Emily Stokes is an expert in international marine protected area policy and ocean governance. She is the Marine Spatial Planning Manager at the Waitt Institute and works with partner countries to ...
IUCN WCPA High Seas Specialist Group
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Ms Emily STOKES
Emily Stokes is an expert in international marine protected area policy and ocean governance. She is the Marine Spatial Planning Manager at the Waitt Institute and works with partner countries to develop stakeholder-led plans to manage their oceans equitably and sustainably. Prior to joining the Waitt Institute, Emily worked with the Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition researching the scientific justification for and cultural significance of creating protected areas in the high seas around the Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges, as well as the Pew Charitable Trusts as a campaigner for large-scale MPAs around the world. Emily received her master's degree in international environmental policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and her Bachelor's in Geography and Natural Resource Management from Western Washington University.
Ms Nichola CLARK
Nichola Clark is an international ocean governance expert specializing in the new Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement. Nichola leads the high seas workstream as part of The Pew Charitable Trusts engagement on international ocean governance issues and also leads the High Seas Alliance (HSA’s) area-based management tool working group. Prior to Pew, Nichola worked on international fisheries issues at the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany. She received her Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Duke University and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong’s Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS).
Nichola Clark is an international ocean governance expert specializing in the new Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement. Nichola leads the high seas workstream as part of The Pew ...
Dr Guillermo ORTUÑO CRESPO
Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo pursued his interest in applied marine conservation through a B.A. in Marine Biology, an M.Sc. in Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems at the University of St. Andrews and a doctoral degree in Marine Science & Conservation at Duke University. His Ph.D. addressed challenges in High Seas fisheries, as well as topics related to the recent negotiations for a High Seas biodiversity treaty, for which he has led or co-authored a dozen information briefs and research articles that informed Parties at the UN headquarters. In 2019, he became involved in the UN Decade of Ocean Science and, alongside other early career professionals, helped create the Early Career Ocean Professional programme.
Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo pursued his interest in applied marine conservation through a B.A. in Marine Biology, an M.Sc. in Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems at the University of St ...
States recently agreed on the text of a new United Nations agreement for marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Treaty language has been finalized and soon it will be ready for adoption by UN member states. A key objective of the BBNJ Agreement is to advance cooperation and coordination in the use of area-based management tools (ABMTs) including marine protected areas (MPAs) to advance conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).
Goal 1: Accelerate the scientific, technical and technological basis for advancing potential ABMT candidate sites as well as designing coherent networks, with an initial focus on individual candidates and/or regions.
Goal 2: Develop draft implementation guides and frameworks for managing High Seas ABMTs, including MPAs, building on knowledge and experience from large MPA managers and others.
Goal 3: Expand and engage the WCPA High Seas specialist group to bolster networking and collaboration.
Goal 4: Advance IUCN WCC resolution 128 on “Acting for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in the ocean beyond national jurisdiction” by providing technical support including a strategy for early implementation of the BBNJ Agreement regarding MPAs and other area-based management tools.
Goal 5: Coordinate and collaborate with other IUCN WCPA specialist groups on marine connectivity, important marine mammal sites, transboundary conservation, large ocean MPAs and beyond.