| Special Address: Alan Simcock, Executive Secretary, OSPAR
Commission, and Past Co-Chair, UNICPOLOS, Toward
Achieving WSSD Objectives at the Regional Level |
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Alan
Simcock, Executive Secretary, OSPAR
Commission, and Past CO-Chair, UNICPOLOS,
delivered
a special address on achieving WSSD objectives with a regional
component, which include: encouraging the application by 2010
of the ecosystem approach; promoting integrated coastal and
ocean management; and strengthening regional cooperation and
inter-regional coordination. He noted the need for regions
to apply the ecosystem approach, develop shared views on spatial
planning and management, and improve working methods, especially
in monitoring and assessment, and MPA development. Simcock
said OSPAR is working on ecological quality objectives and
reduction targets for hazardous substances, eutrophication,
radioactive substances, and offshore pollution. He added that
regional cooperation can improve integrated assessment, and
capacity building in marine science, information and management.
( www.ospar.org)
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| Session 6: Targeting Development Assistance to Meet WSSD
Goals |
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Julia
Benn, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate,
France, Alfred Duda, Senior Advisor,
International Waters, Global Environment Facility, Chair
Phil Reynolds, Consultant and former Chief, UNDP Global
Waters Programme, Kent Blom, SIDA,
Sweden, Francois le Gall, Livestock
Specialist, World Bank, Magnus Ngoile,
Director General, National Environment Management Council, Tanzania,
speaking for Ali Mohahamed, Secretariat of the Coastal and Marine
Sub-Theme, NEPAD, Kenya
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| Francois
le Gall, Livestock Specialist, World Bank,
Chair
Phil Reynolds, Consulstant and former Chief, UNDP Global
Waters Programme, and
Julia
Benn, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate,
France,
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Kent
Blom, SIDA, Sweden
(left)
Alfred
Duda, Senior Advisor, International Waters, Global Environment
Facility (right)
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| Session 7: Private Sector Perspectives on WSSD
Implementation and on the Global Oceans Agenda |
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Chair
Paul Holthus, Executive
Director, Marine Aquarium Council, US,
Alastair MacFarlane, General Manger, Trade and Information,
New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Ltd., (SEAFIC), Pietro
Parravano, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers,
Suzanne Pleydell, Professional
Association of Dive Instructors/Project, AWARE, Eugenio
Yunis, Sustainable Development Tourism, World Tourism
Organization, and Dierk Peters,
International Marketing Manager, Sustainability Initiatives,
Frozen Foods Europe, Rotterdam
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| Suzanne
Pleydell, Professional Association of Dive Instructors/Project,
AWARE (left) |
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Pietro
Parravano, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers,
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| Eugenio
Yunis, Sustainable Development Tourism, World Tourism Organization,
and Dierk Peters, International Marketing
Manager, Sustainability Initiatives, Frozen Foods Europe, Rotterdam |
| Session 8: Options for a Global Oceans Fund |
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Indumathie
Hewawasam, Senior
Environmental Specialist, World Bank, Africa Region, and Steering
Committee, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, Options
for a Global Oceans Fund, CO-Chair
Veerle Vandeweerd, Global Programme of
Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land
Based Activities, UNEP, and Scott Smith,
Senior Policy Advisor, Marine Initiative,
The Nature Conservancy
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| Session 9: Generating and Maintaining Public Support for
Oceans, Coasts and Islands |
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Phillippe
Vallette,
General Manager, NAUSICAA (French National Sealife Center),
and co-founder of the World Ocean Network, Leonardo
Sonnenschein, President, St. Louis Children's Aquarium,
US, Ram Boojh, Coordinator, Centre
for Environment Education, India, Cecile
Gaspar, Director, Dolphin Quest, Polynesia, The Role
of Aquariums in Implementing WSSD Commitments/Looking Forward
to a Concerted International Awareness Raising Plan, Martin
Jones, Reef Museum, Townsville, Australia, If you
Never Look in the Rear View Mirror You Do Not Know How Far You
Have Come, Peter Neill, President,
World Ocean Observatory, South Street Seaport Museum, US, and
John Bennett, Principal, Bennett
and Associates, Religion, Science, and the Environment Symposia
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| Peter
Neill, President, World Ocean Observatory, South Street
Seaport Museum, US, Cecile Gaspar,
Director, Dolphin Quest, Polynesia, and Ram
Boojh, Coordinator, Centre for Environment Education, India |
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Phillippe
Vallette,
General Manager, NAUSICAA (French National Sealife Center),
and cofounder of the World Ocean Network, and
John Bennett, Principal, Bennett
and Associates, Religion, Science, and the Environment Symposia
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| Session 10: Emerging Issues |
| Lee
Kimball,
Independent Consultant, Chair David VanderZwaag,
Professor, Dalhousie Law School, Dalhousie University, Canada,
Phil Burgess, Co-chair, UN-Openended
Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
(UNICPOLOS), Awni
Behnam, Advisor to
the Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), and President, International Ocean Institute, Louise
de La Fayette, Principal Legal Officer, UNDOALOS, Protecting
the Biological Resources of the Deep Seabed, Charlotte
Breide, Senior Legal Advisor- High Seas, WWF International,
Endangered Seas Programme, and Kristina
Gjerde, High Seas Marine Protected Areas Project Coordinator,
IUCN, Poland |
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Kristina
Gjerde, High Seas Marine Protected Areas Project Coordinator,
IUCN, Poland, Charlotte Breide,
Senior Legal Advisor- High Seas, WWF International, Endangered
Seas Programme, and Chair David VanderZwaag,
Professor, Dalhousie Law School, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Lee
Kimball,
Independent Consultant, Awni
Behnam, Advisor to
the Secretary-general, UN Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), and President, International Ocean Institute, and
Donna Petrachenko, Regional Director General, Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, Outcomes of the Australian
High Seas Programme
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| Session 11: Bringing it All Together |
| Dan
McDougall, Director-General, Fisheries and
Oceans, Canada, Indu Hewawasam, Senior
Environmental Specialist, World Bank, Africa Region, and Steering
Committee, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, Diane
Quarless,
Chief, SIDS Unit, UNDESA,
Veerle Vandeweerd, Global Programme of Action
for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities,
UNEP,
Magnus
Ngoile, Director General,
National Environment Management Council, Tanzania, and
Philippe Vallette, General
Manager, NAUSICAA (French National Sealife Center), and cofounder
of the World Ocean Network |
| Tom
Laughlin, Deputy-Director, International
Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US,
Serge Garcia, Director,
Fishery Resources Division, FAO, and Diane
Quarless,
Chief, SIDS Unit, UNDESA
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Clive
Wilkinson, Coordinator, Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network, Australia, |
Perspectives on the Way Forward
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Conference
Co-Chairs Biliana Cicin-Sain and Patricio Bernal
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Gunner
Kullenber, former Executive Director,
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO,
Challenges and Potential Solutions
for Achieving Synergies at the Regional Level on Ocean and
Coastal Governance (right)
Jon
Van Dyke,
Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University
of Hawaii (left)
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