2012 marine targets : European Marine Strategy and Issues in the High Seas, 9th/11th December 2008, Brest
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Issues in the High seas
 
The current position in international talks on High seas interests December, 9th - Plenary session
 
Current Position in International Talks on High Seas Interests
Christophe LEFEBVRE, Agence des aires marines protégées, Session Chairman    
2008 A Year of Successful Events for High seas Biodiversity
Biliana CICIN-SAIN, GFOCI, USA
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The Results and the Main Conclusions of the Monaco Workshop on Governance of High seas Biodiversity
Lucien CHABASON, IDDRI, France
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Issues Related to High seas Biodiversity: Science, Law and Politics
Kristina GJERDE, IUCN, Switzerland
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Blooming Abysses: a New Insight into Deep Sea Ecosystem Diversity
Daniel DESBRUYERES, IFREMER, France
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Socio Economic Aspects in the High seas: Human Activities and Impacts
Sybille VAN DEN HOVE, IACT, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
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International guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High seas
Jessica SANDERS, FAO, Italy
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Uses and activities in the High seas:
identifying areas with strategic resources and socio-economic values - December, 10th - Thematic session
     
SESSION 1 :
Current issues: focus on specific interests for fisheries and maritime transport
Fisheries in the High seas
1 - High seas fisheries and Global Information System process: addressing sustainability and
multifacets of fisheries monitoring
Marc TACONET FAO, Italy   Slides
2 - Mapping fishing activity in the High seas in the North Atlantic
Kjartan HOYDAL, NEAFC, United Kingdom   Slides
3 - The European Union external fleet
Benoît CAILLART, Océanic Développement, France   Slides
Maritime navigation
Protection of the High seas: the role of IMO
Natalia MARTINI, International Maritime Organization, UK   Slides
Strategic routes for European shipping      
Xavier GUERIN, European Community Shipowners'
Association (ECSA) / Armateurs de France, France
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SESSION 2 :
Resources for the future: mining, genetic resources, new prospects
Bioprospecting issues in the High seas
Sophie ARNAUD HAOND, Ifremer and Elie JARMACHE, SG Mer, France
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Protecting biodiversity in the Area: the Experience of the International Seabed Authority
Michael LODGE, ISA, Jamaïca Video Slides
New activities, new uses
Pierre WATREMEZ, Agence des aires marines protégées, France and Loic ANTOINE, Ifremer, France   Slides
   
Mapping biodiversity:
a tool for improving ecosystem-based management and policies
   
SESSION 3 :
Mapping High seas biodiversity: inventories, models, hotspots
Chairman : Henning VON NORDHEIM, BfN, Germany.    
Census of Marine Life: multi-scale contributions
Ricardo SERRAO SANTOS, University of the Azores, Portugal   Slides
Mapping patterns of species richness in the high seas and their potential changes under climate
change scenarios
William CHEUNG, University of British Columbia, Canada   Slides
Natural Heritage: Modelling, Collected Work and Expert Consensus
1 - Global hotspots of marine mammal diversity under current and future climate scenarios
Kristin KASCHNER, University of Freiburg, Germany   Slides
2 - « Roadmap to recovery » : a proposal for a global network of marine reserves
Paul JOHNSTON and David SANTILLO, Greenpeace Research Laboratories, University of Exeter, UK   Slides
3 - Scientific knowledge, a multi-level approach: application for identifying marine areas of high
interest in Northeast Atlantic
Callum ROBERTS, University of York, UK   Slides
   
SESSION 4 :
Mapping the ecosystems of the High seas: identification of key ecologically significant patterns
Mapping ecosystems: tools, methods, applications and limits
1 - Implementing the CBD criteria to identify candidate MPAs in the High seas: Developing scientific and technical advice
Jeff ARDRON - MCBI, USA Not available for technical reason Slides
2 - Connecting cartography to ecosystems: Examples from the Indian Ocean and elsewhere
David KAPLAN, IRD, France   Slides
3 - Using GIS: a case study in OSPAR Region V
Frédéric QUEMMERAIS-AMICE, Agence des aires marines protégées, France   Slides
Issues on the knowledge base: database and flow of information
1 - Knowledge and lack of knowledge on the oceanic bathymetry
Jean-Luc DENIEL, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, France   Slides
2 - High seas Biodiversity Information: sharing knowledge and closing the gaps
Colleen CORRIGAN, WCMC, UK   Slides
 
Session outcomes & debates for the High seas workshop - December, 11th
Introduction
Olivier LAROUSSINIE, Agence des aires marines protégées, France    
Session 1 - Current issues: focus on specific interests for fisheries and maritime transport
Chairman: Mme Sybille VAN DEN HOVE, ICTA, Median SCP
Rapporteur: Mme Gwenaëlle PROUTIERE MAULION, CDMO, France
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Session 2 - Resources for the future: mining, genetic resources, new prospects
Chairman: Charlotte SALPIN, Div. for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, United-Nations
Rapporteur: Gaël de ROTALIER, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission Text  
Session 3 - Mapping High seas biodiversity: inventories, models, hotspots
Chairman: Henning VON NORDHEIM, BfN Germany
Rapporteur: Lénaïck MENOT, Oceanographic Institute of Paris
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Session 4 - Mapping the ecosystems of the High seas: identification of key ecologically significant patterns
Chairman: David JOHNSON, OSPAR, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Phil WEAVER, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University, UK
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Conclusions of the Workshops
Olivier LAROUSSINIE, Agence des aires marines protégées, France
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