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Appendix 2:
DRAFT ACCOBAMS FORMAT FOR THE PROPOSAL OF PROTECTED AREAS FOR CETACEANS

INTRODUCTION
During MOP2, the Contracting Parties to ACCOBAMS asked the Scientific Committee
to prepare a special format for the proposal of protected areas for cetaceans, adapted
from the existing format for proposing SPAMIs under the Barcelona Convention.
The draft data-entry form below is based on the SPAMI template. It is comprised of the
following 6 main sections:

- Area identification
- Executive summary
- Site description
- Statement about the importance of the area for the cetacean species
- Description of known or potential threats to cetaceans
- Human population and use of natural resources
- Protection regime
The Scientific Committee of ACCOBAMS is expected to review this Form during the
Fourth Meeting (Monaco, November 2006) and to modify it as appropriate with the

view of submitting it to the next MOP.

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