Significant Marine Areas (EBSA)

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Significant Marine Areas (EBSA)

File:Layer Significant Marine Areas (EBSA).png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Protected areas

Description

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) are special areas in the ocean that serve important purposes to support the healthy functioning of oceans and the many services that it provides.

Scientific criteria for identifying EBSAs where defined in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9):

1 - Uniqueness or Rarity

2 - Special importance for life history stages of species

3 - Importance for threatened, endangered or declining species and/or habitats

4 - Vulnerability, Fragility, Sensitivity, or Slow recovery

5 - Biological Productivity

6 - Biological Diversity

7 - Naturalness."

Source: Tools4MSP on 2022/11/22.

MSP Challenge

EBSAs are included for information purposes and can be edited, added or deleted.

Back to protected areas.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

MAPAMED, the database on Sites of interest for the conservation of marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea. MedPAN, UNEP/MAP/RAC-SPA. May 2016 release.

Original Title

EBSA - Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Description

"The EBSAs are special areas in the ocean that serve important purposes to support the healthy functioning of oceans and the many services that it provides. Scientific criteria for identifying EBSAs where defined in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9): (1) Uniqueness or Rarity, (2) Special importance for life history stages of species, (3) Importance for threatened, endangered or declining species and/or habitats (4) Vulnerability, Fragility, Sensitivity, or Slow recovery, (5) Biological Productivity, (6) Biological Diversity (7) Naturalness." Retrieved from Tools4MSP on 2022/11/22.

Creation Date

2016-09-29

Methodology

Implemented as is.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.