WCC 2016 Res 050 - Activity Report

WCPA seeks to inspire, inform, and enable people to protect Planet
Ocean by promoting the establishment of a global, representative
system of effectively managed and lasting networks of marine
protected areas (MPAs) and OECMs within National Economic
Exclusion Zone areas as well as in the High Seas and Areas Beyond
National Jurisdictions. The Marine Thematic Group, which includes the
Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, the High Seas Specialist
Group, as well as working groups dedicated to other marine issues
such as connectivity, management effectiveness, spatial planning, and
climate change, is providing guidance on key elements relevant to the
global MPA agenda through assuring quality information, celebrating
achievements, identifying priorities, and spurring action in order to help
governments, agencies, organisations, and individuals plan, develop,
and implement MPAs.