China and Russia required to go back to science council to have the Ross Sea MPA Proposal raised by USA and the East Antarctica MPA Proposal discussed.
“The Future We Want”: We reaffirm the importance of the conservation actions based on division management, including international law compliance, MPAs based on the best known science information as a tool of protecting biodiversity and sustainable utilization.
Conservation Action 9104 “The Basic Framework for Building MPAs” was passed. CCAMLR believed there was a need for a high-level protection of the Ross Sea ecosystem process.
The Aichi Target: By 2020, at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes.
