Fifth global forum on oceans, coasts and islands GOC5 2010
The Global Oceans Conferences provide the major opportunity for all sectors of the global oceans community-- governments, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, industry, and scientific groups-- to address the major policy issues affecting the oceans at global, regional, and national levels and to make progress in advancing the global oceans agenda.
There are three major conference themes, which are interlinked:
1. Ensuring survival
Oceans, climate and security:
Major issues in mitigation, adaptation, and financing in the Post-Copenhagen climate regime
2. Preserving life
Marine biodiversity (2010 global goal), networks of marine protected areas (2012 global goal), and celebrating the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity Toward Nagoya 2010, Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties COP-10
3. Improving governance
Achieving integrated, ecosystem-based ocean and coastal management (2010 global goal) at national and regional levels and in areas beyond national jurisdiction
Conference organizers
-Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
-Global Environment Facility
-Government of France: Secrétariat Général de la Mer, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development
and Oceans, French Marine Protected Areas Agency, French National
Assembly
-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO
-United Nations Development Programme
-European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs
and Fisheries
-Government of the United States of America, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
-Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
-Government of Indonesia, Ministry of Marine Affairs
and Fisheries
-Government of the Netherlands, Department of Nature
-Government of Vietnam, Vietnam Administration of Seas
and Islands
-Lighthouse Foundation, Germany
-World Ocean Network
-NAUSICAA, Centre National de la Mer, France
-Institute for Sustainable Development and International
Relations (IDDRI), France
-Commission Peripherique des Regions Maritimes, Europe
-The Nature Conservancy
-Luso-American Development Foundation, Portugal
-Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, Tanzania
-World Ocean Observatory
-Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of
Delaware, USA
-Centro EPOMEX, Centro de Ecologia, Pesquerias,
y Oceanografia del Golfo de Mexico, Campeche, Mexico