Introduction
Morgera, E (2021) “The Relevance of the Human Right to Science for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: A New Legally Binding Instrument to Support Co-Production of Ocean Knowledge across Scales” in Vito De Lucia, Lan Nguyen and Alex G. Oude Elferink (eds), International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Current Status and Future Trends (Brill, Forthcoming)
This chapter will put forward the argument that the priority in the ongoing negotiations of a new international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) should be framing clear international cooperation obligations on the coproduction of ocean knowledge,2 in order to support transformative conservation and sustainable use of BBNJ.3 Co-production is understood here as “social partnership and joint governance”, that relies on the development of “shared concepts of collaboration.”4 These shared concepts could build upon the principles and requirements for resilience of socio-ecological systems, such as continuous learning, adaptive systems thinking, openness, and long-term monitoring and data sharing.5