North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy
Under its North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy (NEA Strategy) OSPAR is taking forward work related to the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach (NEA Strategy Part I) and the suite of five thematic strategies (NEA Strategy Part II) to address the main threats that it has identified concerning issues within its competence:
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Strategy |
Committee or group |
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BDC and EIHA |
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HASEC |
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HASEC |
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OIC |
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RSC |
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a Strategy for the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) |
All committees for their theme, the Coordination Group for 'Theme A' (General, i.e. overall Ecosystem Approach) |
Under each theme, work is undertaken in relation to the monitoring and assessment of the status of the marine environment which is used to follow up implementation of the strategies and the resulting benefits to the marine environment. The six strategies fit together to underpin the ecosystem approach. Programmes and measures are developed by the Committees on the basis of proposals by the Contracting Parties.
Although this is not a separate Strategy, the OSPAR Commission has also considered the relevance of climate change issues in a wider context.