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Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic EBSA Regional Workshop,

Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic EBSA Regional Workshop, 28 February to 2 March 2012 – Recife, Brazil. Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic region :Biogeography. Global Open Oceans & Deep Seas (GOODS) : Bathyal. Global Open Oceans & Deep Seas (GOODS) : Pelagic.

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Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic EBSA Regional Workshop,

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  1. Wider Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic EBSA Regional Workshop, 28 February to 2 March 2012 – Recife, Brazil

  2. Caribbean and Western Mid-Atlantic region :Biogeography Global Open Oceans & Deep Seas (GOODS) : Bathyal Global Open Oceans & Deep Seas (GOODS) : Pelagic

  3. Collection, Compilation, Analysis , Synthesis and Mapping of relevant scientific data & information Submissions of scientific information on potential areas meeting EBSA criteria Workshop Expert Discussion on the description of areas meeting EBSA criteria at sub-regional groups Workshop Plenary Discussion and Adoption of the description of areas meeting EBSAs criteria CBD Secretariat’s Technical support team in partnership with Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative, OBIS, UNEP/CEP, and various other global and regional partners Brazil’s national preparatory process: Involving more than 50 scientists for the compilation of scientific data to describe areas meeting EBSAs criteria Post-workshop report editing and strengthening of scientific information on areas description Final report

  4. Data compilation and collection Synthesis and Mapping Overlay & Analysis Compilation of scientific data & information ~40 GIS data layers of biogeography, biological and physical data

  5. OSPAR/ NEAFC/ CBD Secretariat EBSA Workshop in the North-East Atlantic (8 – 9 September 2011,Hyeres, France)

  6. Summary • Jointly convened (OSPAR/NEAFC/SCBD) • ToR: OSPAR Maritime Area beyond 200nm • 26 invited scientists (max 40 participants) • Substantial background information and on-line file sharing system • Facilitation including data visualisation • EBSA proposals invited (potential areas meeting EBSA criterias)

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  8. The Mediterranean Sea Semi-enclosed sea • S ≈ 2.5 million km² • L ≈ 46,000 km • a link between 3 continents • only 3,8% under protection (0.4% without Pelagos) • Marine biodiversity UNEP/MAP/RAC-SPA, 2007 - 0.3 % of ocean volume - 0.8 % of ocean surface area 7%of known marine species One of the 25 biodiversity hotspots (Myers et al., 2000) • Diverse origins (30% of endemism rate) • Unequal distribution • Highly threatened

  9. Work carried out regarding EBSAs identification in the Mediterranean under the Barcelona Convention / SPA-BD Protocol • Implemented in 2008-2009 by the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas of the Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP/RAC-SPA) under the guidance of a Steering Committee, made of international and regional organizations • Using existing databases and expert opinions • Geological features of the seabed • Oceanographic features • Ecological features of certain vulnerable habitats • Biogeographic features of commercial pelagic species and species subject to incidental capture or by-catch Overlapping polygons

  10. Synthesis report on the work carried out regarding EBSAs identification in the Mediterranean submitted to CBD as per Decision IG.20/7 of COP 17 (Paris, February 2012) 6 3 4 8 2 7 1 9 5 10 1 – Alboran Sea; 2 – Balearic Islands area; 3 – Gulf of Lions area; 4 – Tyrrhenian Sea; 5 – Tunisian Plateau; 6 - Adriatic Sea; 7 - Ionian Sea; 8 – Aegean Sea; 9 - Levantine Sea; 10 - Nile Delta sea area. The Pelagos Sanctuary, between the areas 3 and 4 , even though it meets the EBSA criteria, is not listed because it is already protected as SPAMI under the provisions of the SPA/BD Protocol.

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