Towards a New Governance of High Seas Biodiversity (Seminar Proceedings)

This document, written in close cooperation with the contributors, provides a summary of the presentations and discussions held during the international seminar “Towards a New Governance of High Seas Biodiversity”, organised by the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) on 20 and 21 March 2008 at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, in partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the French Agency of Marine Protected Areas, the French Global Environmental Facility (FFEM) and with the collaboration of the Maritime and Oceanic Law Centre (University of Nantes).

Workshop by workshop, it presents the main perspectives put forward for a new governance of high seas biodiversity.