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@GoGMI invites you to join the online series on Marine Spatial Planning, next week "MSP for achieving SDG14 in Ghana 🇬🇭" Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1wi7go… @GoGMI @IocUnesco @mspglobal2030 @IOISA3 will jointly organise new events at national and regional scale!

We also take the chance to celebrate Annabelle who was recently featured as a #WIOGEN #EarlyCareerScientist/ #EarlyCareerResearcher. Read some of her insights in working in #Seychelles’ #conservation here: bit.ly/2OYtfTG

**SAVE THE DATE** All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum will take place virtually on 3 – 4 December 2020 Co-organised by @EUScienceInnov and @dsigovza More info at allatlanticocean.org/view/events/al…

Thanks for the chat about Plastic Free July, @RadioAtlantis_ So important to keep the conversation going

#WIOGEN project in the Western Indian Ocean Region: @IOISA3 and @Leibniz_ZMT build a #networking platform to improve regional ocean governance, offering exchange and learning opportunities together with regional partners @wiomsa and @cordioea. meerwissen.org/partnership-pr…

Earlier this year, @ShannonLHampton from @IOISA3 and @KovePeace from @EPA_Ghana discussed the 10 steps of #MarineSpatialPlanning, and shared insightful experiences from #SouthAfrica and #Ghana Webinar recording available 👉🏾bit.ly/3eGTAjI👈🏾 @GRIDArendal @UNAbjConvention

Prof Anna-Katharina Hornidge @LeibnizWGL and Adnan Awad @IOISA3 introduced Western Indian Ocean Governance & Exchange Network #WIOGEN at the @wiomsa @NCSecretariat #WIOMSASYMPOSIUM2019 Session on Regional Ocean Governance strategy for the Western Indian Ocean @Cities_n_Coasts

Amazing to be thinking about Jan 2020, but time flies, so save the dates 22-24 Jan for the "Transformed and Transformative Ocean Governance Conference", hosted by Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa!

20 new Marine Protected Areas announced in South Africa mamiwataproject.org/2019/06/17/20-…

📝Also coming up: our special session on Ocean Governance! 🗺️Join us for discussions on a Regional Strategy for the Western Indian Ocean at the @wiomsa Symposium! #SDG14 @IASS_Potsdam @theGEF #WhyWIOMatters

@IOISA3 is one of the centres of expertise on the @MamiWataProject mamiwataproject.org/centres-of-exp… along with Sierra Leone's #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency epa.gov.sl and Senegal's #CentredeSuiviÉcologique cse.sn

@MamiWataProject has a useful framework for #Marinespatialplanning or #MSP in the #AbidjanConvention region: mamiwataproject.org/2019/03/01/msp…

.@ShannonLHampton of @IOISA3 discusses the development of the stakeholder platform for the Abidjan Convention region at #STRONGHighSeas joint Cape Town Workshop. #ABNJ #BBNJ #HighSeas #StakeholderEngagement #CapacityBuilding

Closing of the @UNAbjConvention and @NCSecretariat , Workshop on the #ABNJ #DeepSeasProject organized by the #STRONGHighSeasProject. #Abccountries @BirdLifeAfrica @BirdLife_News @UNEnvironment @IASS_Potsdam @IDDRI_ThinkTank @IOISA3 @wiomsa #BBNJ

#STRONGHighSeas Project #Day4 Group session : Review and discussions on the @UNAbjConvention #ABNJ Working Group #ToRs and #PoW. #ABCABNJBBNJ @PROG_ocean @IOISA3 @IDDRI_ThinkTank @IASS_Potsdam

Discover more about the Mami Wata project Centres of Expertise @Csesenegal #EPASierraLeone & @IOISA3, and their key role in supporting the three national pilot projects in #Benin #CotedIvoire and #Ghana on our new dedicated webpage 👉🏼bit.ly/2RgGBv0👈🏿 🌊🌊🌊

Next week Joint Workshop in Cape Town, bringing together the @NCSecretariat @UNAbjConvention Common #Oceans @unepwcmc and #STRONGHighSeas to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance in #ABNJ of the Southeast Atlantic. Thanks @MaritimeSA for the mention mailchi.mp/fcfb8ef46b0d/m…

Progress report on the International #Ocean Governance agenda published today. PROG #MarineRegionsForum highlighted as a key 🇪🇺 commitment to create better governance and protect the blue planet: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…

Glen Wright @MarinePolicy speaks at @IIED side event on ecological connectivity between #ABNJ and territorial waters: How can a fragmented governance regime conserve highly interconnected #ocean systems? #STRONGHighSeas