Resources

Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (UN Official Site)

This is the official UN website on the BBNJ Treaty. The UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea updates this website on a regular basis.

Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (UN Official Site)

This is the official UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea's website on the BBNJ Treaty. It provided relevant documents for the Intergovernmental Conference. This website is no longer maintained, but provides historic information about the negotiations.

Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction – BBNJ - IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin

The ENB provides daily reports and an overall summary at the conclusion of each session. Coverage dates back to the first preparatory committee meeting in 2016.

BBNJ Governance Literature Database

This database compiles scientific, peer-reviewed literature on the BBNJ Treaty in English, dating back to 2004 and continuously updated by the MARIPOLDATA team. Literature on MGRs can be searched, using keywords and the year of publication. Abstracts to all publications (where available) are provided with a hyperlink to the official publication website. Statistics on the distributions of publications by topic, year, region and source are also provided.