{"id":2950,"date":"2022-07-14T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T08:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2024-03-25T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:31:16","slug":"marine-regions-forum-at-un-oceans-conference-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prog-ocean.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/14\/marine-regions-forum-at-un-oceans-conference-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Regions Forum at UN Oceans Conference 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Marine Regions Forum team together with partners organised two events during the 2022 UN Ocean Conference<\/a> (UNOC) from 27 June – 1 July 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. The UNOC, co-hosted by Portugal and Kenya, had as theme \u201cScaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions\u201d and aimed to mobilise action to implement sustainable development goal (SDG) 14.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Wednesday 29 June, the team hosted a Friends of the Marine Regions Forum<\/strong> meeting, an informal lunch exchange which gathered 42 partners and friends to celebrate five years of Marine Regions Forum. It was opened by Anders Gr\u00f6nvall<\/strong>, State Secretary for Climate and Environment, Sweden; Bettina Hoffmann<\/strong>, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany; Alexandre Bartolomeu<\/strong>, Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Mozambique; and Rapha\u00ebl Goulet<\/strong>, Head of Unit for Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea, Arctic Policy of Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission.<\/p>\n The contributions shared progress since the launch of the Marine Regions Forum in 2017 and the first conference held in 2019 in Berlin and highlighted the key role of marine regions for the implementation of SDG 14. Participants renewed their support to the Marine Regions Forum, welcoming the initiative to organize the 2023 edition in the Western Indian Ocean. The official part of the lunch event ended with the launch of a new Policy Brief titled \u201cSustainable Blue Recovery: Fostering Resilience for Marine Regions<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n
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