Marine Technology Transfer under a BBNJ Treaty: A Case for Transnational Network Cooperation

Minas, Stephen

doi:10.1017/aju.2018.46

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“…A global assessment of the capacity-building landscape could be launched in collaboration and coordination with UN Agencies and intergovernmental bodies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), scientific initiatives, and academia 45 . Such an assessment could also provide a better understanding of gaps and spur the formation of partnerships designed to fill them.…”

Section: Developing Capacity Science and Technology For Effective And...mentioning

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Getting beyond yes: fast-tracking implementation of the United Nations agreement for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

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With a new international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) on the horizon, now is the time to start laying the foundation for successful implementation. This paper provides some initial reflections for supporting rapid, effective, and equitable implementation of the BBNJ Agreement in three priority areas: (1) bringing the Agreement into force; (2) establishing the institutional framework, including financial mechanisms; and (3) developing capacity, science, and technology. With reference to selected examples from other international processes, the paper makes suggestions for encouraging wide ratification of the BBNJ Agreement, establishing a Preparatory Commission (PrepCom), mobilizing resources, and building partnerships to advance science and capacity. The growing impacts of climate change and human activities on the global ocean necessitate urgent action, so we must begin to work on the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement as soon as possible to secure ocean health for the benefit of present and future generations.

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Getting beyond yes: fast-tracking implementation of the United Nations agreement for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

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“…A voluntary fund was established by the UN Division for Ocean Affaires and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS) to help LDCs, SIDS and landlocked developing countries participate in the BBNJ negotiations. If the BBNJ agreement is to be implemented and equitable outcomes achieved, strong and sustained mechanisms for capacity-building and technology transfer at global, regional and national scales will be crucial (Minas 2018). Building on the unqualified capacity-building and technology transfer commitments in the SDGs, negotiators should consider developing a capacity-building and technology transfer regime without the qualifiers contained in UNCLOS.…”

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Towards Ocean Equity

Lubchenco

Haugan

2023

The Blue Compendium

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The blue economy is being promoted as capable of achieving sustainability and prosperity, fair use of the ocean and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ensuring a more equitable distribution of goods and services provided by the ocean represents a major challenge. There is overwhelming evidence that current access to ocean benefits and resources, as well as exposure to harms, is distributed inequitably. This results in negative effects on the environment and human health, loss of livelihoods, limited financial opportunities for vulnerable groups and challenges to nutritional and food security. Powerful interests (including states, communities and economic entities) benefit from existing arrangements. Challenging inequality represents a direct threat to such interests. Inequality is increasingly influencing economic development and political stability. Current and recent examples of social unrest are closely associated with concerns about inequality, climate change, corruption and related societal problems perceived as having an unfair impact. Increased scientific attention to inequality is starting to shape debates associated with the ocean. We argue that there is a general policy blindness to instruments and practices that maintain the unfair status quo, but that there are remedies to such blindness. The purpose of this Blue Paper is to explore ocean inequities and suggest approaches for the just inclusion of diverse actors in the blue economy agenda and the equitable distribution of ocean benefits. First, we define inequity terms and their drivers, as well as how they affect sustainability. Second, we explore policies and practices that have (or have not) worked in favour of equity, while also promoting ecological sustainability. Finally, we provide opportunities for action for policymakers, funding and research institutions, international and non-governmental organisations, business leadership as well as civil society to address systemic aspects of inequities along a spectrum of ambitions, from basic to transformative. These opportunities for action are not intended as alternatives. They constitute complementary and reinforcing action to support and inform pathways to a sustainable and just ocean economy.

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“…However, the UNCLOS provisions on capacity building and technology transfer are still poorly implemented overall (Long, 2007;Salpin et al, 2016;Minas, 2018). The BBNJ Agreement, as an implementing agreement under UNCLOS, provides an important opportunity to improve and innovate in the implementation of the crucial UNCLOS provisions for capacity building and the transfer of marine technology.…”

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“…The UNCLOS framework for marine scientific research, for example, includes an obligation to make the outcomes of research available, and to build capacity and transfer technology (UNCLOS Article 244). However, the UNCLOS provisions on capacity building and technology transfer are still poorly implemented overall (Long, 2007; Salpin et al, 2016; Minas, 2018). The BBNJ Agreement, as an implementing agreement under UNCLOS, provides an important opportunity to improve and innovate in the implementation of the crucial UNCLOS provisions for capacity building and the transfer of marine technology.…”

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How can a new UN ocean treaty change the course of capacity building?

Harden‐Davies

Amon²,

Chung

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Aquatic Conservation

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1. Few States are able to undertake scientific research in the half of the planet that lies in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. Capacity building is therefore a key part of the development of a new international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (BBNJ Agreement).2. The final negotiations for the BBNJ Agreement are scheduled for early 2022, after almost two decades of development. There is an urgent need to address remaining questions relating to capacity building to secure an effective and equitable outcome from this process and safeguard the global ocean commons.3. Persisting gaps in scientific capacity cast doubt on the adequacy of past and current approaches to implement long-standing international commitments. There is a need to build equitable partnerships for long-term outcomes.4. As an international legally binding instrument, the BBNJ Agreement is a critical opportunity to change the course of capacity building by strengthening the international legal framework, including funding, information-sharing, monitoring and decision-making.5. This rapidly closing window to develop international legal obligations, collaboration frameworks and funding mechanisms is relevant not only to the conservation of the global ocean commons, but also for ocean sustainability more generally as the UN Ocean Decade begins.

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Marine Technology Transfer under a BBNJ Treaty: A Case for Transnational Network Cooperation

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Getting beyond yes: fast-tracking implementation of the United Nations agreement for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

Getting beyond yes: fast-tracking implementation of the United Nations agreement for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

Towards Ocean Equity

How can a new UN ocean treaty change the course of capacity building?

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