REVIEW OF EUROPE OVERSEAS MARINEOVERSEAS MARINE

CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN A REGIONAL, EU AND

Carole Martinez

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Carole MartinezAgence des Aires marine protégées, France

Dominique Benzaken, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Europe Overseas Roundtable on Biodiversity and Climate changeBrussels, 14 February 2012

• EUROPE OVERSEAS MARITIME DOMAIN IN CONTEXT

• ISSUES AND CHALLENGESISSUES AND CHALLENGES

• PROPOSAL

• ROUNDTABLE/ EUROPE OVERSEAS ACTORSPARTICIPATION

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MARINE CONSERVATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

• Biodiversity hotspots:• Biodiversity hotspots:– 20 Europe’s overseas territories situated in 34 identified

biodiversity hotspots (polar to tropical);– Coral reef and associated ecosystems (over 20% of coral reefs

and lagoons); deep sea corals and pelagic ecosystems criticaland lagoons); deep sea corals and pelagic ecosystems critical for fisheries;

• Europe overseas economies dependant on marine and coastal ecosystem services:

Fisheries tourism coastal protection marine genetic resources– Fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, marine genetic resources etc.

• Vulnerability to human impacts and climate change:– Overexploitation of natural resources (eg overfishing, illegal

activities) habitat destruction and alien marine invasive speciesactivities) habitat destruction and alien marine invasive species, marine pollution

– Climate change related impacts, Significant changes in temperatures, tropical storms, Sea levels already observed,

– Coral bleaching, erosion of some coastlines, melting of the

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Coral bleaching, erosion of some coastlines, melting of the glaciers ice shelves and polar ice caps;

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G O C OLEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK:CHALLENGES

• Complex shared competence and jurisdiction on marine p p jmatters:

– Europe Union: environmental directives, policies and standards (e.g. Biodiversity Strategy 2020, Integrated Maritime Policy, Marine Policy, Common Fisheries policy, climate change adaptation stategy), only apply to ORs not OCTs (EU MS obligation);

– EU Member States: jurisdiction national for OR, International and regional agreements and conventions, i.e., UNCLOS, UNFSA and RFMOs regional seas conventions, etc.E d l t d t f l l t it i l– Europe overseas: delegated competence for local territorial waters for OCTs;

• Challenges for marine conservation in Europe overseas:– Ocean connectivity and climate change resilience require an

t b d h ( i ti l l i MSP)ecosystem based approach (e.g. marine spatial planning, MSP), – Small coastal MPAs alone are not the answer;– Regional scale is critical given location of EU overseas;– Europe overseas not directly engaged in regional policies and

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programmes;– Opportunities under UN regional seas conventions and UNFSA

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PROPOSAL FOR REVIEW OF EU OVERSEAS MARINE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN EU AND REGIONAL CONTEXT

• French agency for marine protected areas in collaboration with IUCN

P d t f f• Proposed terms of reference

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ABOUT THE AGENCY

• Acted by the Law in 2006;

ABOUT THE AGENCY

• Dedicated to the conservation and sustainable management of marine ecosystems ;

3 main aims : 3 main aims :- to support public policies in the field of marine protected

areas concerning their creation and their management;- to manage the human and financial resources dedicated to

i t k (M d’I i M tt )marine nature parks (Mer d’Iroise - Mayotte);- to give technical and administrative support to

managers of marine protected areas;French Overseas Countries and Territories.French Overseas Countries and Territories.

• Regional collaboration and engagement key objective

PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Key issues, priorities and actors in Europe overseas marine resource management and the protection of marine ecosystems;

• Update/collate information/data on conservation• Update/collate information/data on conservation efforts and marine resource management;

• Analyse existing projects, programmes and policies for marine resource management and the protection g pof marine ecosystems undertaken by EU MS in Europe overseas and identify gaps and best practice initiatives;P i b i /R i l S C ti• Prepare marine basins/Regional Seas Convention synthesis of findings and identify opportunities for regional cooperation.

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PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE (CONT’)

• Review existing EU marine policies and programmes and application to Europe overseas issues and priorities (Reunion recommendations);p ( )

• Identify options for better integration of Europe overseas conservation activities in existing EU programmes and promoting integrated marine

tresource management;• Determine value adding of EU policies and

programmes to existing international/regional policies and programmes;and programmes;

• Propose recommendations and scope proposals for future activities.

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ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION

• Review relevance and feasibility of proposed TORs;

• Facilitate the gathering of information through RT members networks;

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• Technical EU level workshop at the EU level to review results and help formulate recommendations ;

• Call for nominations;

• Next steps;

• The review will inform two activities:– Regional component (carribean region);– International expert workshop focusing on the role of Europe

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overseas in EU, international and regional marine policies.

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