Draft Decision CP13/8 on the governance of coastal and marine areas in the Abidjan Convention area.
The thirteenth Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas of the Atlantic Coast of West, Central and Southern African Region (Abidjan Convention) was held virtually from December 13 to 15, 2021. The meeting, whose theme was “Ocean Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the Sustainable Development of Africa”, was organized in accordance with Article 17 of the Convention, which provides that the Contracting Parties shall meet in ordinary session every two or three years.