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New GOBI Newsletter just out

New GOBI Newsletter just out

Check out the latest edition of the GOBI Newsletter, launched this week in print at the CBD COP14 in Egypt.   In it you will find what GOBI has been up to during its 10th anniversary, and what it’s working towards in the months ahead.  Enjoy!

GOBI at CBD COP14, Egypt

GOBI at CBD COP14, Egypt

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.  This 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity runs from 17 to 29 November 2018. This year, the process to describe ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) celebrates its 10th anniversary.  The Conference in Egypt will be a crucialContinue Reading GOBI at CBD COP14, Egypt

Extended Southern Ocean IMMA workshop in Brest, France

Extended Southern Ocean IMMA workshop in Brest, France

Building on the momentum of a pilot IMMA workshop sponsored by the MAVA Foundation (focused on the Mediterranean Sea) and the five IMMA workshops supported by the IKI-funded GOBI research programme (targeting the Indian and Pacific Oceans), the French Biodiversity Agency is hosting a complementary IMMA workshop targeting the Southern Ocean and Sub-Antarctic waters, heldContinue Reading Extended Southern Ocean IMMA workshop in Brest, France

Progress in Marine Conservation: 25-year retrospective

Progress in Marine Conservation: 25-year retrospective

The 5th International Conference on Progress in Marine Conservation took place 3-7 September 2018 in Stralsund, Germany.  The conference was organised and hosted by Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), and held at the award-winning German Oceanographic Museum OZEANEUM. Expanding the conference’s traditional focus on Europe to a more global coverage in 2018 servedContinue Reading Progress in Marine Conservation: 25-year retrospective

Conserving biodiversity on the mid-Atlantic ridge

Conserving biodiversity on the mid-Atlantic ridge

A strategy for the conservation of biodiversity on mid-ocean ridges from deep-sea mining has finally been published after three years in the making (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar4313).  Led by GOBI partners at Duke University and in collaboration with over 50 experts in the fields of environmental law, deep-sea ecology, oceanography, climate change and mathematical modelling, the article setsContinue Reading Conserving biodiversity on the mid-Atlantic ridge

EBSAs into the future – side event at CBD SBSTTA 22

EBSAs into the future – side event at CBD SBSTTA 22

A side event, jointly organised by CBD Secretariat and GOBI on the first day of CBD SBSTTA 22 (2-7 July 2018), entitled “EBSAs: Scientific Achievements and Paving the Future”, presented key results of the CBD Expert Workshop to Develop Options for Modifying the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), for Describing New Areas,Continue Reading EBSAs into the future – side event at CBD SBSTTA 22

First meeting of the CBD Informal Advisory Group on EBSAs

First meeting of the CBD Informal Advisory Group on EBSAs

Under the Chairmanship of Mr Moustafa Fouda (Minister Advisor on Biodiversity Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency) the first meeting of the CBD Informal Advisory Group on EBSAs took place on 30 June-1 July 2018.  The mandate for this Group, which reports directly to the CBD Executive Secretary, was set out by CBD COP13Continue Reading First meeting of the CBD Informal Advisory Group on EBSAs