Restoring ocean health

Healthy oceans are at the heart of livelihoods for many, a source of sustenance, and key to a stabilised climate regime. Limiting harmful human activities, such as overfishing and pollution, will help build the resilience of marine ecosystems and communities dependent upon them. How can we better address pollution, notably plastics and chemicals, and improve marine spatial planning to ensure that the diversity of marine life is sustained?

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🗓️  3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021
📍 MARSEILLE - FRANCE 

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Marine protected areas have demonstrated positive outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being. What are the conditions for successful protection measures, and how can we strengthen frameworks and collaboration across borders and beyond national jurisdictions?

Climate change directly affects the ocean’s temperature and pH levels. How can marine organisms and, ultimately, coastal communities adapt to warmer and more acidic waters? The ocean offers tremendous opportunities for improved livelihoods. Enabling a sustainable blue economy can open new opportunities. What are tomorrow’s “blue chips” for the blue planet?

Finding new ways to preserve and protect polar ecosystems and species is becoming increasingly important as economic activities thrive and the impacts of climate change accelerate. How can the losses in polar biodiversity due to rapidly changing climatic conditions be minimised? Polar conservation remains a test for international cooperation. What will it take to protect the commons in the face of mounting pressures?

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