The Third Expert Workshop on the pilot project of SEAGOOS on the Monsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social and Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI) took place in Manila, Philippines, 25-27 November, in… Continue reading Road map set down for the Monsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social & Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI), Manila, Philippines, 25-27 November 2009
WESTPAC Drafting Group on Regional Ocean Research Priority hold their first Brainstorming Workshop in Bangkok, 25-26 August 2009. The First Brainstorming Workshop of WESTPAC Drafting Group on Ocean Research Priority… Continue reading First Brainstorming Workshop of WESTPAC Drafting Group on the Regional Ocean Research Priority Plan (RORP) Bangkok, Thailand 25-26 August 2009
The Second Expert Workshop of IOC/WESTPAC on Monsoon Onsets Monitoring and its Social and Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI) was held in Qingdao during 8-9 August 2009 with the generous host of… Continue reading Second Expert Workshop of IOC/WESTPAC on Monsoon Onsets Monitoring and its Social and Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI)
The Chairman of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific, Dr Zhanhai Zhang introduced this agenda item by reporting on the Sub-Commission’s efforts to contribute to the IOC’s High Level… Continue reading Progress of WESTPAC activities reviewed at the 25th Session of IOC Assembly in Paris, 16-25 June 2009
The Twentieth Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XX) was held in Beijing, China, between 4 and 8 May 2009. The event is hosted… Continue reading Progress of ODINWESTPAC Pilot Project reviewed at the 20th Session of IODE in Beijing, 6 May 2009
Indonesia Government hosted the World Ocean Conference (WOC) 2009 to build commitment for sustainable management of marine resources on 11 – 15 May 2009. The Meeting consisted of International Ocean Science, Technology,… Continue reading World Ocean Conference (WOC) 2009
The IOC/WESTPAC Training Workshop on the Monitoring Technique and Emergency Response of Marine Oil Spills successfully took place in Qingdao, 20-23 April 2009, with generous host of the First Institute… Continue reading IOC/WESTPAC Training Workshop on the Monitoring Technique and Emergency Response of Marine Oil Spills
Twenty States* have now ratified the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, which therefore will enter into force on 2 January 2009, three months after the deposit… Continue reading Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage will enter into force in January 2009
Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modelling, First Institute of Oceanography, China. The First IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Workshop on the Responses of Marine Hazards to Climate Change in the… Continue reading First International Workshop on the “Responses of Marine Hazards to Climate Change in the Western Pacific” (WESTPAC-ROSE-MaHaz)
More than 20 countries* around the Pacific Rim will participate in a second Pacific wide tsunami exercise. The name of the exercise is “Pacific Wave 08” and will take place… Continue reading IOC Member States in the Pacific will stage tsunami drill