Ajaccio Ministerial Conference for Ocean Conservation IMPAC3 october 26 th 2013
- il y a 11 ans
Immediately after 5 days of debates in Marseille, Mr. Philippe Martin, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, gathered in Ajaccio 19 ministers of nations representing the world's oceans.
This Ministerial Conference, held in the presence of numerous representatives of governments, international institutions and NGOs, was structured around three roundtables, on the following subjects: the benefits and urgency of conserving the oceans, promoting the regional scale as the appropriate framework for effective action, and international initiatives needed to protect the high seas.
Exchanges paved the way for a common declaration, based on the outcomes delivered by experts who met in Marseille over the course five days. Its signatories reaffirmed their determination to reach the target of covering 10 percent of the oceans with marine protected areas by 2020 (Aichi 11).
To know more about the third edition of the international congress of protected ereas :
www.impac3.org/en/news/all/156-plenaries/380-ajaccio-ministerial-message-for-the-conservation-of-the-high-seas
www.impac3.org/en/congress/ajaccio-ministerial-conference
www.globaloceancommission.org/fr/news/global-ocean-commission-welcomes-ajaccio-call-to-action/
This Ministerial Conference, held in the presence of numerous representatives of governments, international institutions and NGOs, was structured around three roundtables, on the following subjects: the benefits and urgency of conserving the oceans, promoting the regional scale as the appropriate framework for effective action, and international initiatives needed to protect the high seas.
Exchanges paved the way for a common declaration, based on the outcomes delivered by experts who met in Marseille over the course five days. Its signatories reaffirmed their determination to reach the target of covering 10 percent of the oceans with marine protected areas by 2020 (Aichi 11).
To know more about the third edition of the international congress of protected ereas :
www.impac3.org/en/news/all/156-plenaries/380-ajaccio-ministerial-message-for-the-conservation-of-the-high-seas
www.impac3.org/en/congress/ajaccio-ministerial-conference
www.globaloceancommission.org/fr/news/global-ocean-commission-welcomes-ajaccio-call-to-action/