1.
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
2007-present
 Work since 2007 on identifying policy issues and management options for moving
toward ecosystem-based management of ABNJ. About $400,000, funded by the
Nippon Foundation, Japan; Government of Singapore; UNESCO; Government of
Canada; others.
 Several multistakeholder dialogues and consultations held (Nice, Hanoi,
Singapore), and participation and contributions to the UN ABNJ process.
 Global negotiations on areas beyond national jurisdiction are characterized by
deep divisions among nations, especially between developed and developing
countries. Global Forum project contributes to understanding the debate and
identifying possible areas of commonality and way forward.
 Singapore workshop identified the value of promoting regional experimentation in
the application of ecosystem approaches to ABNJ in specific world regions with
the active participation of countries and regional authorities in the region to
produce on-the-ground results, inform, assist, and further catalyze consensus in
the global negotiations.

2.
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
2010-future
 With seed funding from GEF ($46,000), identifying possible pilot cases for
regional experimentation with ABNJ on such issues as:
--applying Environmental Impact Assessment
--establishing networks of Marine Protected Areas
--inventorying patters of use of marine genetic resources and considering
possible access and benefit-sharing mechanisms
(work expected to contribute to GEF Objective 4, Outcome 4.2, “Plans and
institutional framework for pilot cases in ABNJ have catalytic effect on global
discussions”)
--Regions with interest in regional experimentation: Agulhas/Somali LME plus
Mauritius/Seychelles and Seamounts Project; Coral Triangle plus South
Pacific/French Polynesia region; Mediterranean; OSPAR; Arctic.
--Regional experimentation structured to link the regional experiments with each
other and with global discussions of ABNJ.
 Continue work and multistakeholder dialogues on policy issues and
management options at global level, linked to Global Forum’s Oceans and
Rio+20 Process.