The conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction is one of the most controversial issues facing the law of the sea, and one that will probably be the scope of a new implementing agreement of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC). The agreement will address a set of challenges not on the agenda at the time LOSC was drafted, constituting an opportunity for addressing innovative notions, but also to question established ones as States attempt to ensure the compatibility between the former and the latter. One of the many challenges and a key aspect is the adoption of area-based management tools such as marine spatial planning. This article examines the existing legal gap regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and the use of marine spatial planning as an essential area-based management tool.

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国家管辖范围以外区域海洋空间规划的初步思考

在国家管辖范围以外地区保护和可持续利用生物多样性是海洋法面临的最具争议的问题之一，并且可能成为《联合国海洋法公约》新执行协定的范围。海 (LOSC)。该协议将解决在起草 LOSC 时不在议程上的一系列挑战，这为解决创新概念提供了机会，但也会在各国试图确保前者和后者之间的兼容性时质疑既定概念。许多挑战和关键方面之一是采用基于区域的管理工具，例如海洋空间规划。