even if only pursued by one sectoral organisation (Christiansen and Singh, 2022 in press). Cormier (2019) distinguishes the ecosystem approach a) to governance, acting through policy making, b) to management, through protection and conservation objectives, and c) the operational ecosystem approach which delivers the operational control of activities and therefore the effective outcome of the governance regime. All three are important in context with developing and managing REMPs, in particular if a tiered approach connects the project-level contracting with the global ISA policy (Jones et al, 2019;Jaeckel, 2020b).…”

Section: An Ecosystem Approach For Developing and Managing Rempsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…24 Other operational and scientific uncertainties concern e.g. the underlying assumption on sediment plume dispersal, population propagation and exchange, as well as the minimum size for an independent, unaffected reserve area (Cormier, 2019).…”

Section: Current Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: REMPs for Deep Seabed Mining and the Proposed BBNJ Instrument

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The ocean plays a key role in sustaining life on our planet and is inextricably linked to biodiversity, climate, human well-being, and health. However, the governance of the ocean is primarily pursued through sectoral-based legal and institutional frameworks that falls short in ensuring the long-term protection of the marine environment and the sustainability of marine resources. This is especially concerning in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (ABNJ) where human activities continue to expand. The existence of two distinct regimes in ABNJ, namely the High Seas (applicable to the water column, which is a global common) and the Area (applicable to the international seabed and its mineral resources, which are the common heritage of mankind), that have been largely regulated separately, impede the development and implementation of integrated marine environmental governance and biodiversity conservation in ABNJ. On the one hand, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), which is mandated to administer the mineral resources of the Area, is currently discussing a set of regulations to enable future exploitation activities. On the other hand, multilateral negotiations are taking place for the development of an internationally legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (referred to as the proposed ‘BBNJ’ Instrument). Both processes offer a unique opportunity to foster an ecosystem approach to management (EAM) in ABNJ. In this article, we elaborate on options for stronger governance integration and the development of a coherent and collaborative interplay between these two processes. To this end, we explore the potential of Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) established by the ISA as a case study to contribute to global biodiversity conservation, and the opportunity for the proposed BBNJ Instrument to promote overarching coherence to biodiversity conservation in ABNJ, premised on EAM. We conclude that the proposed BBNJ Instrument could have a pivotal role to streamline multilateral action for the conservation of biodiversity in ABNJ by adopting an ambitious, overarching environmental vision and strategic goals, accompanied by strong implementation and enforcement mechanisms.

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Section: An Ecosystem Approach To Management For Abnjmentioning

confidence: 99%