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2021/2757(RSP) Resolution on the establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2

Events

2021/07/08
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 588 votes to 21, with 79 abstentions, a resolution on the establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and the Left groups.

Recalling that the ocean is the world’s largest active carbon sink, having sequestered over 30 % of the carbon from those emissions, the resolution stressed that the establishment of MPAs covering over 3 million km2 in the eastern Antarctic and the Weddell Sea would create one of the largest marine protection areas in history.

The resolution stressed that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean contain ecosystems and biodiversity of exceptional value and scientific importance, and that the Weddell Sea is key for global ocean circulation and the world’s climate.

Negotiations are ongoing in the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to establish these two new MPAs. The approval of these MPAs would contribute to achieving EU and global commitments on protecting marine biodiversity. According to Parliament, these MPAs should be used as a basis in the global negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity in the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China.

While expressing it full support for the efforts made by the European Union and its Member States, Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States and New Zealand to establish two new MPAs in the eastern Antarctic and the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, Parliament called on the Commission and Member States to intensify their bilateral and multilateral efforts to secure support for the establishment of these MPAs in the forthcoming months.

Recalling the EU’s commitment on marine protection to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the EU’s sea area, including strictly protecting 10 % of its seas, Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States together with global partners to strengthen the network of MPAs globally through enhanced management, better spatial planning, evaluations and enforcement in order to increase ecological coherence and connectivity of MPAs.

The resolution highlighted that IUU fishing activities represent a considerable threat to sustainable fishing and the resilience of marine ecosystems and that tourism in Antarctica must be conducted in a sustainable way.

Documents
2021/07/07
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2021/07/06
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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Création de zones marines protégées (ZMP) de l'Antarctique et préservation de la biodiversité dans l'océan Austral - B9-0369/2021 - Am 2 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: -: 370, +: 309, 0: 16
PL IT HU EL LT BG AT HR LV RO SI SK MT CY LU FI EE PT IE SE CZ NL BE DK FR DE ES
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B9-0369/2021 - Am 3 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: -: 540, +: 136, 0: 19
PL LU LV SK EE LT MT CY HR SI HU FI IT BG AT IE EL SE BE DK NL CZ PT ES RO FR DE
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B9-0369/2021 - Am § 4/1 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: +: 619, 0: 62, -: 15
DE FR IT ES RO PL BE CZ AT PT NL EL BG FI DK SE IE SK HU HR LT SI LV MT CY LU EE
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B9-0369/2021 - Am § 4/2 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: +: 548, -: 75, 0: 72
DE ES FR RO PL NL PT CZ IT EL BG BE DK SE AT IE FI HU HR LT SK SI LV MT CY LU EE
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B9-0369/2021 - Am 4 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: -: 568, +: 108, 0: 19
PL LV SK EE MT CY LU HR LT SI HU FI IT BG AT IE EL SE DK NL CZ BE PT ES RO FR DE
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B9-0369/2021 - Am 1 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: -: 530, +: 150, 0: 15
HU PL LU LV SK EE LT MT CY HR SI IT FI BG AT IE EL SE BE DK NL CZ PT ES RO FR DE
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B9-0369/2021 - Considérant O/1 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: +: 626, 0: 58, -: 12
DE FR IT ES RO PL HU PT BE NL AT CZ EL BG FI DK SE IE SK LT HR SI LV MT CY LU EE
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For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ID ID
71

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1
3

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Finland ID

2

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
39

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
36

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

1

Slovakia NI

For (1)

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2

Lithuania NI

1

Croatia NI

2
icon: ECR ECR
63

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Romania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

Abstain (1)

4

Greece ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2
3

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

B9-0369/2021 - Considérant O/2 08/07/2021 12:06:26.161 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: +: 584, 0: 62, -: 50
DE FR ES RO PL PT CZ IT NL BG BE SE EL AT IE DK FI HU LT HR SK SI LV MT CY LU EE
Total
95
78
59
32
52
21
21
75
29
17
20
20
20
19
13
14
14
21
10
12
13
8
8
6
6
6
7
icon: PPE PPE
175

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Hungary PPE

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
143

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
98

Italy Renew

2
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
71

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
39

Czechia The Left

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
36

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Lithuania NI

1

Croatia NI

2

Slovakia NI

2
icon: ID ID
71

Czechia ID

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
63

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Romania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

Abstain (1)

4

Bulgaria ECR

2
3

Greece ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Création de zones marines protégées (ZMP) de l'Antarctique et préservation de la biodiversité dans l'océan Austral - B9-0369/2021 - Proposition de résolution 08/07/2021 15:53:14.480 #

2021/07/08 Outcome: +: 588, 0: 79, -: 21
DE FR IT RO ES PL HU SE CZ PT NL BE AT EL BG DK SK IE FI LT HR SI LV MT CY LU EE
Total
90
79
74
32
59
51
21
20
21
20
29
20
19
20
17
14
13
12
14
10
12
8
8
6
6
6
7
icon: PPE PPE
173

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
140

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
98

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Lithuania Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
71

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
39

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: ID ID
70

Czechia ID

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1
icon: NI NI
35

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

1

Slovakia NI

For (1)

1

Lithuania NI

1

Croatia NI

2
icon: ECR ECR
62

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Romania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

Abstain (1)

4

Greece ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Latvia ECR

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Abstain (1)

2

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 588 votes to 21, with 79 abstentions, a resolution on the establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity.
  • The text adopted in plenary was tabled the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and the Left groups.
  • Recalling that the ocean is the world’s largest active carbon sink, having sequestered over 30 % of the carbon from those emissions, the resolution stressed that the establishment of MPAs covering over 3 million km2 in the eastern Antarctic and the Weddell Sea would create one of the largest marine protection areas in history.
  • The resolution stressed that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean contain ecosystems and biodiversity of exceptional value and scientific importance, and that the Weddell Sea is key for global ocean circulation and the world’s climate.
  • Negotiations are ongoing in the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to establish these two new MPAs. The approval of these MPAs would contribute to achieving EU and global commitments on protecting marine biodiversity. According to Parliament, these MPAs should be used as a basis in the global negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity in the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China.
  • While expressing it full support for the efforts made by the European Union and its Member States, Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States and New Zealand to establish two new MPAs in the eastern Antarctic and the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, Parliament called on the Commission and Member States to intensify their bilateral and multilateral efforts to secure support for the establishment of these MPAs in the forthcoming months.
  • Recalling the EU’s commitment on marine protection to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the EU’s sea area, including strictly protecting 10 % of its seas, Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States together with global partners to strengthen the network of MPAs globally through enhanced management, better spatial planning, evaluations and enforcement in order to increase ecological coherence and connectivity of MPAs.
  • The resolution highlighted that IUU fishing activities represent a considerable threat to sustainable fishing and the resilience of marine ecosystems and that tourism in Antarctica must be conducted in a sustainable way.
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