From 20-21 April and 27-28 April 2022, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat will participate in the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Capacity-Building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures in the Marine Fishery Sector.
The workshop, which will be held virtually, is being convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with various partners, including the Cartagena Convention Secretariat, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission, the UNDP/GEF PROCARIBE+ PPG Coordination Unit, and the Fisheries Expert Group of the IUCN-Commission on Ecosystem Management. The organization of this workshop is being financially supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.
The workshop seeks to enhance the capacity of countries in the region to identify, designate and report on “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) in the marine fishery sector. The concept of OECMs emerged from Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, which focused specifically on area-based conservation. At its fourteenth meeting, in 2018, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the CBD adopted a definition, and criteria for the identification, of OECMs. In the same decision, the COP requested the CBD Secretariat to provide capacity-building, including training workshops, to enable the application of the scientific and technical advice and guidance on OECMs (decision 14/8).
For more information, please visit https://www.cbd.int/meetings/006239.
