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Strong presence at IMPAC5: Ocean Governance team prepares to host sessions at the largest International Marine Protected Areas Congress
Improving the management of the marine environment through international cooperation and dialogue between MPA managers and stakeholders lie at the core of the EU Ocean Governance project. The Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), taking place...
Successful South-South cooperation during training webinars for MPA managers from Brazil and Cape Verde
An online webinar held from 16-18 August 2022 united MPA managers from Brazil and Cape Verde for a joint learning experience. Our Resilience Twinning Coordinator Jean-Jaques Goussard organised the event, which aimed to disseminate the Resilience Twinning and platform...
Ocean Governance team participated in first ever Africa Protected Areas Congress
From 18-22 July, our team was honoured to take part in the first Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) in Kigali, Rwanda. They took the opportunity to meet with other African Marine Protected Areas (MPA) networks and practitioners, and presented the activities of...
Ocean Governance Project at the UN Ocean Conference
From 27 June to 1 July 2022, the global ocean community came together in Lisbon to collectively work towards the Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The Conference saw lively...
Ocean Governance Project showcased at Second Asia Parks Congress
The Ocean Governance team were among over 1 250 delegates from 49 countries who attended the Second Asia Parks Congress in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from 25 to 29 May 2022. The Congress was jointly organised by Sabah Parks, Malaysia, and the International Union...
Marine Mammals Twinning Partner’s Workshop 2022: A stepping stone towards more effective management and better protection
On 3-5 May 2022, the Ocean Governance project held the first Marine Mammals Twinning partners' workshop of the year, in Cambridge, England. The more than 15 workshop participants, joining either in-person or online, came from the USA, Bermuda, Cabo Verde, Canada,...
Moving forward with resilience to rapid changes
The EU Ocean Governance Resilience twinning met for its annual workshop in Saly, Senegal, in May.
Side event at the CBD SBSTTA 24 (Subsidiary Body for Scientific Technical and Technological Advice): Networks of MPA managers, together to accelerate and support the implementation of the Aïchi target 11
To achieve post 2020 MPA targets, beyond creating new marine protected areas (MPA) and stronger protection for them in the future, it is also crucial to ensure their effective management at a local level – through adequate human and material capacity as well as skills...
The Coastal Resilience and the Marine Mammals Self Assessment Toolkits, innovative tools presented in the Mediterranean MPA 2020 Forum
In December 2021, the Ocean Governance Project had an intensive agenda in the Mediterranean MPA Forum, hosted in Monaco. Our experts Francis Staub (leader of the Marine Mammals Twinning Project) and Jean-Jacques Goussard (leader of the Coastal Resilience Twinning...
Commited to the SDGs: The Marine Mammals’ Toolkit, among the tools for SDG14-Life Below Water
The Marine Mammal Twinning has submitted the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit as a voluntary commitment for the implementation of SDG14 - Life Below Water - within the 2030 Agenda of The UN Ocean Conference. The voluntary commitment recognises the importance of...