Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)

2011 Clark, Malcolm R. | Dunstan, Piers K. | Guinotte, John | Niklitschek, Edwin | O'Hara, Tim | Rowden, A. A. | Schlacher, Thomas | Tsuchida, Shinji | Watling, Les | Williams, Alan |

This document summarizes discussions that were held during a workshop in December 2011 and which focused on making progress on the identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas for seamounts in the high seas.

2011

For the Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be met in full, and for the other relevant processes to be successful, examples and guidelines for the identification of important pelagic areas must be made available to policy makers involved in the process of identifying ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSAs).