We’ve made incredible progress at #SBSTTA26 this week l, and have a great opportunity to agree on the future of the EBSA process at #COP16

The UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. is pleased to partner with The Nature Conservancy and Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) for this Side Event at #SIDS4

📣Happening this Wednesday! 🏝️Join us at the #SIDS4 Conference for a side event to explore the role that UN-Oceans members can play in supporting Small Island Developing States (SIDS). 🔗Learn more: un.org/Depts/los/coop…

Great to see countries exploring how to apply the OECM criteria in their own context!

The 4th #SOIGlobalDialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies is starting soon! On the agenda: Enhancing cooperation for the #BiodiversityPlan and #BBNJ Agreement implementation. 📅11-14 June, Seoul, ROK Documents: cbd.int/meetings/006493

4th Global Dialogue of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) off to a great start in Seou, Republic of Koreal!! UN Biodiversity UN Environment Programme Food and Agriculture Organization COBSEA Secretariat Nairobi Convention UNEP Cartagena Convention & Caribbean Enviro Prog. #SOIGlobalDialogue #SOIGD4 #Biodiversity #BBNJ #RegionalCooperation #oceans cbd.int/soi/

Are you looking for guidance for fisheries & area based management, or #GBF? Check out these 3 useful publications that I will highlight tomorrow #SOIGlobalDialogue #SOIGD4 EBCD UN Biodiversity Fisheries & Aquaculture IUCN

.Food and Agriculture Organization hosted a fisheries stakeholders meeting to discuss ‘Fisheries Place in the UN Biodiversity Kunming-Montreal #GBF’ Targets prioritised — Opportunities & challenges documented Report coming out in September 2024 post Africa Accra meet & #COFI inputs

What does global action to “bend the curve of biodiversity loss” mean for aquaculture? FAO Aquaculture News. July 2024, 68, 29-30.e. openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.… Fisheries & Aquaculture UN Biodiversity

Always a pleasure and an honour to hear Peter Thomson’s vision for the path ahead for the #KMGBF. His leadership is steering our global ship and elevating ambition. Steaming ahead for Ocean Day at #COPCOP16! UN Biodiversity

Out Now! The State of the World’s Mangroves 2024 🌿 Our latest edition highlights tremendous advances that have been made across our members and partners to advance our goals and safeguard mangrove ecosystems. Find out more: mangrovealliance.org/mangrove-fores…

Join UN Biodiversity, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea & regional representatives at #COP16Colombia to see how the #SOIGlobalDialogue guides countries and organizations through the evolving global ocean policy landscape. 🔹22 Oct at 13:20 🔹Room: Nuqui cbd.int/side-events/64… cbd.int/soi/

A few days until #OceanDay at #COP16Colombia!! Join us at the GBF Pavilion for innovative sessions on issues like fisheries, traditional knowledge, #BBNJ, migratory species, ocean and climate, #30x30, and many others!

‘We need to reframe the narrative to one that recognizes #fishing is not the problem, but part of the solution and invest to strengthen work on wise use of sea 🌊’: Javier Garat, vicepte #ICFA at ‘People & the Ocean: #Fishers as Stewards of #Biodiversity’ #COP16Colombia #OceanDay

We were honoured to coordinate #OceanDay at #COP16Colombia with many partners to remind everyone that #NatureisAlsoBlue

Check out our new policy brief, produced in partnership with DOSI: ‘Linking distant worlds: Understanding and measuring connectivity in the global ocean’… which Dr Lily Bentley @lilybentley.bsky.social will present at our #COP16Cololombia side event this afternoon bit.ly/4hjsb9b

After years of hard work by my team, and by many experts and negotiators on an issue that many felt was unsolvable, we finally gave new life to the EBSA process!

History was made at #COP16Colombia Wednesday as the plenary adopted modalities for the modification of descriptions of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and the description of new areas after eight years of negotiations ➡️ enb.iisd.org/un-biodiversit…

Immensely proud to be part of this incredible breakthrough at #COP16Colombia! This breathes new life into the EBSA process at a time when need it the most!

#NatureIsAlsoBlue made a lasting impression at @COP16Colombia! From screen ads at Cali airport to Ocean Day events and great social media presence, the campaign made #COP16Colombia a blue COP 💙 This is the impact we created together ⬇️ oceanprotect.org/2024/11/05/cop…