Event Title
Integrated Coastal Zone Management: An Examination of Key Provisions to the Amended Nairobi Convention and Mediterranean ICZM Protocal
Location
Room 460
Start Date
3-7-2012 2:40 PM
End Date
3-7-2012 4:20 PM
Description
An integrated approach to coastal zone management was formally endorsed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNECD) in 1992, when it was included as one of the principle recommendations of Agenda 21 and today it is accepted by most coastal nations as the most appropriate method of managing the coastal zone.
Although the principle of integrated coastal zone management has subsequently been adopted a number of other non-binding international instruments such as the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, it has not, until recently, been adopted in any binding international instruments.
This changed when the Protocol on the Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Barcelona Convention was adopted in 2008. As its title indicates, the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol applies to the Mediterranean Sea and is legally binding on those states that have ratified it.
The fact that the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol is the only legally binding instrument specifically aimed as coastal zone management is about to change. This is because in 2010 the Parties to the Amended Nairobi Convention agreed to work towards the adoption of a legally binding ICZM Protocol for the Western Indian Ocean.
Pursuant to this agreement, an Ad-hoc Legal and Technical Working Group for the Drafting of an ICZM Protocol to the Nairobi Convention was appointed and in 2011 this Ad-Hoc Working Group produced a Fifth Draft of the ICZM Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention.
The purpose of this paper is to set out and critically discuss some of the key provisions of the Fifth Draft of the ICZM Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention, especially in light of the provisions of the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol.
Integrated Coastal Zone Management: An Examination of Key Provisions to the Amended Nairobi Convention and Mediterranean ICZM Protocal
Room 460
An integrated approach to coastal zone management was formally endorsed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNECD) in 1992, when it was included as one of the principle recommendations of Agenda 21 and today it is accepted by most coastal nations as the most appropriate method of managing the coastal zone.
Although the principle of integrated coastal zone management has subsequently been adopted a number of other non-binding international instruments such as the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, it has not, until recently, been adopted in any binding international instruments.
This changed when the Protocol on the Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Barcelona Convention was adopted in 2008. As its title indicates, the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol applies to the Mediterranean Sea and is legally binding on those states that have ratified it.
The fact that the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol is the only legally binding instrument specifically aimed as coastal zone management is about to change. This is because in 2010 the Parties to the Amended Nairobi Convention agreed to work towards the adoption of a legally binding ICZM Protocol for the Western Indian Ocean.
Pursuant to this agreement, an Ad-hoc Legal and Technical Working Group for the Drafting of an ICZM Protocol to the Nairobi Convention was appointed and in 2011 this Ad-Hoc Working Group produced a Fifth Draft of the ICZM Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention.
The purpose of this paper is to set out and critically discuss some of the key provisions of the Fifth Draft of the ICZM Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention, especially in light of the provisions of the Mediterranean ICZM Protocol.