Proceedings 2015/012
Proceedings of the regional peer review for developing a marine protected area network in the Western Arctic Bioregion – validating the process and identifying Priority Conservation Areas; February 17-19, 2014
Chairperson: Kathleen Martin
Editors: Holly Cleator and Kathleen Martin
Summary
A Marine Protected Areas Network following United Nations stipulated steps is required to meet Canada’s obligations to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD). The objective of the network will be to help conserve biodiversity, ecosystem functions and natural characteristics of the marine environment. Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA) have been identified for the Western Arctic Bioregion. The next step in the process is to identify ecological units derived from a biogeographic classification system. EBSAs and ecological units are used as inputs to identify priority conservation areas as planning inputs to the Marine Protected Areas Network.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) held a regional science peer-review meeting on February 17-19, 2014 in Winnipeg, MB to evaluate a proposed classification system to produce ecological units and identify a conservation objective and priority conservation areas within the Western Arctic Bioregion.
This proceedings report summarizes the relevant discussions from the peer-review meeting and presents revisions to be made to the associated research documents. The Science Advisory Report and the supporting Research Documents, resulting from this advisory meeting, are published on the DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Website.
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