What are the outcomes of the SBSTTA 14 meeting in relation to EBSAs?
The CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 14) met in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2010 to prepare recommendations for the tenth CBD Conference of Parties (COP 10) that will take place in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010. Following the discussions, SBSTTA 14 through CBD Recommendation XIV/3 invites Parties, other Governments and relevant organisations “… to use, as appropriate, the scientific guidance on the identification of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, which meet the scientific criteria in annex I to decision IX/20 ….” (XIV/3, §23) and “encourages [them] to cooperate, as appropriate, collectively or on a regional or subregional basis, to identify and protect ecologically or biologically significant areas in open-ocean waters and deep-sea habitats in need of protection …” (XIV/3, §24). SBSTTA further requests the Executive Secretary “… to outline a process for creating and maintaining a CBD global inventory of ecologically or biolog
