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Progress Report of the Activities of the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA/RAC) UNITED NATIONS UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.431/4 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN 21 avril 2017 Original: English Thirteenth Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas Alexandria, Egypt, 9-12 May 2017 Agenda item 4 : Progress report on activities carried out by SPA/RAC since the twelfth meeting of Focal Points for SPAs Progress Report of the activities of the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA/RAC) For environmental and economy reasons, this document is printed in a limited number and will not be distributed at the meeting. Delegates are kindly requested to bring their copies to meetings and not to request additional copies. UNEP/MAP SPA/RAC - Tunis, 2017 Note: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of RAC/SPA and UNEP concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. © 2017 United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) Boulevard du Leader Yasser Arafat B.P. 337 - 1080 Tunis Cedex - Tunisia E-mail: [email protected] UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.431/4 Page 1 Introduction During their 19th Ordinary Meeting, the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols adopted several decisions in relation with SPA/RAC scope of action. Those are mainly related to: (i) UNEP/MAP Mid-Term Strategy 2016-2021(and particularly the Core Theme 2: Biodiversity and Ecosystems), (ii) Programme of Work and Budget 2016-2017, (iii) Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme of the Mediterranean Sea and Coast and Related Assessment Criteria (and particularly its ecological objectives related to biodiversity and non-indigenous specie), (iv) Updated Action Plans concerning “Cetaceans”, “Coralligenous and Other Calcareous Bio-concretions”, and “Species Introductions and Invasive Species”; Mandate for update of the “Action Plan on Marine and Coastal Birds” and revision of the “Reference List of Marine and Coastal Habitat Types in the Mediterranean”, (v) Roadmap for a Comprehensive Coherent Network of Well-Managed MPAs to Achieve Aichi Target 11 in the Mediterranean, and (vi) List of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI List). The UNEP/MAP Mid-Term Strategy (MTS) 2016-2021 includes the following Strategic Themes: 1. Overarching theme: Governance 2. Core theme 1: Land and Sea-based Pollution 3. Core theme 2: Biodiversity and Ecosystems 4. Core theme 3: Land and Sea Interactions and Processes 5. Cross-cutting theme 1: Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) 6. Cross-cutting theme 2: Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) 7. Cross-cutting theme 3: Climate Change Adaptation During the reporting period, (from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2017) SPA/RAC has acted mainly on the above mentioned Core Theme 2, principal area covered by the SPA/BD Protocol; but also actions related to Overarching theme Governance, Core theme 3, and Cross-cutting themes 1 and 3, were addressed as reported below. SPA/RAC specific programme of work for the biennial period 2016-2017 contributed to the following Strategic Outcomes for Core theme 2 Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Strategic Outcome 3.1: Strengthening regional implementation of the obligations under the Barcelona Convention, and its relevant Protocols and other instruments, Strategic Outcome 3.2: Development of new action plans, programmes and measures, common standards and criteria, guidelines for the conservation of Coastal and Marine biodiversity and ecosystems, Strategic Outcome 3.3: Strengthening national implementation of biodiversity conservation policies, strategies and legislation measures, Strategic Outcome 3.4: Monitoring, inventory and assessment of biodiversity with focus on endangered and threatened species, non-indigenous species and key habitats, Strategic Outcome 3.5: Technical assistance and capacity building at regional, sub-regional and national levels to strengthen policy implementation and compliance with biodiversity-related national legislation, Strategic Outcome 3.6: Enhanced cooperation at regional, sub-regional and national levels to protect and conserve biodiversity and ecosystems, and Strategic Outcome 3.7: Identifying and tackling with new and emerging issues, as appropriate. SPA/RAC programme of work for the biennium also contributed to the following Strategic Outcomes for the Overarching theme Governance: Strategic Outcome 1.3: Strengthened participation, engagement, synergies and complementarities among global and regional institutions, Strategic Outcome 1.4: Knowledge and understanding of the state of the Mediterranean Sea and coast enhanced through mandated assessments for informed policy-making, Strategic Outcome 1.5: MAP knowledge and MAP information system enhanced and accessible for policy-making, increased awareness and understanding, and Strategic Outcome 1.6: Raised awareness and outreach. SPA/RAC programme of work for the period 2016-2017 assisted also the Strategic Outcome 4.2: Development of new action plans, programmes of measures, common standards and criteria, guidelines, on the Core Theme 3 Land and Sea Interaction and Processes. UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.431/5 Page 2 Regarding Cross-Cutting Theme 1 Integrated Coastal Zone Management, SPA/RAC programme of work for the biennial period also aided the Strategic Outcome 5.1: Strengthening regional implementation of the obligations under the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols, and of programmes of measures in existing Regional Strategies and Action Plans. The Cross-Cutting Theme 3 Climate Change also got SPA/RAC support through its biennial programme of work on the Strategic outcome 7.2: Development of new action plans, programmes and measures, common standards and criteria, guidelines. This report portrays the studies, technical reports and outputs produced on the technical and scientific work by SPA/RAC during the reporting period. From them, the meeting is expected to examine and review the technical documents that would be forwarded to the MAP Focal Points meeting for endorsement and eventually to the 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties for adoption, in particular the following: (i) Draft updated Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine and Coastal Bird Species listed in Annex II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean, (ii) 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, (iii) Draft Report on the evaluation of the implementation of the ‘Regional Working Programme for the Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea including the High Sea’ supported by the ‘Roadmap for a Comprehensive Coherent Network of Well-Managed MPAs to Achieve Aichi Target 11 in the Mediterranean’, (iv) Draft Terms of reference for the Ad hoc advisory group of experts for MPAs in the Mediterranean, (v) Draft Proposals of areas for inclusion in the List of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI List), (vi) Report of the Ordinary Periodic Review of three SPAMIs, (vii) Updated online version of the Format for the Review of SPAMIs, (viii) Draft updated Format for the periodic review of SPAMIs, (ix) Draft report on the evaluation of the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP) implementation related to biodiversity (EO1) and NIS (EO2), (x) Proposals for amendment of Annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol, and finally (xi) Draft programme of work of SPA/RAC for the biennium 2018-2019. The report follows the sequence of Themes, Strategic Outcomes and Key Outputs as they are defined in the Mid-Term Strategy. Whenever there were indicators and targets already defined for those outputs, their current status of achievement have been included too. It has to be noted that several indicators show not target achievement to date, but they can be reached at the end of the biennium. UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.431/4 Page 3 Overarching theme: Governance Strategic Outcome 1.3: Strengthened participation, engagement, synergies and complementarities among global and regional institutions Key Output 1.3.1: Regional cooperation activities promoting dialogue and active engagement of global and regional organizations and partners, including on SAP BIO, Marine Litter, SCP, ICZM, MSP and Climate Change (e.g. regional conference, donor meetings) 1. Promote NGOs to become MAP partners and facilitate their contribution to MAP objectives, including annual round table discussions back to back with other meetings Indicators (Targets 2016-2017): Share of external financial resources mobilized to co-finance MTF for the implementation of the Mid-Term Strategy; (Baseline: 0; Target: At least 20% of total MTF budget; Achieved and further ongoing along 2017) SPA/RAC maintains along 2016-17 rounds of meetings with the donor MAVA Foundation, aimed to achieve support to the development of projects to pursue MAP objectives and on their funding interest scope, including the conservation of turtles, habitat cartography and impact mitigation of incidental catch on vulnerable species. SPA/RAC is collaborating with MedPOL to implement a number of activities foreseen in the Marine Litter MED Project to support the implementation of the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management
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