Progress report for
Oceanic Blue Carbon
Achievement at a glance
In 2017, Oceanic Blue Carbon was featured in the following:<br>
<br>Workshop held at the 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Society for Conservation Biology, Cartagena, Colombia, 2017, titled Role of Cetaceans in Ecosystem Functioning: Defining Marine Conservation Policies in the 21st Century. Workshop report available here: https://awionline.org/press-releases/new-report-highlights-valuable-ecological-services-provided-whales
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<br>Peer-reviewed paper on Innovative financing for the High Seas, by Torsten Thiele and Leah Gerber, published in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, available here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2794/full
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<br>At COP23 to the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany, including an endorsement at a side event at COP23 to the UNFCCC in Bonn, Nov. 2017 by Ronny Jumeau, Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador for Climate Change for the Republic of Seychelles, in the statement "fish carbon is an opportunity for Small Island Developing States to get the oceans in their Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement."
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<br>Short science communication vidoes and blog shared online via Women4Oceans website and social media: http://women4oceans.weebly.com/blog--w4o-news
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<br>Presentations at scientific and governmental institutions in Arendal, Kristiansand, Oslo and Troms in Norway and at the UN Environment in Nairobi, Kenya.
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<br>In addition, at least one PhD research project into the role of marine vertebrates in the ocean carbon cycle was announced, based at the University of Agder, Norway.
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