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UN Ocean Conference

Lisbon, Portugal | 27 June to 1 July 2022
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The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is strengthening its efforts to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

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Canada is undertaking marine spatial planning processes across the country with the commitment to have four first-generation marine spatial plans by 2024
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New voluntary environmental measures announced in April 2022 to reduce pollution from cruise ships operating in Canadian waters during the 2022 cruise season. The intent is to make these measures mandatory for the 2023 season and beyond
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Canada co-sponsored the America Alliance for the Protection of the Ocean, a Chilean initiative to establish a regional alliance for collaboration, cooperation and coordination of marine protected areas and other marine conservation measures in the Pacific
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Canada completed a $1.7 million partnership with the non-governmental organization OceanMind to advance the use of drone technologies in combatting illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing in developing countries
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Canada is investing an additional $750 million over a further five years in its Global Innovation Clusters which support key sectors of Canadian advantage to build world-leading innovation ecosystems in Canada
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Canada is hosting the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, February 3-9 2023 in Vancouver, which will aim to define a roadmap for achieving ocean conservation targets to protect at least 30 per cent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030
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Canada joins the Aquatic Blue Foods Coalition
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Canada is committed to the extension of the Dark Vessel Detection platform to support Ecuador's efforts against illegal, unreported, unregulated in the Galapagos Islands
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Canada is committed to contributing to the International Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance Network to host four virtual seminars over 2022 bringing over 70 countries and non-governmental organizations, and over 500 participants together
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Canada joined the zero emission shipping by 2050 initiative
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Canada will disburse $30 million under the Marine Litter Mitigation Fund
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Canada is committed to introducing amendments to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 including to enable proactive management of marine emergencies and to cover more types of pollution
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Canada supports the Green Shipping Challenge to galvanize global action to decarbonize the international shipping industry
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Canada contributes $9 million to the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance to help Small Island Developing States and coastal developing countries increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change through nature-based solutions
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The Government of Canada is proud to commit $10 million to combat ghost gear through Canada’s Ghost Gear Fund and by partnering with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative
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Canada is investing $183.1 million over five years, to reduce plastic waste and increase plastic circularity by developing and implementing regulatory measures, and conducting scientific research to inform policy-making
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Promoting Ocean Education: Ocean Bachelor - meet the Ocean now!
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Canada is committed to the creation of the Eastern Canyons Marine Refuge, covering a 43,976 square kilometers area off the coast of the Province of Nova Scotia
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