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16th Meeting of SPA/BD Thematic Focal Points

Sixteenth Meeting of SPA/BD Thematic Focal Points
(Malta, 22-24 May 2023)

Meeting Report
UNEP/MED WG.548/19

Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas

Working Documents
UNEP/MED WG.548/1 Rev.3 Provisional agenda
UNEP/MED WG.548/2 Rev.2 Provisional annotated agenda
UNEP/MED WG.548/3 Rev.1 Report on the status of implementation of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)
UNEP/MED WG.548/4 Progress report on the implementation of SPA/RAC activities under the UNEP/MAP MTS for the interim period: April 2021-April 2023
UNEP/MED WG.548/5 Draft updated Action Plan for the conservation of bird species listed in Annex II to the SPA/BD Protocol
UNEP/MED WG.548/6 Draft updated Action Plan concerning species introductions and invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea
UNEP/MED WG.548/7 Report of the multidisciplinary group of experts nominated by the Contracting Parties to define parameters allowing to use phytoplankton and zooplankton for relevant IMAP biodiversity indicators and elaborate the List of Reference of Pelagic Habitat Types in the Mediterranean Sea
UNEP/MED WG.548/8 Rev.2 Mid-term assessment of the implementation of the Regional Strategy for the conservation of Monk seal in the Mediterranean for the period from 2019 – 2022
UNEP/MED WG.548/9 Draft conditions and criteria for the award of the Regional Action Plans Partner title
UNEP/MED WG.548/10 Draft Restoration Programme of Pinna nobilis
UNEP/MED WG.548/11 Report by the Chair of the Ad hoc Group of Experts for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean (AGEM) on the group's works during the biennial period 2022-2023
UNEP/MED WG.548/12 Draft Evaluation and Monitoring Framework for the Post-2020 Regional Strategy for MCPAs and OECMs in the Mediterranean
UNEP/MED WG.548/13 Analysis of the reports on Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) for the Directory of Mediterranean SPAs
UNEP/MED WG.548/14 Report on the Ordinary Periodic Review of the areas included in the SPAMI List
UNEP/MED WG.548/15 The Status of elaboration of the 2023 Mediterranean Quality Status Report (MED QSR 2023) and the content of the Ecological Objectives (EOs) of biodiversity, NIS and fisheries chapters
UNEP/MED WG.548/16 Steps undertaken and to come for the implementation of the Post-2020 SAPBIO
UNEP/MED WG.548/17 Draft Programme of work of SPA/RAC for the biennium 2024 - 2025
UNEP/MED WG.548/18 Proposals for Amendment to Annexes II and III to the SPA/BD Protocol
Information documents
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.1 Provisional List of participants
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.2 Provisional List of documents
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.3 The GEF FishEBM MED project "Fisheries and Ecosystem Based Management for the Blue Economy of the Mediterranean"
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.4
UNEP/MED WG.457/5
Results of the MAVA-funded MedBycatch project (2017-2022) [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.5 An Overview of ILIAD project - Integrated Digital Framework for Maritime Data and Information Services [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.6 MAVA Marine Turtles Project: Final Evaluation [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.7 Final draft regional harmonised procedures for the uniform implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention in the Mediterranean Sea
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.8 Report of the Third meeting of the Ad hoc Group of Experts for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean (AGEM) (Teleconference, 1 March 2022) [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.9 Coherence in Mediterranean MPAs: Conditions and recommendations
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.10 Report of the Special Event to Celebrate the first edition of the SPAMI Day 2022: SPAMIs, a cooperation tool for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean (Monaco, 20 May 2022) [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.11 Status of implementation of the Ecosystem Approach (EcAp) Roadmap [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.12 Development of the IMAP Ecological Objective 6 on sea-floor integrity under the Barcelona Convention [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.13 Report of the Meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON), Biodiversity and Fisheries 28-29 March 2022
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.14 Report of the Meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON), Biodiversity and Fisheries 9-10 March 2023
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.15 Synthesis of the TDA (2023) -Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for the Mediterranean Sea and Coast
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.16 The Resource Mobilisation Strategy for the Post-2020 SAPBIO, including the Post-2020 Strategy for MCPAs and OECMs, for the period 2022-2030 [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.17 Report of the 4th Meeting of the Post-2020 Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biodiversity and sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Region (Post-2020 SAPBIO) Advisory Committee [available in English only]
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.18 Report of the 9th Meeting of National Correspondents of the Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Region (SAPBIO)
UNEP/MED WG.548/Inf.19 Report of the Donor Conference for Biodiversity and Area-based Conservation in the Mediterranean [available in English only]
Reference documents
UNEP/IG.43/6, Appendix XI amended by UNEP(OCA)/MED IG.1/5 and UNEP(OCA)/MED IG.3/5 Rules of Procedure for Meetings and Conferences of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution and its related Protocols
UNEP (DEC)/MED IG.6/7 Final act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the amendments to the Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution, to the Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and aircraft and on the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean
UNEP(OCA)/MED IG.10/4 Final act of the meeting of Plenipotentiaries on the Annexes to the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean
UNEP-MAP-SPA/RAC, 2021

Post-2020 Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Mediterranean Region (Post-2020 SAPBIO)

UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA, 2008

Common Criteria for amending Annexes II and III of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean

UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.502/19 Report of the Fifteenth Meeting of SPA/BD Focal Points (Videoconference, 23–25 June 2021)
UNEP/MED IG.25/27 Report of 22nd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols (Antalya, Türkiye, 7-10 December 2021)