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This event will focus on area-based forms of conservation and management measures in marine and coastal ecosystems, highlighting the successes of community-based management. This event will have speakers from different parts of the world.
27 November - 2 December 2004, Kushiro, Japan
31 August - 4 September 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
Group of ageing beluga whales and orcas from marine entertainment parks will live out their post-showbiz days in a sheltered bay off Canada. More than 300 beluga whales and 60 orcas remain captive in aquariums around the world, with recent films such as Blackfish highlighting the ethics of breed ...
The summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park in the northeastern U.S. state of Maine offers sweeping, unobstructed views of Frenchman Bay. Surrounded by islands and rocky shorelines, the bay is known throughout Maine for recreation and resources.
Istanbul — Turkey's president has promised to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of "sea snot" that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists. A huge mass of marine mucilage, a thick, slimy substance made up of compounds released by marine organisms, has bloomed in Turkey's Marmar ...
From the air, the turquoise hues of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ vast barrier reef appear as an expanse of blistering beauty. One of the largest reef systems on Earth, it teems with wildlife like friendly wild dolphins, and attracts more than a million tourists a year.
7 - 18 August 2006, Kingston, Jamaica
14 - 21 June 2006, Mondsee, Austria
12 - 16 June 2017, New York, United States of America
21 - 30 June 2005, Paris, France
Two whales that became entangled in shark nets on the Queensland coast have been freed after being stuck for several hours.
Permits for UK and EU vessels will hinder efforts to protect marine life and may break habitats directive, conservation group warns
22 - 24 March 2023, New York, United States of America
The United Nations Ocean Conference is currently underway in Portugal’s Lisbon. Ending on 1 July, the conference is attended by heads of state from 20 countries. In the opening speech of the event on 27 June, UN secretary general António Guterres has declared an “ocean emergency” and urged gover ...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants countries to step up their efforts to conserve the world’s marine resources even as he acknowledged the progress made since the last UN Ocean Conference.
Members of the United Nations (UN) "need to urgently scale up actions" to protect the ocean and mitigate the impacts of climate change, Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said at the Second United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Tuesday
The oceans are not only under “unprecedented pressure” due to climate change, but “half of all living coral has been lost in the past 150 years”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, addressing the latest gathering of nations which are party to the UN Convention on t ...
1 - 2 March 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
Provisional agenda
Annotated agenda
Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation of Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management (Imcam)
Guidance on Integrated Marine and Coastal Area Management Produced by the Ramsar Convention
Goals and Targets Relevant to Management of Marine and Coastal Resources Adopted by International Processes
Provisional agenda
Organization of work: Adoption of the agenda<br />Annotations to the provisional agenda
The effects of mariculture on biodiversity<br />Background document prepared by World Fisheries Trust
Convention on Biological Diversity: The program of work on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity
Provisional agenda
Organization of work: Adoption of the agenda<br>Annotations to the provisional agenda
The value and effects of marine and coastal protected areas (MCPAs) on marine and coastal biological diversity: A review of available information
Report of the meeting
Information for participants
The role of protected areas within the Convention on Biological Diversity
Provisional agenda
Organization of work: adoption of the agenda<br>Annotations to the provisional agenda
Report of Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for East, South and South-East Asia
Report of Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for East, South and South-East Asia
Report of Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa
Report of Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Capacity-Building Workshop for West Africa
Globe Action Plan for Coral Reefs: Policy Proposals for Legislators
Marine Biodiversity and Networks of Marine Protected Areas in 2010
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity: Progress Report on Describing Areas That Meet the Criteria for Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity: Revised Voluntary Guidelines for the Consideration of Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessments and Strategic Environmental Assessments in Marine and Coastal Areas
Progress on Refining Descriptions of Areas Meeting EBSA Criteria in the North-East Atlantic
2012 Interim Status Report on the OSPAR Network of Marine Protected Areas
Sustainable Ocean Initiative
Options Regarding Procedures for Modifying the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas or Facilitating the Process of Making Descriptions of New Areas
Strategy and activities in the field of coastal and marine biological diversity in relation to Decision II/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Countries having submitted names for the Roster of Experts on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity