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national capacity to manage and realize the benefits of sustainable resource use, including
in relation to improved market access for small-scale, artisanal, and women fishworkers,
and indigenous peoples and communities.
The Rio+20 Outcome Document also refers to states' support to the Intergovernment-
alScience-Policy PlatformonBiodiversity andEcosystem Services(IPBES)andtheWorld
Ocean Assessment (the latter, in the context of the Regular Process for Global Report-
ing and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic
Aspects).
The Outcome Document also stresses the need to consider the precautionary approach
in ocean fertilization activities.
In relation to areas beyond national jurisdiction, the Rio+20 Conference called for a
decision at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in 2014 on the development of an
international instrument under UNCLOS for the conservation and sustainable use of mar-
ine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction .
