Oceanic Fisheries Management Project II – Project Design Consultation 8 March 2013
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FAO TCP Project proposal on addressing climate change
impact on Pacific SIDS jurisdictional claims
Oceanic Fisheries Management Project II – Project Design Consultation
8 March 2013
Noumea, New Caledonia
Project name:
Assessment and development of national and regional options and strategies to address jurisdictional implications of climate change
and related capacity building
“Jurisdictional claims project”
Design and approachTypical FAO TCP Project –
decentralized formulation and operated – HQ technical backstopping
Integral part of OFMP II – but can be implemented as an autonomous
complementary project
Falls under climate change - impact on jurisdictional claims
Focus on legal options/responses to climate change through a strategic
approach and capacity building
Output 1.2.2 of Project Framework
Assessment of sea level rise/climate change impacts on fisheries jurisdictions conducted in coordination
with related initiatives and related training carried out for 14 Pacific SIDS
Background and considerations
Certainty, clarity and consistency in jurisdictional claims = effective
implementation of instruments and management
Baselines that are based on physical features/land marks when inundated due to sea level rise could affect 200
EEZ
No explicit reference in international law/UNCLOS on continued validity
of claims (Int’l law is silent)
Legal Boundaries of the Oceans and Airspace
Key components
Budget: US$500,000 Objectives:
– enhance understanding and recognition in Pacific SIDS region of full import of physical and jurisdictional implications of SLR
– directly lead to development and endorsement of a Regional Strategy (policy and legal) and approaches and options for recognition and preservation of Pacific SIDS jurisdictional claims
Key components
Activities– National consultations– Regional consultation formulation of strategies– Capacity building
OutputsRegional Strategy
national strategies
Enhanced understanding/capacities developed
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