The Global Ocean Observing System 2030 Strategy

To meet urgent and expanding demands for ocean observations and services, GOOS has looked towards the coming decade and developed this 2030 Strategy.
The strategy will guide us, our community, and all those willing to support development of the integrated global ocean observing system required for our safety, wellbeing, prosperity and sustainable future.

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The Global Risks Report 2020

The world cannot wait for the fog of geopolitical and geo-economic uncertainty to lift. Opting to ride out the current period in the hope that the global system will “snap back” runs the risk of missing crucial windows to address pressing challenges. On key issues such as the economy, the environment, technology and public health, stakeholders must find ways to act quickly and with purpose within an unsettled global landscape. This is the context in which the World Economic Forum publishes the 15th edition of the Global Risks Report.

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The MAR2R Project Participating Countries (Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion)

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The Need for a Sanitation Revolution in LAC – Conclusions from World Water Week

The purpose of this technical note is to summarize and synthesize findings, conclusions and recommendations from presentations and discussions held during the aforementioned LACfocused WWW sessions, with a primary objective of outlining steps the LAC region can take to initiate the sanitation revolution needed to meet SDG Targets 6.2 and 6.3.

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The potencial to integrate blue carbon into MPA design and management

This paper explores how marine protected areas (MPAs) design, location, and management could be used to protect and increase carbon sequestration and ensure integrity of carbon storage through conservationand restoration activities.

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The Regional Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery management plan

This document presents the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fishery Regional Management Plan (MARPLESCA plan) prepared under the “Ecosystem Approach for the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries subproject (aka ECOLANGOSTA +)”, which is executed in the framework of the ” Shared Living Marine Resources of the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME +)” and the implementation of the Strategic Action Program 2015-2025 of the CLME region.

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The Sargasso Sea – A Vital Ecosystem Of Global Importance (Infographic)

The Sargasso Sea creates an essential habitat for worldwide species globally. This infographic shows its the economic contribution of this high biodiverse and productive area.

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The Science we Need for the Ocean We Want: The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)

On 5 December 2017, the United Nations declared that a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development would be held from 2021 to 2030. This Decade will provide a common framework to ensure that ocean science can fully support countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Decade will provide a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to create a new foundation, across the science-policy interface, to strengthen the management of our oceans and coasts for the benefit of humanity.

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The State of Biodiversity in The Caribbean Community – A Review of Progress Towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The Report highlights achievements, good practices, success stories and lessons learnt that can be shared, as examples, among the countries in the Region, and with countries outside the Region. It also recognizes that we face challenges, including of resources and capacity, but also as a result of the impacts of climate change and the increased frequency of severe weather events.

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The Sunken Billions – The Economic Justification For Fisheries Reform

The purpose of this study is to raise the awareness of decision makers regarding the economic dimensions of the crisis in the world’s marine capture fisheries.

This study estimated the difference between the potential and actual net economic benefits from global marine fisheries using 2004 as the base year. The estimate was made using a model that aggregated the world’s highly diverse fisheries into a single fishery. This made it possible to use the available global fisheries data such as production, value of production, and global fisheries profits as inputs to the model.

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