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Fourteenth Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas

Fourteenth Meeting of SPA/BD Thematic Focal Points
(Portorož, Slovenia, 18-21June 2019)

Meeting Report
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/28 Report of the Fourteenth Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas
Working Documents
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/1 Provisional agenda
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/2 Provisional annotated agenda
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/3 Report on the status of implementation of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/4 Progress report on the activities carried out to implement the Biodiversity and Ecosystems core theme since the Thirteenth meeting of SPA/BD Focal Points
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/5 Draft updated Regional strategy for the conservation of monk seal in the Mediterranean
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/6 Draft updated Action Plan for the conservation of Mediterranean marine turtles
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/7 Draft updated Action Plan for the conservation of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichtyans) in the Mediterranean Sea
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/8 Defining the most Representative Species for IMAP Candidate Indicator 24 and related monitoring Protocol
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/9 Draft updated Action Plan for the conservation of marine vegetation in the Mediterranean Sea
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/10 Draft Updated Classification of benthic marine habitat types for the Mediterranean region
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/11 Draft Updated Reference List of Marine Habitat Types for the Selection of Sites to be included in the National Inventories of Natural Sites of Conservation Interest in the Mediterranean
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/12 Mediterranean Offshore Guidelines and Standards: Draft Guidelines for the Conduct of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/13 Updated Guidelines for Regulating the Placement of Artificial Reefs at Sea
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/14 Draft Report on the evaluation of the implementation of the Roadmap for a Comprehensive Coherent Network of Well-Managed MPAs to Achieve Aichi Target 11 in the Mediterranean
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/15 Report on the Ad hoc group of Experts for MPAs in the Mediterranean (AGEM) during its trial period (2018-2019)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/16 Report on the Ordinary Periodic Review of the areas included in the SPAMI List
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/17 Draft Proposals of areas for inclusion in the List of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI List)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/18 Draft updated Format for the periodic review of SPAMIs
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/19 Draft Joint Cooperation Strategy on Spatial-based Protection and Management Measures for Marine Biodiversity
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/20 Mediterranean Offshore Guidelines and Standards: Draft Common Standards and Guidelines for Special Restrictions or Conditions for Specially Protected Areas (SPA) within the Framework of the Mediterranean Offshore Action Plan.
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/21 Implementation of the first phase (2016-2019) of the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP - Biodiversity and non-indigenous species) in the framework of the EcAp Roadmap
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/22 Biodiversity and Non-Indigenous Species: Data Standards and Data Dictionaries for Selected IMAP Common Indicators
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/23 Methodological Guidance for Reaching Good Environmental Status (GES) Through ICZM
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/24 Draft evaluation of the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region (SAP BIO) and orientations for the elaboration of a post-2020 SAP BIO
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/25 Conclusions and recommendations of the consultation process to evaluate the implementation of the SAP BIO (Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/26 Analysis of coherence between regional documents adopted under the SPA/BD Protocol and the ICZM policy framework
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/27 Draft Programme of work of SPA/RAC for the biennium 2020- 2021
Information documents
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.1 Provisional List of participants
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.2 Provisional List of documents
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.3 Defining the Most Representative Species for IMAP Candidate Indicator 24
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.4
UNEP/MED WG.457/5
Report of the Meeting of Experts on the finalization of the Classification of benthic marine habitat types for the Mediterranean region and the Reference List of Marine and Coastal Habitat Types in the Mediterranean
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.5 Rationale for the draft guidelines for the conduct of environmental impact assessment (EIA)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.6 Rationale for the Common Standards and Guidelines for Special Restrictions or Conditions for Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) within the framework of the Mediterranean Offshore Action Plan
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.7
UNEP/MED WG.458/6
Report of the Meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON), Biodiversity and Fisheries (Marseille, France, 12-13 February 2019)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.8
UNEP/MED WG.474/6
Report of the Meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON), Biodiversity and Fisheries (Rome, Italy, 21 May 2019)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.9 Data Management Policy
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.10
UNEP/MED WG.459/4
Report of the Fifth Meeting of National Correspondents of the Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region (SAP BIO)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.11
UNEP/MED WG.460/Inf.3
Information note on the methodology followed for evaluating the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region (SAP BIO)
UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.461/Inf.12 Update on the elaboration of the chapters on marine and coastal biodiversity of the report on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean 2019 (SoED 2019)
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-RAC/SPA, 2003

Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity (SAP BIO) in the Mediterranean region

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/MED WG.431/15 Report of the thirteenth Meeting of Focal Points for SPAs
UNEP/MED IG.23/23 Report of the 20th Ordinary 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
UNEP/MED BUR/85/7 Report: Conclusions and Recommendations of the 85th Meeting of the Bureau of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols
UNEP/MED BUR.87/7 Report: Conclusions and Recommendations of the 87th Meeting of the Bureau of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols