Dear ENB readers; IISD Reporting Services is seeking a funding partner for its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) coverage from the Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), scheduled to be held at UN Headquarters from 19-25 August 2013.
As you may know, many delegates at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) sought to include a decision to "initiate, as soon as possible, the negotiation, in the framework of the UN General Assembly, of an implementing agreement to UNCLOS that would address the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction." However, at the close of the negotiations, in the final outcome document from Rio+20, 'The Future We Want,' governments committed to address the issue before the end of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, "including by taking a decision on the development of an international instrument under the Convention on the Law of the Sea." The August meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group will be the first negotiation on this issue since Rio+20. What positions will they take on this matter? Will they make progress on their Rio+20 commitment? Due to recent loss of several key long-time donors, which has resulted in reduction of revenue for the ENB, we are adjusting our program of work this year to match projected revenues. We are working on developing a partnership cooperation agreement with UNEP that includes a new financing mechanism that governments can use to support our knowledge products. We hope to return to a full schedule of coverage in the next months. And, in the meantime we will be seeking specific funding for those meetings that we have had to eliminate from our roster. IISD is urgently asking for funds to help provide transparency and raise the visibility of the BBNJ meeting next month, IISD needs approximately US$29K to publish at this important session. IISD has published the Earth Negotiations Bulletin from meetings of the BBNJ process since 2006 and we hope that this continuous coverage is not interrupted. * First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction<http://www.iisd.ca/oceans/marinebiodiv/> 13-17 February 2006, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America * Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction<http://www.iisd.ca/oceans/marinebiodiv2/> 28 April - 2 May 2008, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America * Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction<http://www.iisd.ca/oceans/marinebiodiv3/> 1-5 February 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America * Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction<http://www.iisd.ca/oceans/marinebiodiv4/> 31 May - 3 June 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America * Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction <http://www.iisd.ca/oceans/marinebiodiv5/> 7-11 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America A copy of our funding proposal for this meeting can be found at http://www.iisd.ca/enbvol/2013/specific_funding_for_enb_for_coverage_of_undoalos_bbnj.pdf If you are in a position to assist us in providing coverage of this important meeting, please contact Jennifer Covert at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . In this fiscal year, the Earth Negotiations Bulletin has received commitments from the following donors, who we would like to thank for their generous contributions: Sustaining Donors (> US$150,000 per year) The European Commission General Supporters (>US$50,000 per year) Germany (BMU) Finland Switzerland New Zealand Japan (through IGES) Sweden UNEP We would like to thank our readers for their continuing support and we would encourage you to communicate your appreciation for the work of IISD Reporting Services and the Earth Negotiations Bulletin Team to those governments, foundations, funds and Bretton Woods institutions that might be in a position to support our work. Regards, Kimo GOREE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI Vice President, Reporting Services and United Nations Liaison International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) -- United Nations Office 300 E 56th St. Apt. 11D - New York, NY 10022 USA Direct Line: +1 973 273 5860 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Mobile phone (new!): +12128107701 Skype: kimogoree Where: July 20-27 Finger Lakes (cycling), in NYC all of August Notice:This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright. 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