Toyama Bay, located on the Amaharashi Coast, features the scenic Onnaiwa Rock. © Rayints / Adobe Stock

Role of human-activities on the marine environment through the exchange materials between land and the ocean

Toyama, Japan, 6-8 December 2024

The IOC/WESTPAC Workshop on the Asian Marginal Seas Program is an international scientific event focusing on sustainable and healthy oceans, particularly the impact of human activities on marine environments through land-ocean material exchanges. Scheduled for 6-8 December 2024, the workshop will be held in a hybrid format, with an on-site venue at the Gofuku Campus of the University of Toyama, Japan, and online participation via Zoom. The workshop is organized jointly by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (IOC/WESTPAC) and Future Earth Coasts (FEC).
The program includes a business meeting of the WESTPAC Asian Marginal Seas program on 6 December 2024, followed by scientific sessions on 7 December 2024, focusing on the “Nutrient footprint: phase and stage of eutrophication, oligotrophication, and hypoxia.” Topics will cover nutrient transport from land to coastal oceans and from coasts to marginal seas. A joint public forum by WESTPAC and FEC will also be held on 7 December 2024, addressing “Nutrient Management of Coastal Oceans Under Global Climate Change,” with discussions on climate change impacts, nutrient management strategies, and sustainable future planning. On 8 December 2024, a cultural study titled “Water Reincarnation in Toyama” is planned.

The workshop will be conducted in English. For more information, interested participants can contact Jing Zhang at jzhang@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp or register to the event here.

6 December 2024
14:00: WESTPAC Asian Marginal Seas Program business meeting

7 December 2024

WESTPAC AMS core project “Nutrient footprint” scientific session

09:00: Nutrient footprint: phase and stage of eutrophication, oligotrophication, and hypoxia

  • From Coast to Marginal Sea
  • From Land to Coastal Ocean

WESTPAC and Future Earth Coasts (FEC) joint public forum

14:00: Nutrient Management of Coastal Oceans Under Global Climate Change

  • Impact of Climate Change
  • Oligotrophication in Developed Economies
  • Eutrophication in Developing Economies
  • Bridging over the Troubled Waters: Transnational Cooperation in East Asian Oceanography
  • Importance of Nutrient Management
  • Sustainable Future Based on the Linkage of the Earth-human System

8 December 2024

Cultural Study – Water Reincarnation in Toyama