Progress report on the International #Ocean Governance agenda published today. PROG #MarineRegionsForum highlighted as a key 🇪🇺 commitment to create better governance and protect the blue planet: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…

Glen Wright Glen Wright ⚡🐋 speaks at IIED side event on ecological connectivity between #ABNJ and territorial waters: How can a fragmented governance regime conserve highly interconnected #ocean systems? #STRONGHighSeas

Next week Joint Workshop in Cape Town, bringing together the Nairobi Convention AbidjanConvention Common #Oceans UNEP-WCMC and #STRONGHighSeas to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance in #ABNJ of the Southeast Atlantic. Thanks Maritime Review for the mention mailchi.mp/fcfb8ef46b0d/m…

.@ShannonLHampton of IOI-SA discusses the development of the stakeholder platform for the Abidjan Convention region at #STRONGHighSeas joint Cape Town Workshop. #ABNJ #BBNJ #HighSeas #StakeholderEngagement #CapacityBuilding

Closing of the AbidjanConvention and Nairobi Convention , Workshop on the #ABNJ #DeepSeasProject organized by the #STRONGHighSeasProject. #Abccountries BirdLife Africa BirdLife International @UNEnvironment @IASS_Potsdam IDDRI IOI-SA WIOMSA #BBNJ

#STRONGHighSeas Project #Day4 Group session : Review and discussions on the AbidjanConvention #ABNJ Working Group #ToRs and #PoW. #ABCABNJBBNJ @PROG_ocean IOI-SA IDDRI @IASS_Potsdam

Discover more about the Mami Wata project Centres of Expertise Csesenegal #EPASierraLeone & IOI-SA, and their key role in supporting the three national pilot projects in #Benin #CotedIvoire and #Ghana on our new dedicated webpage 👉🏼bit.ly/2RgGBv0👈🏿 🌊🌊🌊

📝Also coming up: our special session on Ocean Governance! 🗺️Join us for discussions on a Regional Strategy for the Western Indian Ocean at the WIOMSA Symposium! #SDG14 @IASS_Potsdam Global Environment Facility (GEF) #WhyWIOMatters

20 new Marine Protected Areas announced in South Africa mamiwataproject.org/2019/06/17/20-…

Amazing to be thinking about Jan 2020, but time flies, so save the dates 22-24 Jan for the "Transformed and Transformative Ocean Governance Conference", hosted by Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa!

Prof Anna-Katharina Hornidge Leibniz-Gemeinschaft and Adnan Awad IOI-SA introduced Western Indian Ocean Governance & Exchange Network #WIOGEN at the WIOMSA Nairobi Convention #WIOMSASYMPOSIUM2019 Session on Regional Ocean Governance strategy for the Western Indian Ocean EVENUS AFRICA

#WIOGEN project in the Western Indian Ocean Region: IOI-SA and Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) build a #networking platform to improve regional ocean governance, offering exchange and learning opportunities together with regional partners WIOMSA and CORDIO East Africa. meerwissen.org/partnership-pr…

Earlier this year, @ShannonLHampton from IOI-SA and @KovePeace from Environmental Protection Authority discussed the 10 steps of #MarineSpatialPlanning, and shared insightful experiences from #SouthAfrica and #Ghana Webinar recording available 👉🏾bit.ly/3eGTAjI👈🏾 GRID-Arendal AbidjanConvention

Marine #plastic debris & #microplastic (<5mm) make up ~75% of litter found in the world's oceans, most produced by land-based activities. Once in oceans, currents can transport it far from its source, damaging marine & coastal ecosystems, impacting societies & economies worldwide

Thanks for the chat about Plastic Free July, RadioAtlantis107.9FM So important to keep the conversation going

**SAVE THE DATE** All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum will take place virtually on 3 – 4 December 2020 Co-organised by EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 and @dsigovza More info at allatlanticocean.org/view/events/al…

We also take the chance to celebrate Annabelle who was recently featured as a #WIOGEN #EarlyCareerScientist/ #EarlyCareerResearcher. Read some of her insights in working in #Seychelles’ #conservation here: bit.ly/2OYtfTG

GoGMI invites you to join the online series on Marine Spatial Planning, next week "MSP for achieving SDG14 in Ghana 🇬🇭" Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1wi7go… GoGMI UNESCO Ocean MSPglobal IOI-SA will jointly organise new events at national and regional scale!