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Objective 1.1.2. A Monk Seal Conservation Officer (MSCO) is selected by the Range
States from within the MSTF, tasked of coordinating the MSTF work and of supporting the
conservation activities implemented by Range States and concerned international
organisations through the implementation of this Strategy9.

Objective Target 1.1.2.1. TOR for MSCO adopted, MSCO engaged by March 2014.

Objective 1.1.3. The Parties to the Barcelona Convention ensure that the MSTF and the
activities it recommends are supported by adequate resources.

Objective Target 1.1.3.1. The Parties to the Barcelona Convention adopt a resolution
to support the MSTF functioning.

Objective 1.1.4. The Parties to the Barcelona Convention ensure that the activities that the
MSTF recommends, insofar as it is possible, are implemented.

Objective Target 1.1.4.1. The Parties to the Barcelona Convention adopt resolutions
in support of specific MSTF recommendations concerning the implementation of this
Strategy.

Goal Target 1.2. Based on this Strategy, the MSTF provides support to Mediterranean
Range States in the development and implementation of specific conservation actions
having a regional scope.

Objective 1.2.1. A contingency plan for single disastrous events (e.g., a lethal epizootic
outbreak, a massive oil spill within monk seal critical habitat), and for emergency conditions
which may derive from catastrophic environmental change, is developed by the MSTF in
cooperation with equivalent bodies dealing with the conservation of Mediterranean monk
seals in the Atlantic, with the conservation of cetaceans in the Mediterranean (i.e., within the
ACCOBAMS framework), and with the appropriate bodies within the “Barcelona System”
(e.g., REMPEC). The contingency plan will include the collection and safe storage of
Mediterranean monk seal germplasm which may support in the future the recovery of the
species should it become extinct.

Objective Target 1.2.1.1. Contingency plan developed by the MSTF in 2014, and
adopted by the subsequent Barcelona Convention CoP.

Objective 1.2.2. Capacity building and awareness activities are planned by the MSTF, and
promoted in monk seal Ranges States so that monk seal protection and recovery is
effectively embraced at the national level. This will include the preparation of a dedicated

9 As prescribed in Art. 30 of the Action Plan (UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA, 2003a).