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Calender and Events 2009 GEF/International Waters 5th Biennial GEF-International Waters Conference. 26-20 October, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. The 5th Biennial GEF International Waters Conference, hosted by the Government of Australia in Cairns, North Queensland October 26 through 29, 2009, offers an exciting menu of participative learning opportunities. Pre-conference technical workshops on October 24 and 25 will feature leading Australian experts in complex basin and marine systems, dealing with resolving conflicting demands among diverse stakeholders, and coping with water scarcity and the technical as well as societal impacts of climate change. GEF-IW:LEARN's partnership with the Coral Triangle Initiative and the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, aims to help GEF IW projects exchange practical experience in linking freshwater and marine management, and a key objective of this portfolio learning event is to promote sustainable development in basin and coastal communities sharing natural resource systems, to achieve MDGs through the benefits of trans-boundary cooperation in ecosystem-based management. With an eye to integrated-ecosystem based management and mainstreaming climate variability and change, this meeting is meant to build on 2009's key freshwater and marine meetings with an eye to preparing the GEF IW portfolio for the future. To that end, participants are encouraged read both the Ministerial Statement from the World Water Forum and the Manado Ocean DeclarationAustralasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany http://www.aspab.org East Asian Seas Congress 2009 PEMSEA together with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-Philippines) together bring the East Asian Congress 2009. The EAS Congress 2009 is hosted by the Government of the Philippines and supported by GEF, UNDP, UNOPS and CMC. It will be held on 23-27 November at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Manila. Carrying the theme Partnerships at Work: Local Implementation and Good Practices, the Congress will emphasize on-the-ground actions and innovations that contribute significantly in meeting national, regional and global environmental commitments.
2010 XX International Seaweed Symposium The International Seaweed Symposium (ISS) is held every three years under the auspices of the International Seaweed Association (ISA). It is the foremost international meeting on seaweed research and utilization. Scientific research plays a fundamental role in developing seaweed products and industries. The ISS provides a forum for scientists, technologists, industry and resource managers to present their latest research results and develop new synergies.
May 3-7 2010. UNESCO, Paris. (In association with the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and in celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010). www.globaloceans.org The 5th Global Oceans Conference will specifically address the challenges and opportunities posed by the emerging international consensus on a new climate regime (as developed through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Copenhagen, December 2009). Mitigation, adaptation, and financing issues will profoundly affect oceans, coasts, and small island States, which are at the frontline of climate changes. Thus, it is imperative that the importance of marine and freshwater ecosystems and resources and their vulnerability to climate change are emphasized and that integrated ecosystem-based principles and approaches be fully incorporated in the shared vision for long-term cooperative action and in the adaptation, mitigation, financing, and technology strategies and measures. Geohab 2010 4th WORLD OCEAN NETWORK INTERNATIONAL MEETING Acting together for the future of the Blue Planet
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