[enviro-vlc] FW: [Gf-hanoiparticipants] Watch the results of the 4th Global Oceans Conference on the Internet

[Vern Weitzel]

Thanks Julia.
Subject: FW: [Gf-hanoiparticipants] Watch the results of the 4th Global Oceans 
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:13:10 +0800
From: Julia Shaw <julia.shaw at wildlifeatrisk.org>
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Subject: [Gf-hanoiparticipants] Watch the results of the 4th Global Oceans
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April 10, 2008

Watch the results of the 4th Global Oceans Conference on the Internet

 From the 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands:  Advancing
Ecosystem Management and Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in the
Context of Climate Change, April 7-11, 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam

For Immediate Release

The 4th Global Conference brought together 430 ocean and coastal leaders
from 71 countries, representing all sectors, including governments,
intergovernmental and international organizations, non-governmental
organizations, the business community, ocean donors, and scientific
institutions.  The conference assessed essential issues in the governance of
the world’s oceans, with a focus on moving toward an ecosystem-based and
integrated approach to oceans governance at national, regional, and global
levels.  For the first time, a concerted effort was made to bring oceans
policy together with climate change, which, as indicated in the 2007 report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will have profound effects
on ecosystems and coastal populations around the world, especially among the
poorest people on Earth and in small island developing States.

The conference focused especially on assessing the progress that has been
achieved (or lack thereof) on the global oceans targets established by the
world’s political leaders at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development:  Achieving ecosystem-based and integrated ocean and coastal
management by 2010, reducing marine biodiversity loss and of establishing
networks of marine protected areas by 2012, restoring fishery stocks by
2015, among others.

The conference underlined that ocean and coastal managers are at the front
line of climate changes.  The climate issues that ocean and coastal leaders
around the world will need to face will ineradicably change the nature of
ocean and coastal management, introducing increased uncertainty, the need to
incorporate climate change planning into all existing management processes,
the need to develop and apply new tools related to vulnerability assessment,
and the need to make difficult choices in what in many cases will be “no
win” situations, involving adverse impacts to vulnerable ecosystems and
communities.  Conference participants underlined that we must begin this
process now, including altering coastal development that is already in the
pipeline--we don’t have the luxury of waiting 10 years before we consider
the implications and before we act.

You are kindly invited to view the proceedings of the conference through
multiple media, including the following:

w     The Global Forum, the World Ocean Network, and the World Ocean
Observatory have created a special GOC2008 website and YouTube channel
designed specifically to inform audiences across the world about the context
and work of the Global Forum using rich media.

      GOC2008 Website
      http://www.thew2o.net/goc2008

      GOC2008 YouTube Channel
      http://www.youtube.com/globaloceans2008


Here, you will be able to:
§         Explore the proceedings of the Conference and each major ocean
issue being addressed.
§         View the reports, recommendations, and Policy Briefs of the Global
Forum’s 12 Working Groups, involving about 250 experts from 68 countries,
which have been mobilizing to provide recommendations on priority next steps
that the international community should take on major ocean issues.
§         See short video interviews and podcasts of ocean and coastal
experts from various sectors around the globe as well as the presentations
and movie clips illustrating major ocean issues.

w     The International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting
Services provided daily coverage of conference proceedings.  As the
publisher of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, IISD Reporting Services (RS)
is recognized for its objectivity and issue expertise in the field of
international environment and sustainable development policy.  In past
Global Ocean Conferences IISDRS has helped the Global Forum to disseminate
conference reports containing recommendations on advancing the development
of integrated oceans policies worldwide to their mail lists which include
45,000 subscribers.

To read more details about the work of the Conference please see the
attached document.

For further information please contact Kateryna Wowk
(kmw at udel.edu<mailto:kmw at udel.edu>)

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