RT Report
T1 A Marine Spatial Planning Framework for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
T2 Marco de planificación espacial marina para las zonas situadas fuera de la jurisdicción nacional
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
K1 marine resource
K1 sectoral planning
PB United Nations Environment Programme
SN 978-92-807-3757-8
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32904
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32904
NO This document explores how marine spatial planning (MSP) could be applied within areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). MSP is defined as: “a public process of analysing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic, and social objectives that are usually specified through a political process” (Ehler & Douvere, 2009). ABNJ describes the water column beyond Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) or beyond the territorial sea where no EEZ has been declared, as well as the seabed beyond the limits of the continental shelf, known as ‘the Area’ (Kimball, 2005).
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 23, 2026