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Report of the expert meeting on the potential for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in inland fisheries

Rome, 27–29 November 2023

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 70 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-139105-1

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

Series number No. 1440

Synopsis (short abstract) The Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an in-person expert meeting in Rome, Italy on 27–29 November 2023 to discuss considerations and opportunities for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in freshwater ecosystems where inland fisheries are being managed. FAO engaged experts in inland fisheries, freshwater management and biodiversity conservation with the objective of discussing, in the context of the newly adopted Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), (1) the role of freshwater fisheries resources management in meeting the newly adopted global biodiversity targets and; (2) the guidance needed to recognize the potential contribution of freshwater fisheries resources management to biodiversity conservation and to Target 3 through the recognition of OECMs.

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FAO. 2024. Report of the expert meeting on the potential for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in inland fisheries – Rome, 27–29 November 2023. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report, No. 1440. Rome. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2371en

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