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UNEP Shelf Programme
The UNEP Shelf Programme was established to assist dev
eloping states and SIDS to complete the activities required
to delineate the outer limits of their continental shelves.
Since 12May 2009, the focus of the UNEP Shelf Programme
has been to assist developing countries in transforming their
Preliminary Information Documents into full submissions.
• The 2011 capacity building programme included
technical and legal support for the negotiation of
the 22 cases of unresolved boundaries in the region.
The inclusion of maritime boundaries that were not
originally foreseen has resulted in the expansion of
the number of countries participating in the pro-
gramme, to 13 countries.
Area of outer continental shelf according to the
Executive Summaries of the submissions
Area of outer continental shelf according to Preliminary Information
States that lodged Preliminary
Information but did not disclose the
extent of the area
Global distribution of outer continental shelf
States that lodged
a submission to the CLCS
Exclusive Economic Zone
Sources:DOALOS/CLCS
Global distribution of outer ntinental shelf
Area of outer continental shelf according to the
Executive Summaries of the submissions
Area of outer continental shelf according to Preliminary Information
States that lodged Preliminary
Information but did not disclose the
extent of the area
Global distributio of outer continental shelf
States that lodged
a submission to the CLCS
Exclusive Economic Zone
Sources:DOALOS/CLCS
Riccardo Pravettoni, www.grida.no/graphicslib