The European Union Ocean Governance project brings together partners from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia to improve the work of MPA managers in the field. The Ocean Governance project has developed two self-assessment tools for MPAs – the Coastal Resilience Self-Assessment Tool and the Marine Mammals Self-Assessment Tool. It also connects regional and national networks and learning exchanges of MPA managers, promotes transboundary cooperation for marine protection, and is working to restore sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines. This webinar will provide an overview of the whole project as well as present the two self-assessment tools.

The Pelagos Initiative is organising a webinar  to present the themes of the Initiative’s next call for projects, in line with the new management plan of the Pelagos Agreement, and its modalities. The aim of this webinar is also to bring together all types of actors (NGOs, scientists, MPA managers, private actors…) working in the Pelagos Sanctuary and beyond in order to foster joint and transboundary actions.

The 2nd Asia Parks Congress is a gathering of Asia’s protected areas practitioners and other interested stakeholders. The Congress will bring together leaders and decision-makers from Asia and around the world. The conference’s theme will be “Parks for Nature and People,” emphasising the relationship between nature and society.

The Congress aims to bring together protected area practitioners and the broader community to share experiences, learn from one another, and respond to the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.

The marine megafauna & blue carbon: how protecting charismatic ocean species contributes to climate protection , an official UN Ocean Conference side event, will take place on June 29th at the Pavilion of Knowledge. The event will focus on the ecosystem functions of marine megafauna, including cetaceans and other marine mammals, key policy and principles, and their main threats, whilst highlighting key solutions for their protection and threat mitigation. In collaboration with the Ocean Governance Marine Mammal Twinning, and others, the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit will be presented as a potential solution to equip MPA managers and policy makers with tools to effectively manage marine mammals through Marine Protected Areas, protecting critical ecosystem functions.

The Society for Marine Mammalogy holds biennial international meetings with the goal of enhancing collaboration, sharing ideas, and improving the quality of research on marine mammals within the scientific community.

The conference will attract eminent scientists and leaders from nations around the world to help chart a path of multidisciplinary research and collaboration now and for the next generation of researchers. SMM2022 will span 5 days, each day including a plenary session with distinguished keynote speakers that will be live-streamed at the start of each day.

The Society for Marine Mammalogy holds biennial international meetings with the goal of enhancing collaboration, sharing ideas, and improving the quality of research on marine mammals within the scientific community.

The conference will attract eminent scientists and leaders from nations around the world to help chart a path of multidisciplinary research and collaboration now and for the next generation of researchers. SMM2022 will span 5 days, each day including a plenary session with distinguished keynote speakers that will be live-streamed at the start of each day.