Browsing Meeting Documents by Subject "INDIAN OCEAN REGION"
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Area Based Planning Tools and Regional Cooperation in the Western Indian Ocean Meeting: Report of the Meeting
(2016)The meeting on Area Based Planning Tools and Regional Cooperation for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda was held in Mahe, Seychelles on 13-14 October 2016 by the Secretariat for the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, ... -
Building Partnership for Coastal Cities in Western Indian Ocean Region
(2018)Cities and urban settlements have developed in coastal zones for millennia - resource-rich and strategic from transport, trade and defense perspectives. Although cities only cover 2 percent of the world’s land surface, ... -
Coastal Cities in WIO Region: New opportunities for the Nairobi Convention - Session 10: Emerging Issues Paper 1
(2018)Coastal cities are dynamic, complex systems which need energy, water, food and other resources to function and support diverse activities. If managed properly cities have the potential to offer better socio-economic ... -
Conservation And Management Of Chondrichthyans (Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras) in the Western Indian Ocean
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Conservation and Management of Chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and chimaeras) in the Western Indian Ocean - Session 8: From Science to Policy Paper 1
(2018)The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) has been identified as a global hotspot for chondrichthyan diversity, with 130 shark, 86 batoid (wedgefishes, skates and rays) and 11 chimaera species identified to date. The WIO is one of ... -
Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region and Related Protocols
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Delivery of the Regional Workshop on Managing Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Oil and Gas Sector: Training Summary and Documentation
(2017)A Regional Workshop on Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Oil and Gas Sector was carried out from 17-20 October, 2017, in Zanzibar, Tanzania, which was co-organized by the Norwegian Coastal Administration under ... -
Developing the Western Indian Ocean Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter
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Development of the Western Indian Ocean Action Plan on Marine Litter and Microplastics - Session 5: Management of Marine Litter and Municipal Wastewater in the Western Indian Ocean Paper 1
(2018)Marine litter and micro-plastics has recently taken a top slot in the political and public agenda on the health and integrity of the world’s oceans. Over 80% of marine pollution that constitute marine litter and micro-plastics ... -
Draft decisions for consideration and adoption by the Contracting Parties of Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region at their ninth meeting
(2018)The Contracting Parties to the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region, determined to intensify policy and management ... -
Draft Guidelines for Drafters and Negotiators of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management to the Nairobi Convention
(2018)Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has grown conceptually and operationally mainly in the last four decades since its inception in the United States of America in the early 1970s. The concept and practice of ICZM ... -
Draft Report: Meeting of Focal Points of the Nairobi Convention
(2014-03-20)Focal Points, government representatives as well as representatives of partner organisations, Indian Ocean Commission and UNEP attended the Nairobi Convention Focal Points Meeting on 26 February 2014 in Mombasa, Kenya. The ... -
Experts Meeting on Environmental Management of the Oil and Gas Sector Development in the Western Indian Ocean
(2016-11-10)The oil and gas industry is showing considerable growth in the Western Indian Ocean region, representing both economic opportunity as well as significant risks in terms of the negative impacts on the coastal and marine ... -
Final Act of the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Protocol for the Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from land-Based Sources and Activities - Adopted in Nairobi, Kenya on 31 March 2010
(2010)The Conference of Plenipotentiaries was convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in pursuance of decision CP5/4 adopted at the fifth Conference of Parties ICOP5) to the Nairobi ... -
First Negotiated Draft: Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Western Indian Ocean Region (September 2013)
The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocol to the Amended Nairobi Convention is being developed pursuant to decision CP6/3.3 of the Sixth Conference of Parties of the Nairobi Convention (COP6) to strengthen the ... -
Focal Points Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention)
(2018-06-11)The Nairobi Convention holds a Conference of Contracting Parties (COPs) after two years to review the implementation of decisions of past COPs. The Contracting Parties to the Nairobi Convention held the Eighth Conference ... -
Governance of the South West Indian Ocean Seamounts
(2018)Seamounts are mostly located on mid-oceanic rifts or intra-plate hot spots. There ~1000 large seamounts in South West Indian Ocean, of which half are listed within EEZs. Because of their volcanic origin, seamounts contain ... -
Incorporating mangroves and Sea-Grasses In Western Indian Ocean into Regional Climate Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals
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