Note verbale dated 2006/05/19 from the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat

Transmits a paper entitled "Report of the Scientific Experts' Workshop on Criteria for Identifying Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas beyond National Jurisdiction - 6-8 Dec. 2005, Ottawa, Canada".

Report of the Scientific Experts' Workshop on Criteria for Identifying Ecologically Significant Areas beyond National Jurisdiction - 6-8 December 2006 [i.e. 2005], Ottawa, Canada

30 p. : charts, tables

Annexes (p. 21-30): 1. Biogeography in areas beyond national jurisdiction -- 2. Definition of "Protected Area" -- 3. Comparable concepts from the United States of America (U.S.A.) -- 4. A summary of the criteria recommended by this expert group and the IUCN criteria (Kelleher 1999) - 5. Technical considerations in combining information from different criteria -- 6. Consideration regarding Management Feasibility -- 7. List of participants.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).