WS-MPA-11

1.1.    Opening of the meeting: Welcome to participants, overview of facilities, Secretariat’s offices, computer support and Internet access, scheduled breaks, and extracurricular activities

1.2. Review the Terms of Reference, amendments to and adoption of the workshop agenda, appointment of rapporteurs and procedures for producing the report

1.3. Welcome and introductory remarks by Local Hosts

2.1. Discuss progress in bioregionalization and other approaches to identify areas of conservation importance in the Convention Area, including characterizations of priority regions in terms of biodiversity patterns and ecosystem processes, physical environmental features and human activities, and representation of particular biological distributions and ecosystem processes as separate overlays

2.2. Identify additional types of scientific information and additional decision-support tools that could be used for the identification of areas of conservation importance

 

3.1. Discuss and provide advice so that Members developing proposals can incorporate feedback from the workshop and revise proposals accordingly for future consideration by the Scientific Committee and the Commission

4.1. Discuss reports of new work in priority regions and provide advice to aid in further development of MPAs or RSMPA in these regions

5.1. Identify conservation objectives appropriate to different regions; with reference to particular data layers and metrics against which achievement of objectives might be assessed

5.2. Identify the value of particular areas for rational use

5.3. Discuss methods for identifying and prioritising candidate sites for protection, including the means by which conservation and rational use objectives might be addressed

 

6.1. Consider and recommend regions in which further work to identify MPAs which would advance Commission goals, based on current progress and considering the 11 priority regions and other regions as appropriate

6.2. Discuss collaboration with the Committee on Environmental Protection towards a harmonized approach to the development of RSMPAs south of 60°S

7.1The Commission (CCAMLR-XXIX, paragraph 7.8) endorsed the recommendation that the process for designation of an MPA include the development of a research and monitoring program to be conducted within a specified timetable (e.g. 3 to 5 years), and that the development of a designation process and a monitoring plan may proceed in a stepwise fashion or both processes may occur simultaneously (SC-CAMLR-XXIX, paragraphs 5.36 and 5.37). Consider elements and approaches involved in the development of management plans for MPAs

8.1. Collate, summarize, and organize advice and other items of interest or concern, including a summary of the current status of existing and proposed MPAs in the Convention Area, updated consideration of priority regions in which further work to identify MPAs could be focused, and recommendations of draft MPA proposals

8.2. Recommend a work program for finalizing recommendations on an RSMPA for the Commission meeting in 2012