BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ioc-westpac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0500 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Krasnoyarsk BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0700 TZNAME:+07 DTSTART:20141025T180000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20241206T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20241208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20241125T210642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T022200Z UID:35588-1733472000-1733677200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:IOC/WESTPAC Workshop on the Asian Marginal Seas Program DESCRIPTION:Toyama Bay\, located on the Amaharashi Coast\, features the scenic Onnaiwa Rock. © Rayints / Adobe Stock \nRole of human-activities on the marine environment\nthrough the exchange materials between land and the ocean\n\nToyama\, Japan\, 6-8 December 2024\n\n\n\n\n Overview\n Program\n Participants\n 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. \nThe 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. \n6 December 202414:00: WESTPAC Asian Marginal Seas Program business meeting \n7 December 2024 \nWESTPAC AMS core project “Nutrient footprint” scientific session \n09:00: Nutrient footprint: phase and stage of eutrophication\, oligotrophication\, and hypoxia \n\nFrom Coast to Marginal Sea\nFrom Land to Coastal Ocean\n\nWESTPAC and Future Earth Coasts (FEC) joint public forum \n14:00: Nutrient Management of Coastal Oceans Under Global Climate Change \n\nImpact of Climate Change\nOligotrophication in Developed Economies\nEutrophication in Developing Economies\nBridging over the Troubled Waters: Transnational Cooperation in East Asian Oceanography\nImportance of Nutrient Management\nSustainable Future Based on the Linkage of the Earth-human System\n\n8 December 2024 \nCultural Study – Water Reincarnation in Toyama URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/ams-2024/ LOCATION:Toyama\, Japan ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Toyama-Bay.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20241113T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20241115T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20241101T083041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T023740Z UID:35425-1731484800-1731690000@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Second International Scientific Symposium of CSK-2 & the Fifth Meeting of the CSK-2 International Steering Group DESCRIPTION:Sendai\, Japan\, 13-14 November 2024\n \n \n\n\n\n Overview\n Program\n Participants\n The Kuroshio Symposia play a pivotal role in advancing the UN Decade Action UN 24\, a global effort to “Explore the strongest ocean current in the Western Pacific” through the 2nd Cooperative Study of Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK-2) — from science to human well-being. This action\, under the auspices of the UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)\, aims to deepen understanding of the Kuroshio current and its impacts on marine ecosystems\, weather\, and climate.\nThe upcoming Second International Scientific Symposium of CSK-2\, scheduled for 13-14 November 2024\, will take place in Sendai\, Japan\, in a hybrid format\, allowing both onsite and online participation. This symposium will center on potential applications for understanding marine ecosystem changes\, weather\, and climate influenced by the Kuroshio. Invited speakers will address key questions shared by scientific and societal communities\, with a particular emphasis on climate change\, weather variability\, and the transformations occurring within the marine ecosystems around Kuroshio. \nAdditionally\, the symposium will feature a special session for Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs)\, a need identified during the 2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference in Bangkok\, held in April 2024. This session will provide ECOPs with an opportunity to contribute to the dialogue on the Kuroshio’s future and its broader impacts. The symposium is open to all experts and relevant stakeholders interested in CSK-2\, including those who have insights on data management\, new initiatives\, or research related to the Kuroshio. \n\n \n\n\n\n \nPPT (pdf)\n\n\n13 NOVEMBER 2024TOKYO ELECTRON HOUSE OF CREATIVITY\, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY\, KATAHIRA CAMPUS\n\n\nKeynote speechesConvener: Kentaro Ando\n\n\n0915-0930\nOpening Remarks: Kentaro Ando\, Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC)\, CSK-2 International Steering Group\n \n\n\n0930-1000\nShangping Xie\, Scrips Institute of Oceanography\, University of California San Diego: Ocean circulation change in a warming climate (online)\n \n\n\n1000-1030\nLixin Wu\, Laoshan Laboratory and Ocean University of China: … (online)\n \n\n\n1030-1050\nShort break\n \n\n\n1050-1120\nToshio Suga\, WPI-AIMEC\, Tohoku University: Fusion research at WPI-AIMEC for understanding marine ecosystem change\n \n\n\n1120-1150\nHanna Na\, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Seoul National University: Observations of Kuroshio current variability in the East China Sea: An overview and future plans\n \n\n\n1150-1220\nAugy Syahailatua\, Research Center for Oceanography\, National Research and Innovation Agency: The importance of understanding ocean dynamics for sustainable management of marine resources in the coral triangle zone\n \n\n\n1220-1330\nLunch break\n \n\n\nEarly Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) SessionConvener: Baolan Wu\, Yuma Kawakami\, and Jaehyoung Park\n\n\n1330-1350\nLucas Cardoso Laurindo\, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science\, University of Miami: Role of ocean and atmosphere variability in scale-dependent air-sea interactions with a focus on the Kuroshio extension\n \n\n\n1350-1410\nHatsumi Nishikawa\, Marine Ecosystem Research Group\, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC): Subtropical mode water in a recent persisting Kuroshio large meander period\n \n\n\n1410-1430\nHyung-Ju Park\, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Seoul National University: Interannual variability of marine heat waves in the Western North Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas\n \n\n\n1430-1450\nShoichiro Kido\, Environmental Variability Prediction and Application Research Group\, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC): Prediction of Kuroshio and associated ocean variability with a high-resolution ocean nowcasting and forecasting system\n \n\n\n1450-1520\nShort break\n \n\n\n1520-1540\nMariia Lebedeva\, Institute of Earth Sciences\, Saint-Petersburg State University: Analysis of oceanographic conditions for Japanese mackerel fishery based on modelling and satellite data in the south Kuril area in 2020–2022\n \n\n\n1540-1600\nIrene Rodriguez\, The Marine Science Institute\, University of the Philippines Diliman: Marine N2 fixation conundrum: The role of Trichodesmium in N cycling in the Kuroshio (online)\n \n\n\n1600-1620\nYangyang Lu\, Second Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources: Biogeography of N2 fixation influenced by the Kuroshio intrusion in the Northern South China Sea\n \n\n\n1620-1640\nFaisal Hamzah\, Research Center for Oceanography\, National Research and Innovation Agency: Changes in biogeochemical signatures within the Banggai upwelling system\, Maluku Sea\, Indonesia\n \n\n\n14 NOVEMBER 2024TOKYO ELECTRON HOUSE OF CREATIVITY\, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY\, KATAHIRA CAMPUS\n\n\nMarine Ecosystem Session: Understanding the future of the Kuroshio ecosystem and its servicesConvener: Augy Syahailatua\n\n\n0900-0920\nQicheng Meng\, Second Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources: New insights into nutrient pathways from Kuroshio intrusion to the euphotic zone on the outer East China sea shelf\n \n\n\n0920-0940\nAgus Saleh Amadipoera\, Department of Marine Science and Technology\, Bogor Agricultural University: Anomalies in Banggai upwelling and Indonesian throughflow in the Maluku Sea: The role of LLWBCs and ENSO (online)\n \n\n\n0940-1000\nTaketoshi Kodama\, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences\, University of Tokyo: Recent understandings on seasonal biological production pattern in the Kuroshio downstream region based on long-term ocean monitoring program\n \n\n\n1000-1020\nHyung-Gyu Lim\, Ocean Circulation & Climate Research Department\, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology: Skillful multiyear predictability of forage\, pelagics and demersal fish biomass (online)\n \n\n\n1020-1040\nShort break\n \n\n\n1040-1100\nTakeshi Obayashi\, WPI-AIMEC\, Tohoku University: PlanDyO: Long-term meta-epigenomic monitoring platform to elucidate marine plankton dynamics in Onagawa Bay\, Sanriku Coast\n \n\n\n1100-1120\nFeng Zhou\, Second Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources: Advance in the physical-biogeochemical numerical modelling in the coastal waters of China\n \n\n\n1120-1140\nDiscussion and short break\n \n\n\nWeather and Climate Session: Predicting the impact of Kuroshio to weather and climateConvener: Xiaopei Lin\n\n\n1140-1200\nEitarou Oka\, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute\, University of Tokyo: Habitable Japan (Climatic Hotspot3) project\n \n\n\n1200-1220\n\nMeghan Cronin\, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: \nResearch at the Kuroshio extension observatory (online) \n\n \n\n\n1220-1330\nLunch break\n \n\n\n1330-1350\nYuma Kawakami\, Meteorological Research Institute\, Japan Meteorological Agency: Ocean current changes in the western North Pacific\n \n\n\n1350-1410\nJianping Gan\, Department of Ocean Science and Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau\, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Western boundary undercurrents and thermocline dynamics\n \n\n\n1410-1430\nGyundo Pak\, Ocean Circulation and Climate Research Department\, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology: Quantitative analysis of the marine heatwaves in the Kuroshio extension region (online)\n \n\n\n1430-1450\nHirotaka Sato\, Tokyo Climate Center\, Japan Meteorological Agency:Impact of an unprecedented marine heatwave on extremely hot summer over Northern Japan in 2023 (online)\n \n\n\n1450-1510\nShort break\n \n\n\n1510-1530\nJaehyoung Park\, College of Environmental and Marine Science and Technology\, Pukyong National University: How typhoons impact the Kuroshio: Does it strengthen or weaken?\n \n\n\n1530-1550\nBaolan Wu\, WPI-AIMEC\, Tohoku University: Increasing of current along the South China sea continental slope during winter in the past 30 years\n \n\n\n1550-1610\nLinlin Zhang\, Institute of Oceanology\, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Eddy-mean flow interactions in the Kuroshio origin region\n \n\n\n1610-1630\nDonglian Yuan\, First Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources: Interannual variability and dynamics of western boundary currents east of the Philippines\n \n\n\n1630-1730\nDiscussion for Recommendations to the International Steering Group\n \n\n\n1730-1740\nClosing Remarks\n  URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/csk2-second-symposium/ LOCATION:Sendai\, Japan ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AdobeStock_86384790_600.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20240923T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20241004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20240707T223145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T024138Z UID:33837-1727078400-1728061200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Training Course on Remote Sensing-based Seagrass Blue Carbon Assessment DESCRIPTION:Jakarta\, Indonesia\, 23 September – 4 October 2024\n \nApplication deadline extended to 7 August 2024\n\n\n\n\n Overview\n Application & Recommendation Form\n Program \nThe UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of Indonesia are pleased to call for qualified participants in the RTRC-MarBEST training course on Remote Sensing based Seagrass Blue Carbon Assessment\, 23 September – 4 October 2024\, Jakarta\, Indonesia. \n1. Background \n“Blue carbon” refers to organic carbon\, which is captured and stored by the ocean and coastal ecosystems. Blue carbon has been increasingly recognized by government leaders globally as a promising nature-based solution to mitigating climate change. \nSeagrass is one of the world’s most effective carbon sinks\, with great potential to contribute to climate change mitigation strategies.  Seagrass often form extensive underwater meadows\, some of which are so large that conventional manual sampling technique may not well cover their spatial dimension. Remote sensing provides a cost-effective solution as it can cover very large areas (even at a global scale) with different temporal dimension (from months to decades). Thus\, it could be used to determine habitat extent\, stratification and plot design\, above-ground biomass\, and analyse land use and carbon stock change over time for national carbon accounting. \n \n \n2. Objectives \nTo enhance research capacity for seagrass blue carbon assessment using remote sensing\, and eventually assist Member States in achieving the SDG 13: Climate action and SDG14: Life below water. \n3. Time and venue \nThe training will take place from 23 September to 4 October 2024\, consisting of one-week Online Lectures using the Learning Management System (LMS) from home countries of participants\, and one-week Hands-on Training and Fieldwork in Seribu Islands\, Jakarta\, Indonesia. \n4. Training contents \nThis RTRC training will involve theory lectures\, practical demonstrations\, hands-on activities\, and field surveys\, covering the following aspects: \n\nUnderstanding blue carbon: Gain knowledge about blue carbon\, blue carbon ecosystems\, carbon storage and sequestration\, and their importance for climate change mitigation.\nField sampling techniques: Learn and apply field sampling techniques\, including photo quadrat\, soil core sampling\, and the estimation of seagrass above ground carbon stock (AGC)\, and soil carbon stock.\nRemote sensing: Prepare remote sensing data and perform image correction.\nBenthic habitat mapping: Map benthic habitats using machine learning classification and field benthic habitat data\nEmpirical modelling: Develop empirical models by integrating machine learning regression with field seagrass AGC data\nAGC mapping and assessment:  Map seagrass AGC and perform accuracy assessment\nCarbon stock calculation: Calculate the total AGC\, and combine it with soil carbon stock obtained from lab analysis\n\n5. Application \nInterested participants can fill in the online Application Form\, together with the Recommendation Form to be signed by a referee\, and submit online by mid-night of 31 July 2024 extended to 7 August 2024 (Bangkok Time\, GMT+7). \nOnly selected participants will be contacted through email by mid-August 2024. \n6. Qualifications for becoming a participant\nEarly career ocean professionals\, including students\, from Member States[1] in the Western Pacific\, South-South Triangular Cooperation as well as the Archipelagic and Island States (AIS). \n\nHave a basic concept of blue carbon;\nFamiliar with sampling and data collection of seagrass habitats in shallow coastal areas;\nHave preliminary understanding and knowledge in using GIS and spatial data processing (GEE would be an advantage).\n\n[1] Member States of WESTPAC is available at: https://ioc-westpac.org/member-states/ \n7. Contact \nFor any inquiries\, please feel free to contact: \nMs Sofia Yuniar SaniResearch Center for Oceanography\,The National Research and Innovation Agency\, the Republic of Indonesia (BRIN)E-mail: sofi005@brin.go.id; sofiayuniarsani@gmail.com \nWith a copy to: \nIOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCOE-mail: iocwestpac@unesco.org \nInterested participants can fill in the online Application Form\, together with the Recommendation Form to be signed by a referee\, and submit online by mid-night of 31 July 2024 (Bangkok Time\, GMT+7). \nOnly selected participants will be contacted through email by mid-August 2024. \n\n\n \n Recommendation Form\n \n \n\n \n Tentative Syllabus\n \n \n\n \n \nThe program is now available here. URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/rtrc-marbest-2024/ LOCATION:Jakarta\, Indonesia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/seagrass.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20240422T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20240425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20230509T170058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T064404Z UID:26066-1713772800-1714064400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference & 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference DESCRIPTION:2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference\n& 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference\n“Accelerating Ocean Science Solutions for Sustainable Development”\n22-25 April 2024\, Bangkok\, Thailand\n \n Click here to visit the conference website\, where registration and abstract submissions are now open!\n \n\n\nAnnouncement\nCall for Proposals:Scientific Session\nCall for Proposals:Decade Action Incubator\nCall for Proposals:Decade Action Workshop\n \nFirst Announcement\nCall for Proposals for Scientific Sessions\, Decade Action Incubators & Decade Action Workshops\nHosted by the Government of Thailand and co-organized with the UNESCO/IOC[1] Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)\, the 2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference in conjunction with the 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference will take place on 22-25 April 2024 in Bangkok\, Thailand. \nThe ocean is at the heart of the sustainable development. Proclaimed in 2017 by the United Nations General Assembly\, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) (‘the Ocean Decade’) provides a convening framework for scientists and stakeholders from diverse sectors to co-design ocean science solutions to achieve the 2030 Agenda. \nThe ocean\, seas\, and coastal areas in the Western Pacific are of ecological\, social and economic significance. The UN Ocean Decade Regional Kick-off Conference for the Western Pacific and its adjacent areas\, 25-26 November 2021\, marked the beginning of the region-wide efforts in the development and implementation of substantive Decade Actions. \nThree years later\, the 2nd Decade Regional Conference & the 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference\, to be held IN PERSON ONLY\,  will bring various ocean stakeholders including governments\, research communities/academia\, private and business sectors\, philanthropic foundations\, UN agencies\, NGOs and civil society\, to present the current status of ocean knowledge\, take stock of the first three years’ achievements of the Ocean Decade Actions\, identify future priorities\, and continuously catalyze partnerships and concrete actions for transformative ocean-based solutions to sustainability challenges in this particular region\, such as resource depletion\, marine pollution\, biodiversity loss and habitat degradation\, climate change and ocean acidification\, and natural hazards. \nThe Conferences will comprise the following three components. We cordially invite you to be part of this exciting event\, and submit proposals for Scientific Sessions\, Decade Action Incubators\, or Decade Action Workshops. \n\n\n\n \n \nPurpose\nSubmission Deadline\nOnline Form\n\n\n1\nScientific Sessions\nTo present the latest science development and knowledge\, consisting of oral and poster scientific presentations\n20 July 2023\nClick here\n\n\n2\nDecade Action Incubators\nTo facilitate the development of new UN Decade Action proposals\n10 September 2023\n\nClick here \nSubmission Guideline.pdf \n\n\n\n3\nDecade Action Workshops\nTo enable the UN Decade Actions (Programmes and projects)\, particularly those which have a focus on the region\, to review their implementation progress\, develop new partnerships and cooperation\, and deliberate on the plans of action over the next period.\n10 September 2023\nClick here\n\n\n\n[1] Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO \n\n\n \n Flyer of the First Announcement\n \n \n\nCall for Proposals: Scientific Session\nDeadline for submission: 20 July 2023\n \n Submit proposal\n \n \nWe are now inviting scientific session proposals from interested parties to present high quality scientific session at the Conferences\, to address the following common priority issues of countries in the region. \n\nOcean processes and climate change;\nMarine biodiversity conservation\, seafood safety and security\, blue economy;\nOcean ecosystem and public health;\nKnowledge for emerging ocean issues and cross-cutting topics.\n\nScientific Sessions provide opportunities to present\, share and exchange latest scientific knowledge\, identify knowledge gaps\,  and\, if feasible\, explore transformative ocean science  solutions for sustainable ocean and livelihoods in the region. Normally a session consists of oral and poster presentations. \nResponsibilities of proponent (s) \nIf the proposal is accepted\, the proponent(s) of Scientific Session\, will be responsible for: \n\nthe organization\, execution\, and reporting of the session;\npromoting participation;\nreview of submitted abstracts for consistency with the topic;\nselection of oral and poster presentations\, including the identification of “backup” oral presentations from among the posters in case of last-minute cancellation; editing abstracts accepted for their session;\nIdentification of co-sponsors (organizations with similar interests who are prepared to support the session);\nPreparation of the session programme\, including oral and poster presentation\, in close consultation with the Conference Secretariat.\n\nFor any inquiry\, you can send your email to:iocwestpac@unesco.org and  iocwestpac2024@gmail.com\,  with a subject line of “Session proposal inquiry.”   \nCall for proposals: Decade Action Incubator\nDeadline for submission: 10 September 2023\n \n Submit proposal\n \n \nThe Decade Action Incubator serves as an interactive forum to catalyze partnerships\, strengthen dialogue from ocean knowledge generators to knowledge users\, initiate co-designing processes\, facilitate the development of potential Decade Actions such as Decade programmes[1]\, Decade projects[2]\, and key crosscutting topics including capacity development and Early Career Ocean Professionals. Each Incubator will run for a period of no longer than three hours. \nThe proposed Decade Action Incubator shall address one or more of the seven Ocean Decade Outcomes as follows: a clean ocean\, a healthy and resilient ocean\, a productive ocean\, a predicted ocean\, a safe ocean\, a transparent and accessible ocean\, and an inspiring and engaging ocean. \nOcean stakeholders\, including scientists\, policymakers\, philanthropic foundations\, UN agencies\, governments\, NGOs and civil society\, and private and business sectors\, are invited to submit their proposals by 10 September 2023. \nSelection criteria for Decade Action Incubator \nEach proposal will be assessed both in terms of the quality of running the Incubator session\, and proposed potential Decade Action. \nThe basic criteria for selection include the following: \n\nAlignment with the vision and mission of the Ocean Decade\, and contribution to the societal outcomes and challenges of the Ocean Decade;\nGeneration of transformative ocean science[3] in comparison to what has been done before;\nPromotion of multidisciplinary\, solution-oriented approach;\nEngagement of broad stakeholders\, including private sector and major groups\, and promotion of their interactions and actions;\nConsideration given to gender balance and geographic representation in the choice of speakers and panelists;\n\nResponsibility of the Incubator Convenor(s) \nThe Incubator Convenor(s) will be responsible for the following: \n\nIdentifying conveners\, speakers and panelists;\nInviting participants from Member States\, major groups and other stakeholders;\nPreparing the event programme and share it with the Conference Secretariat no later than 10 January 2024\n\nAll queries relating to “Decade Action Incubators” should be addressed to the following contacts\, with a subject line of “Decade Action Incubators”. \nUNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western PacificEmail: iocwestpac@unesco.org \nDepartment of Marine and Coastal ResourcesMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment\, ThailandEmail: iocwestpac2024@gmail.com \n[1] A Decade programmed is typically global or regional in scale and will contribute to the achievement of one or more of the Ocean Decade Challenges. It is long-term (multi-year)\, interdisciplinary and will consist of component projects\, and potentially enabling activities \n[2] A Decade project is a discrete and focused undertaking. It may be regional\, national or sub-national and it will typically contribute to an identified Decade programmed. \n[3] The notion of transformation is central to the Decade. The Decade\, both in terms of action and outcomes\, needs to move beyond business as usual to a true revolution in ocean science. The different ways in which the transformative nature of the Decade will manifest include the promotion and facilitation of ocean science that: \n\nuses the 2030 Agenda as a central framework to identify and address the most pressing societal questions related to SDG14 and related SDGs;\nis co-designed and co-delivered in a multi-stakeholder  environment to be relevant and responsive across the entire value-chain from knowledge generation\, to applications and services to use of science for solutions;\nis solutions-focused and contributes to a wide variety of potential solutions including policy\, decision-making\, management or governance frameworks\, or technology development and innovation;\nwhere needed\, is big\, audacious\, forward-looking\, and spans geographies;\nreaches across disciplines and actively integrates natural and social science disciplines;\nembraces local and indigenous knowledge as a key knowledge source;\nis transformative because of who is doing it or where it is being done\, including in both less developed and developed countries;\nstrives for generational\, gender and geographic diversity in all its manifestations;\nis communicated in forms that are widely understood across society and that trigger excitement about the ocean and behavior change; and\nis shared openly and available for re-use.\n\nCall for proposals: Decade Action Workshop\nDeadline for submission: 10 September 2023\n \n Submit proposal\n \n \nThe Decade Action Workshops during the Conferences will allow UN Ocean Decade Actions (Decade Programmes and Decade Projects)\, particularly those which have a focus on the region\, to bring together Action partners\, review their development progress\, catalyze new partnerships\, and deliberate on action plans over the next phase.   \nResponsibility of the proponent \nThe logistics of the Decade Action Workshop\, such as a meeting room allocation and the setting up of audiovisual equipment\, need to be arranged in collaboration with the Conference Secretariat. The proponent of the workshop will be responsible for the following:  \n\nInviting the partners of Decade Action to participate in the workshop;\nIdentifying and Inviting participants from Member States\, significant groups\, and relevant stakeholders;\nPreparing the event programme and send it to the Conference Secretariat no later than 10 January 2024.\n\nCommunication \nAny inquiry relating to “Decade Action Workshop” should be addressed to the following\, with a subject line of “Decade Action Workshop”. \nUNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western PacificEmail: iocwestpac@unesco.org \nDepartment of Marine and Coastal ResourcesMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment\, ThailandEmail: iocwestpac2024@gmail.com \nImportant Dates\nDeadline for session proposal submission                                                     20 July 2023 \nRegistration & session abstract submission\, ECOPs travel grant application\, and ECOPs Best Oral & Poster Presentation Award  application open                                                                                              15 August 2023 \nDeadline for Decade Action Incubator & Decade Action Workshop proposal submission                                                                                         10 September 2023 \nDeadline for session abstract submission\, ECOPs travel grant application\, and ECOPs Best Oral & Poster Presentation Award application                                                                                                         30 November 2023 \nNotification for session abstract acceptance and ECOPs travel grant         15 December 2023 \nThe Conferences open                                                                                     22 April 2024 \nConference Secretariat Contact\nIOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC):Nachapa SaransuthIOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)Decade Coordination Office for the Western Pacific and Adjacent AreasIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCOTel: +66 2 1411288; Fax: +66 2 1439245Email: iocwestpac@unesco.org \nHost country secretariat contact:Chanakarn ThammavichanDepartment of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR)Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment\, ThailandTel: +66 2 1414690; Fax: +66 2 1439259Email: iocwestpac2024@gmail.com URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/imsc11/ LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Chaophraya.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231204T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20231203T194831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004554Z UID:32497-1701676800-1701882000@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:The Fourth Session of the CSK-2 International Steering Group DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Program \nProvisional Programme \n(0900-1730\, GMT+8\, 4-6 December 2023\, Qingdao) \n\n\n\nTime\nAgenda\nModerator& speaker\n\n\nGMT+8\, Monday\, 4 December 2023 (Beijing Time\, check time zone converter here\, if needed )\n\n\n0830\nOpen the virtual meeting room\n \n\n\n \n1. Opening\n \n\n\n0900-0915\n1.1 Welcome and opening remarks\n\nWESTPAC; co-chairs; \nLS welcome remarks \n\n\n\n0915-0930\n1.2 Self-introduction\n \n\n\n0930-0945\n2. Adoption of agenda\n\n\n \n3. Major progress since the third Session (21-22 Feb 2023\, Bangkok)\n\n\n0945-1015\n\n3.1  Overview: \nl  Co-Chairs’ statements \nl  WESTPAC Office’s report \nl  Other ISG members \n\n \n\n\n1015-1030\nGroup photo and coffee break\n\n\n \n3.2 CSK-2 endorsed projects\n\n\n1030-1050\n\n1 Observations in the origin region of the Kuroshio \n3Dec2016-31Dec2032 \n\n\nAkira Nagano \nJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) \nnagano@jamstec.go.jp \n\n\n\n1050-1110\n\n2 Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) \n6Jan2004-31Dec2030 \n\n\nMeghan F. Cronin \nNOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory \nmeghan.f.cronin@noaa.gov \nMakio Honda \nhondam@jamstec.go.jp \n\n\n\n1110-1130\n\n3 Time series observations of Kuroshio variability in the East China Sea \n1June2020-30June2023 \n\n\nHanna Na \nSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Seoul National University \nhanna.ocean@snu.ac \n\n\n\n\n1130-1150 \n  \n\n\n4 Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Regions and their impacts on Climate and Fisheries \n1Jan2023-1Dec2025 \n\n\nZhaohui Chen \nOcean University of China \nchenzhaohui@ouc.edu.cn \n\n\n\n1150-1210\n\n5 Dynamical and ecological interaction between the Kuroshio and coastal circulation \n1Jan2022-31Mar2026 \n\n\nKiyoshi TANAKA \nThe Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI)\, the University of Tokyo \nktanaka@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp \n\n\n\n1210-1330\nLunch break\n\n\n1330-1350\n\n6 Subthermocline currents and eddies in the NEC-Kuroshio-MC region \n1Mar2023-29Feb2028 \n\n\nLinlin Zhang \nInstitute of Oceanology\, Chinese Academy of Sciences zhanglinlin@qdio.ac.cn \n\n\n\n1350-1410\n\n7 Kuroshio Edge Exchange and the Shelf Ecosystem (KEES) \n1Jun2023-31Dec2030 \n\n\nFeng Zhou \nSecond Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources \nzhoufeng@sio.org.cn \n\n\n\n1410-1430\n\n8 The Role of Ocean Dynamic for Fish Recruitment Process in the Coral Triangle Region \n1Jun2023-31Dec2026 \n\n\nAugy Syahailatua \nResearch Centre for Oceanography – BRIN \naugy001@brin.go.id \n\n\n\n1430- 1450\n\n9 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Along the Northern Pacific Seaboard\, Philippines \n1Jul2023-30Jun2025 \n\n\nAngel B. Encarnacion \nBureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources\, the Philippines \nabencarnacion10279@gmail.com \n\n\n\n1450- 1510\n\n10 Banggai Upwelling Dynamics and Ecosystem Experiment (BUDEE) \n1 Aug2022- 30Sep2025 \n\n\nAgus S. Atmadipoera \nDept. of Marine Science and Technology\, IPB\, University Bogor \natmadipoera_itk@apps.ipb.ac.id \n\n\n\n1510- 1530\n\n11 Climatic hotspot2 project \n1Aug2019-31Mar2024 \n\n\nMasami Nonaka \nJAMSTEC \nnona@jamstec.go.jp \n\n\n\n1530-1540\nISG discussions and recommendations\n \n\n\n1540-1600\nCoffee break\n\n\n \n3.3 National or institutional reports on CSK-2 Part 1\n \n\n\n1600-1615\nChina\n\nXiaopei Lin \nOcean University of China \nlinxiaop@ouc.edu.cn \n\n\n\n1615-1630\nIndonesia\n\nAugy Syahailatua \nResearch Centre for Oceanography – BRIN \naugy001@brin.go.id \n\n\n\n1630-1645\nJapan\n\nAndo Kentaro \nJAMSTEC \nandouk@jamstec.go.jp \n\n\n\n1645-1700\nKorea\n\nJae-Hyoung Park \nKorea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology \noceanjhpark@gmail.com \n\n\n\n1700-1710\nSummary\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\nAgenda\nModerator& speaker\n\n\nCMT+8\, Tuesday\, 5 December 2023\n\n\n \n3.3 National or institutional reports on CSK-2 Part 2\n \n\n\n0900-0915\nRussia\n\nVyacheslav Lobanov \nV.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute \nlobanov@poi.dvo.ru \n\n\n\n0915-0930\nPhilippines\n \n\n\n0930-0945\nUSA\n\nMeghan F. Cronin \nNOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory \nmeghan.f.cronin@noaa.gov \n\n\n\n0945-1000\nVietnam\n\nThai To Duy \nInstitute of Oceanography\, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology \nduythaito@gmail.com \n\n\n\n1000-1015\nCoffee break\n\n\n \n3.4 ECOP Presentation\n \n\n\n1015-1025\nDecadal variation and its environmental effects in the Western North Pacific Ocean\n\nBaolan Wu \nThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \nbaolanwu@hkust-gz.edu.cn \n\n\n\n1025-1035\nThe role of the Kuroshio Current on the diurnal cycle of Meiyu-Baiu rainband in mid-June\n\nHyungju Park \nSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences\, Seoul National University \nspalfh@snu.ac.kr \n\n\n\n1035-1045\nThe Impact of Kuroshio Intrusion on the Marine Ecosystem on the East China Sea Shelf\n\nQicheng Meng \nSecond Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources \nq.meng@sio.org.cn \n\n\n\n1045-1055\nDestruction and Reinstatement of Coastal Hypoxia in the South China Sea off the Pearl River Estuary\n\nKhanittha Uthaipan \nXiamen University \nKhanittha.kik@gmail.com \n\n\n\n1055-1105\nEnergetic stratified turbulence generated by the Kuroshio-seamount interactions in Tokara Strait\n\nAnne Takahashi  \nAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute\, University of Tokyo\, Japan\, anne@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp \n\n\n\n1105-1115\nInfluence of tropical cyclones on Western North Pacific and Kuroshio region\n\nHan Zhang \nSecond Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources \nzhanghan@sio.org.cn \n\n\n\n1115-1125\nCold- versus Warm-Season Forced Variability of Net Kuroshio Transport\n\nYuma Kawakami \nDepartment of Atmosphere\, Ocean\, and Earth System Modeling Research\, Meteorological Research Institute\, Japan\, y-kawakami@mri-jma.go.jp \n\n\n\n1125-1145\nRoundtable Discussion\n\nFocus on CSK-2 scientific goals to \n1) foster collaboration to do CSK-2 projects; \n2) share requests to CSK-2 community \n\n\n\n1145-1200\nGroup discussions\, proposed questions \nThis session will enable all to share views\, perspectives for the implementation of CSK-2\, and the way forward.\n\n\n1200-1330\nLunch break\n\n\n1330-1430\n4. Review of new initiatives received in response to the Second Call\n\n\n\n1330-1350 \n  \n\n\nOcean circulation at the Pacific Entrance of the Indonesian Throughflow \n1 Jan 2024-31Dec 2028 \n\n\nDongliang Yuan \nFirst Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources\, China \ndyuan@fio.org.cn \n\n\n\n1350-1410\n\nThe impact of Kuroshio intrusion on the transport and biogeographic patterns in the South China Sea \n1 Jan 2024-31Dec 2033 \n\n\nYun Qiu \nThird Institute of Oceanography\, Ministry of Natural Resources，China \nqiuyun@tio.org.cn \n\n\n\n1410-1430\n\nAmami-Kuroshio project: Baseline assessment of subtropical environment of Amami Islands along the Kuroshio and its influence to the biosphere and humanosphere \n4 Jan 2022-31March 2027 \n\n\nYusuke Yokoyama \nAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute\, the University of Tokyo \nyokoyama@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp \nHiroaki Saito (Report) \nhsaito@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp \n\n\n\n1430-1500\n5. CSK-2 at the 2nd UN Ocean Decade Regional Conference and 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference (22-25 April 2024\, Bangkok)\n\n\n1500-1510\nCoffee break\n\n\n1510-1620\n6. Potential collaborations\n \n\n\n1510-1520\n\nThis session encourages invited experts to share their interest and mission\, present their expectation and recommendations on the CSK-2 and join some projects or co-design some proposals in CSK-2 to promote its implementation. \n  \n\n\nLiu Guimei \nNational Marine Environmental \nForecasting Center\, China \nliugm@nmefc.cn \n\n\n\n1520-1530\n\nMa Suhong \nChina Meterological Administration \nmash@cma.gov.cn \n\n\n\n1530-1540\n\nAndri Ramdhani \nIndonesia Agency for Meteorology \nClimatology and Geophysics (BMKG) \nandri.ramdhani@bmkg.go.id \n\n\n\n1540-1550\n\nSwadhin Behera \nJAMSTEC \nbehera@jamstec.go.jp \n\n\n\n1550-1600\n\nJoon-Soo Lee \nNational Institute of Fishery Science \nleejoonsoo@korea.kr \n\n\n\n1600-1620\nDiscussion about possible collaboration issues\n \n\n\n1620-1640\n7. Discussion about work-plan over the next two years\n \n\n\n1640-1700\n8. Administrative\, and technical arrangements for CSK-2\nProgress of Support office\n\n\n1700-1710\n9. Other matters\n \n\n\n1710-1720\n10. Venue and time for the next ISG meeting (ISG-5)\n \n\n\n1720-1730\n11. Closure\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\nAgenda\nModerator& speaker\n\n\nCMT+8\, Wednesday\, 6 December 2023\n\n\n \n12. Technical tour to the Oceantec Valley in Qingdao URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/4th-session-csk-2/ LOCATION:Qingdao\, China ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/First-WESTPAC-Marine-Spatial-Planning-Expert-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20231127T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20231129T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20230808T193414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004643Z UID:28247-1701072000-1701280800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Training Workshop on Monitoring Marine Fish Communities with Environmental DNA Method DESCRIPTION:Phuket Marine Biological Center\, Phuket\, Thailand \n27-29 November 2023\n\n1. Background \nCoral reefs and seagrass meadows are critical habitats for maintaining fish populations that support sustainable livelihoods and economy. While the human activities and climate change have been escalating\, our conservation efforts have been constrained by limited knowledge about their impacts on marine biodiversity. Comprehensive baseline information about species diversity\, richness\, distribution and their migration patterns is essential to develop conservation measures and secure those measures will be effective. However\, conventional methods for monitoring marine biodiversity are difficult to scale up to cover the entire coastline of countries. \nEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) has recently attracted considerable attention for its potential in measuring marine biodiversity\, due to its cost effectiveness and without the need to extract organisms from their environment. \nDespite some limitations of eDNA protocols\, such as inadequate regional fish barcode data\,  limited sampling efficiency and laboratory protocols\, the eDNA-based fish monitoring has been gradually applied in different marine ecosystems\, with significant improvement made in the last few years. \nAs an initial effort\, The IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) in partnership with the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute (Thailand)\, and the Nanjing University (China)\,will organize a training workshop at the Phuket Marine Biological Center\, Thailand to introduce how the eDNA method could be used for researching and monitoring fish communities in coastal habitats. \n2. Objectives: \n\nTo develop the capacity of researchers for using the eDNA method to monitor fish communities in essential marine ecosystems;\nTo transfer knowledge on\, and exchange experience in the eDNA data analysis and assessment on the status of fish communities;\nTo build partnerships and networks\, and explore the possibility of a potential regional programme using eDNA monitoring for marine ecosystem management.\n\n3. Contents of the training workshop \nThis technical training will consist of theory lectures\, practical demonstration\, and professional on-site sample collection\, including: \n\nBarcode database of marine fish\, including consideration of national and international barcode database development;\nPrimer selection and spatial layout design for eDNA monitoring;\neDNA sample collection and processing;\nQuantitative PCR/digital PCR biological monitoring technology; and\nData process and evaluation of eDNA biomonitoring.\n\n4. Expected outputs \n\nComprehensive knowledge learnt on the process of conducting the eDNA monitoring\, including sampling design\, sample analysis\, data processing and deposition\, and interpretation of data to inform marine ecosystem management\, particularly on fish communities;\nCollaborations established with a concrete plan on the eDNA research and monitoring.\n\n5. Venue \nThe training workshop will take place at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC)\, Phuket Thailand. \nPMBC will provide relevant meeting and lab facilities for the training workshop\, such as a lecture room\, labs with essential equipment for primary preparation and preservation of samples for further process. \n6. Tentative Agenda \nDay 1 \nLecture 1: Significance of eDNA biomonitoring and its applications in the marine ecosystem \nLecture 2: Principle and technical guideline I – Field sampling \nLecture 3: Principle and technical guideline II – Lab preparation \nDay 2 \nLecture 4: Principle and technical guideline III – Nucleic acid testing  \nLecture 5: Principle and technical guideline IV – Data analysis  \nField trip (Demonstration and practice of eDNA sampling with equipment) \nDay 3 \nLab practice (Sample processing and testing) \nBrainstorming discussion and wrap up URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/environmental-dna-method/ LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/school-of-fish.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231120T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20231109T024009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004719Z UID:32168-1700467200-1700672400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:WESTPAC-ECNU International Workshop “Stem the tide of Asia’s riverine plastic emission into the ocean” DESCRIPTION:The UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and the East China Normal University (ECNU) are pleased to invite you to join this event that will take place on 20-22 November 2023\, Sanya\, Hainan\, China. \nAbout the event\nPlastic pollution has been attracting ever increasing global attention and actions. Plastic\, including microplastic\, is the most prevalent type of marine debris in our coasts and oceans. This transboundary environmental challenge needs to be addressed urgently through concrete actions at all levels involving international coordination and cooperation\, scientific research and technology innovations\, local actions\, citizen and corporate commitment. Plastic and microplastic pollution have been at top agenda of a number of national and international agreements and frameworks\, emphasizing the urgency to intensify efforts in researching their sources\, transport and impacts. Notably\, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in 2017 a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) to gather ocean stakeholders worldwide and catalyze ocean science solutions to sustainable development of the ocean\, and the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in 2022 unanimously approved a historic resolution to develop an internationally binding instrument on plastic pollution\, including in the marine environment. \nRivers are recognized as major pathways for land-based plastic transported to the ocean. Based on previous model results\, the rivers in the Asia-Pacific accounted for more than half of the global riverine plastic waste. However\, arguments have been mounting about the modelling results due to the lack of reliable in-situ observations. To serve the needs of Member States in the region to better understand the status of river inputs of plastic waste into the ocean\, and to generate timely data\, information and knowledge needed to formulate and implement technological\, behavioral\, and policy solutions\, the Sub-Commission together with its Member States and their institutions in the region developed and registered in 2022 a UN Ocean Decade Action- UN22. Stem the tide of Asia’s riverine plastic emission into the ocean. This Decade Action was built on the past achievements that the Sub-Commission has been making since 2017 in marine microplastic research and monitoring\, capitalizing on the well-established network and enhanced national and regional capacity for plastic research and monitoring\, and the ever-increasing commitment of Member State to combating marine plastic pollution in the region. \nWho shall participate in?\nThis workshop will convoke experts\, researchers\, students\, and government representatives from within and outside the region who are willing to engage in the development of the UN Decade Action\, and conduct plastic research\, monitoring\, and mitigation in the region. \nPriority will be given to these participants in the WESTPAC plastic activities\, particularly those conducting monitoring and research in their selected pilot sites and already engaged in the initial development of the UN Decade Action. Other experts who are interested to join the network or develop collaborations\, will be welcome. Again\, they should have experience conducting plastic and microplastics related research and monitoring and/or be able to lead and carry out monitoring and research in their countries for moving forward. \nWe encourage all participants to actively engage in the discussions\, share their expertise\, and foster meaningful collaborations. \nHow to register or apply for financial assistance?\nFor anyone who is interested to join the event\, please fill in and submit the online Registration Form\, preferably no later than 30 September 2023. \nThere is a very limited resource in support of the international travel of some colleagues\, particularly those from developing states. A joint committee will be established to select the most suitable participants that would be provided financial support. The selection will be made mainly based on the applicant’s CV\, his/her work experience\, and his/her engagement in WESTPAC or other relevant international programmes. Again\, priority will be accorded to those who are conducting monitoring and research in the Marine Plastic Programme. Updated information on the workshop will be made available\, in due course\, at the WESTPAC website (https://ioc-westpac.org ) \nVenue\nThe workshop will take place at the Innovative Research and Education Valley\, Yazhou district\, Sanya\, Hainan\, China. It is approximately 33km away from Sanya Phoenix International Airport. \nAccomodation: Sanya Yazhou Bay Resort\, Curio Collection by HiltonAddress: Creative New Town\, Plot in (A37-1/2)\, Yazhou Bay\, Sanya\, Hainan\, P.R. China URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/stem-the-tide-of-asia-riverine-plastic/ LOCATION:Sanya\, Hainan\, China ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/plastice-in-the-sea.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231114T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231115T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20231106T030632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T075003Z UID:31743-1699948800-1700067600@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:First WESTPAC Marine Spatial Planning Expert Workshop DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Program \nBackground \nMarine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a comprehensive and strategic process to allocate the rational use of marine space and the interactions among its uses to minimize the conflicts between human activities and balance the economic development and environmental protection. It is an enabler to addressing climate change\, optimizing marine conservation\, and developing the blue economy as well as a major contribution to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)\, also known as the “Ocean Decade”\, adopted by the 72nd UN General Assembly on 5 December 2017. \nMSP has gained increasing attention from the Western Pacific countries\, but its development in most of countries and adjacent areas are still at the early stage. Considering the pressing demands of IOC Member States in the region for marine management and sustainable use of resources\, the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) initiated an Ocean Decade Action “Accelerate Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific”\, which was officially registered as UN 21 project in 2022. The project strives to capitalize on the MSPglobal Initiative and its results\, and provide guidelines to the countries in the region to reach their environmental\, social and economic objectives with an ecosystem-based approach and promote the development of their MSP plans. \nIn this context\, with the aim to promote the implementation and engagement in the UN21 project and accelerate the MSP process in the Western Pacific and its adjacent areas\, IOC/WESTPAC was determined to convene a group of experts to provide policy and technical insights\, assistance and support to facilitate the MSP development in the region. Upon the approval by the 14th Intergovernmental Session of IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV) and based on the recommendations from the member states\, the Group of Experts (GoE) in Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific has been established. \nObjectives \nThe first MSP Expert Meeting will rally wisdom and expertise to push forward the implementation of the Ocean Decade Action UN21 “Accelerate Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific” and facilitate cooperation and communication on regional\, national and local MSP efforts/processes/initiatives. \nThe specific objectives of the meeting are to: \n\nShare progress\, experience\, lessons learned and issues in the MSP implementation in different countries in the region.\nBrainstorming discussions on the science and technology\, capacity development and cooperative mechanism framework of MSP in the region.\nDiscuss the next steps of MSP work in the region.\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 14 November 2023\n\n\n09:00-09:50\nOpening\n \n\n\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSelf-introduction of participants\n\n\n \n\n\n09:50-10:20\nGroup photo & Coffee break\n \n\n\n10:20-11:40\nSetting the scene\n \n\n\n\n\nSetting the scene\n\n\nWenxi Zhu\n\n\n\n\nMSP matters: An overview about MSP development status\n\n\nZhiwei Zhang\n\n\n\n\nMSProadmap and MSPglobal project 1.0 & 2.0\n\n\nMichele Quesada da Silva\n\n\n\n\nUN 21: Accelerating MSP in the region\n\n\nZhiwei Zhang\n\n\n\n\nRole of Foundation in the MSP development\n\n\nXinchun Pan\n\n\n11:40-12:00\nCountry/Institutional Report on MSP Status\n \n\n\n\n\nKorea: Recent Trends of MSP Policy and Technology in Korea\n\n\nMoon-Suk LEE\n\n\n12:00-13:30\nLunch break\n \n\n\n13:30-15:30\nCountry/Institutional Report on MSP Status\n \n\n\n \n\n\nJapan: Marine Spatial Planning in Japan\n\n\nKazumi Wakita\n\n\n \n\n\nMalaysia: MSP in Malaysia: Challenges and Way Forward\n\n\nSazlina Salleh & Nurfatin Wahida Puspa\n\n\n \n\n\nIndonesia: MSP in Indonesia\n\n\nSuharyanto\n\n\n \n\n\nPacific island countries: Marine Spatial Planning in the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges\n\n\nArpana Pratap\n\n\n \n\n\nThailand: National Marine Spatial Planning Initiative and capacity building needs for Thailand\n\n\nSakanan Plathong\n\n\n \n\n\nVietnam: MSP in Viet Nam: Opportunities and Challenges\n\n\nPham Van Lam\n\n\n15:30-16:00\nCoffee break\n \n\n\n16:00-16:40\n\n\nChina: MSP in China: Experiences\, Opportunities and Challenges\n\n\nXiao Yang & Xin Teng\n\n\n \n\n\nInternational partners: COBSEA’s Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning (Video)\n\n\nMargarita Victoria Caballa\n\n\n16:40-17:30\n\nBrainstorming Discussions \n\nScience and Technology:  What MSP techniques or tools still need to be developed in your country or the region?\n\n\nWenxi Zhu & All\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday 15 November2023\n\n\n09:00-10:30\n\nBrainstorming Discussions \n\nCapacity Development Aspects of MSP Development in Indonesia: Scientific Perspectives\nCapacity development: In addition to the ongoing CD efforts\, what else capacity development activities need to be developed (Each will be expected to contribute ideas and suggestions. 2 or 3 slides each would be great)\nIntroduction of MSP Challenge\n\n\n\nWenxi Zhu & All \n\nArio Damar\nMichele Quesada da Silva\n\n\n\n\n10:30-11:00\nCoffee break\n \n\n\n11:00-11:30\n\nBrainstorming Discussions \n\nCooperative mechanism\, framework\, and opportunities for MSP development in the region\n\n\nWenxi Zhu & All\n\n\n11:30-12:00\n\nBrainstorming Discussions \n\nPilot and demonstration activities (Each will be expected to consider what pilot and demonstration activities could be planned and conducted in this Action)\n\n\nWenxi Zhu & All\n\n\n12:00-13:30\nLunch break\n \n\n\n13:30-15:00\n\nBrainstorming Discussions \n\nDevelopment of a regional MSP roadmap?\n\n\nWenxi Zhu & All\n\n\n15:00-15:30\nCoffee break\n \n\n\n15:30-16:00\nConclusion\, next steps and closing\nWenxi Zhu URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/first-westpac-msp-expert-workshop/ LOCATION:Qingdao\, China ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/First-WESTPAC-Marine-Spatial-Planning-Expert-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230404T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230407T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20221119T055003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T023037Z UID:22832-1680598800-1680890400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV) DESCRIPTION:Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV)\nJakarta\, Indonesia\, 4-7 April 2023\n\n\nOverview\nProvisional Agenda & Meeting Documents\nParticipants \nThe Fourteenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIV) is generously hosted by the Government of Indonesia from 4 to 7 April 2023 in Jakarta. \nThe session will bring together national competent governmental agencies\, marine scientific communities and other relevant IOC ocean stakeholders in the region\, aiming to foster ocean science-policy interface\, advance ocean science development and cooperation\, enhance related technical and institutional capacities\, and jointly develop ocean science solutions to critical challenges for sustainable development in the Western Pacific and its adjacent areas. \nIn Jakarta\, the Sub-Commission will review its developments and achievements during the intersessional period\, be updated with the global ocean-related developments\, including the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)\, and then deliberate on the Sub-Commission’s engagement in and contribution to the Ocean Decade. \nThe Subcommission will be expected to elect its Officers\, and formulate its programme and budget for the period May 2023–April 2025. Kindly note that given the limited regular budget allocated from IOC\, the WESTPAC Programme and Budget normally serves as guidance on the programmes and activities that Member States would like to jointly promote and seek funding from various sources to support their implementation. \nFor more information\, please refer to the documents below. \n  \n\n\n \n IOC Circular Letter No 2918\n \n \n\n \n CL 2918 Forms: Biennial Elections for Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson\n \n \n\n \n Senior Governmental Officials Roundtable on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)\, 0900-1040\, UTC+7\, 5 April 2023\, Jakarta\, Indonesia\n \n \n\n \n Side Event: National Decade Committees Forum\,1630-1830\, UTC+7\, 5 April 2023\, Jakarta\, Indonesia\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nAuditorium Sumitro Djojohadikusumo\, B.J Habibie Building\, the Headquarters of National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)\, Indonesia\nDocument (pdf)\nPPT (pdf)\n\n\n1.\nOPENING\n\n\n\n\n\n1.1\nWELCOMING REMARKS\n\n\n\n\n\n1.2\nKEYNOTE\n\n\n\n\n2.\nORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION\n\n\n\n\n\n2.1\nADOPTION OF THE AGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProvisional Agenda\n\n\nXIV/2.1 prov.\n\n\n\n\n2.2\nCONDUCT OF THE SESSION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProvisional timetable\n\n\nXIV/2.1 prov.timetable\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnnotated provisional agenda\n\n\nXIV/2.1 annotated prov.\n\n\n\n3.\nSTATUTORY REPORTS\n\n\n\n\n\n3.1\nSTATEMENT OF THE CO-CHAIRPERSONS\nXIV/3.1\n\n\n\n\n3.2\nREPORT BY THE HEAD OF WESTPAC OFFICE ON INTERSESSIONAL PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION\, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF THE WESTPAC OFFICE AND DECADE COORDINATION OFFICE\nXIV/3.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuidelines for improving delivery\, efficiency and impact of WESTPAC Programs and Projects\n\n\nGuideline for the improvement\n\n\n\n\n3.3\nRECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN UNESCO\, THE IOC\, AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO WESTPAC-UPDATE BY THE IOC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n\n\n\n\n4.\nSTRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT\n\n\n\n\n\n4.1\nCONTRIBUTION OF WESTPAC TO COUNTRIES’ IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs\, IN PARTICULAR\, SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.2\nCONTRIBUTION OF WESTPAC TO THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.2.1\nUN Ocean Decade global developments\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.2\nWESTPAC led Decade Actions and Decade Coordination Office\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWESTPAC effort and the Decade Coordination Office for the region\n\n\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUN21: Accelerate Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific and its Adjacent Areas\n\n\nXIV/4.2.2 UN21\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUN22: Stem the tide of Asia’s riverine plastic emission into the ocean\n\n\nXIV/4.2.2 UN22\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUN23: Accelerating transformations in capacity development in the Western Pacific – Regional Network of Training and Research Centers (RTRCs) on Marine Science\n\n\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUN 24: Explore the strongest ocean current in the Western Pacific: the 2nd Cooperative Study of Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions\n\n\nXIV/4.2.2 UN24\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.3\nPREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND UN OCEAN DECADE REGIONAL CONFERENCE & THE ELEVENTH WESTPAC INTERNATIONAL MARINE SCIENCE CONFERENCE (SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2024\, BANGKOK\, THAILAND)\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.4\nSENIOR GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE ON THE UN OCEAN DECADE\, 0900-1040\, UTC+7\, 5 April 2023 \n\nDraft SGOs Statement_clear version\n(updated on 31/03/2023)\nDraft SGOs Statement_track change mode\n(updated on 31/03/2023)\n\n\n\n\nSGO Concept Note and programme (31/03/2023)\nAdopted SGOs Jakarta Statement (05/04/2023)\n\n\nBrief report by SGOs Roundtable\n\n\nSIDE EVENT: NATIONAL DECADE COMMITTEES FORUM\,\n1700-1900\, UTC+7\, 5 April 2023\nNDC Concept Note and programme (31/03/2023)\nBrief report by NDCs Forum\n\n\n\n1700-1705\nOpening remarks and brief on the side event\n\n\n\n\n\n1705-1720\nIntroduction to the NDCs development and its operational guidelines\n\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n1720-1810\nBriefs about the established NDCs in the region\, including their compositions\, functions\, operation\, activities\, challenges\, and opportunities (8 minutes each)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChina; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Thailand; USA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1810-1850\nOpen discussions and sharing of NDCs’ perspectives and suggestions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1850-1900\nWrap-up and closure\n\n\n\n\n\n5.\nREVIEW AND EVALUATION OF REGIONAL PROGRAMMES\, PROJECTS AND WORKING GROUPS FOR MAY 2021–APRIL 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1\nOCEAN-BASED SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n5.1.1\nNorth East Asian Regional-GOOS\nXIV/5.1.1\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.2\nOcean Forecasting System\nXIV/5.1.2\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.3\nMonitoring the Ecological Impact of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs\nXIV/5.1.3\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.4\nChanging Asian Marginal Seas and their Response to Climate Change\nXIV/5.1.4\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.5\nSouth China Sea Fluvial Sediments and Environmental Changes\nXIV/5.1.5\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.6\nIndo-Pacific Ocean Environmental Variations and Air-Sea Interactions\nXIV/5.1.6\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.7\nUpwelling studies through ocean data integration towards sustaining ocean health and productivity\nXIV/5.1.7\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1.8\nMonsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social & Ecosystem Impact\nXIV/5.1.8\n\n\n\n\n5.2\nMARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION\, OCEAN ECOSYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH\, AND BLUE ECONOMY\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n5.2.1\nCoral Reef Resilience\nXIV/5.2.1\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.2\nCoral Reef Restoration\nXIV/5.2.2\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.3\nHarmful Algal Blooms\nXIV/5.2.3\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.4\nHarmful Jellyfish Research Network\nXIV/5.2.4\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.5\nDNA Taxonomy and Recruitment Monitoring of the Coral Reef Marine Organisms\nXIV/5.2.5\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.6\nOcean Remote Sensing for Coastal Habitat Mapping\nXIV/5.2.6\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.7\nMarine Microplastic Research and Monitoring\nXIV/5.2.7\n\n\n\n\n\n5.2.8\nMarine Toxins and Seafood Safety\nXIV/5.2.8\n\n\n\n\n5.3\nKNOWLEDGE FOR EMERGING ISSUES/DEMANDS OF MEMBER STATES\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n5.3.1\nWG 005: Ocean Oxygen Network (WESTPAC O2NE) \n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n5.3.2\nWG007: Gas Hydrates and Methane Fluxes in the Indo-Pacific\nXIV/5.3.2\n\n\n\n\n\n5.3.3\nWG008: Rapid Detection Technology for Harmful Algal Blooms \nXIV/5.3.3\n\n\n\n\n\n5.3.4\nWG009: Integrated Investigation in the Indo-Pacific Convergent Center: Marine Ecosystem and Biodiversity\nXIV/5.3.4\n\n\n\n\n5.4\nCAPACITY DEVELOPMENT\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n5.4.1\nRegional Training and Research Centre on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (RTRC-ODC)\nXIV/5.4.1\n\n\n\n\n\n5.4.2\nRegional Training and Research Centre on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health (RTRC-MarBEST)\nXIV/5.4.2\n\n\n\n\n\n5.4.3\nRegional Training and Research Centre on Marine Plastic Debris and Microplastics\nXIV/5.4.3\n\n\n\n\n\n5.4.4\nRegional Training and Research centre on Reef Management and Restoration\nXIV/5.4.4\n\n\n\n\n\n5.4.5\nRegional Training and Research Marine Toxins and Seafood Safety\nXIV/5.4.5\n\n\n\n6.\nRECOMMENDATION OF THE WESTPAC ADVISORY GROUP ON THE PROGRAMME/PROJECT/WORKING GROUP TERMINATION\, AND IMPROVEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION\n\nPPT\n\n\n7.\nESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PROGRAMME/PROJECT/WORKING GROUP\n\n\n\n\n\n7.1\nWORKING GROUP ON SMALL ISLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (SIRaD)\nXIV/7.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n7.2\nWORKING GROUP ON BLUE CARBON ACTIONS (WGBCA) IN WESTERN PACIFIC REGION\nXIV/7.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n7.3\nWORKING GROUP ON ADVANCING MARINE CITIZEN SCIENCE: ACT LOCAL TO GO REGIONAL\nXIV/7.3\n\n\n\n\n7.4\nWORKING GROUP ON TRADITIONAL AND LOCAL OCEAN KNOWLEDGE\nXIV/7.4\nPPT\n\n\n8.\nEVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A NEW PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING (CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG)\nXIV/8\nPPT (Assessment)\nPPT (Proposal)\n\n\n9.\nFURTHER ENGAGEMENT IN AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2021–2030)\n\n\n\n\n10.\nWESTPAC WORKPLAN AND BUDGET FOR THE PERIOD MAY 2023–APRIL 2025\nXIV/10\nupdated on 18 April 2023\, with the inclusion of the newly established four Working Groups’ workplans\nXIV/10\nas of 31 March 2023\n\n\n\n11.\nELECTIONS\nXIV/11-Election procedures and forms\n\n\n\n12.\nDATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION (IN EARLY 2025)\n\n\n\n\n13.\nOTHER MATTERS (INCLUDING BRIEF REPORTS BY SGO ROUNDTABLE\, AND NDCS FORUM\, RESPECTIVELY)\nBrief report by NDCs Forum\nBrief report by SGOs Roundtable\n\n\n14.\nADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS\nExecutive summary of the meeting of the session\n\n\n\n15.\nCLOSURE URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/westpac-xiv/ LOCATION:Jakarta\, Indonesia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BRIN.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230403T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20230413T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20230131T174217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004814Z UID:25575-1680512400-1681408800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Training Workshop on Coral Larval Reseeding\, Bolinao\, Pangasinan\, Philippines DESCRIPTION:Overview\nProgram\nParticipants \nThe UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) are pleased to invite you to participate in the training workshop that will take place on 3 to 13 April 2023 in Bolinao\, Pangasinan\, Philippines \nAbout the event \nWhile the demand for marine goods and services continuously escalate\, coral reefs around the world face increasing degradation caused by combined anthropogenic and natural disturbances which disrupt reef structure and functions. As a remediation\, ecological restoration aims to assist the natural recovery of degraded\, damaged\, or destroyed reefs. Whenever natural reef recovery is outpaced by the rate of degradation\, active restoration is employed to initiate recovery by physical\, chemical\, and biological restoration. The biological approach generally involves increasing coral cover through transplantation of corals\, which are either asexually- or sexually-propagated. Apart from coral transplantation\, direct larval reseeding of coral larvae is also being re-explored. \nIn the past two decades\, many developments on various restoration techniques have been made\, which offer various insights on their application. Given that each technique offers its own benefits that outweigh its consequences\, guidelines on their general use appear to be scarce given with limited ways or attempts of comparison. This makes finding the best appropriate technique seemingly obscure and unguided. \nWith the increased occurrence of disturbances on the coral reef and growing necessity for ecological restoration efforts\, the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) and the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) would like to establish a regional research network on coral reef restoration studies\, and conduct training workshop on research and monitoring of the long term impacts of coral restoration. \nThe training workshop will mainly consist of lecture sessions and hatchery and field activities and observations. Key lectures will be given by lead scientists in coral restoration ecology from local and international agencies. All trainees will be given 10-15 minute presentation for their own restoration program or experiment. \n What we aim to achieve? \nThis training workshop aims to review and evaluate the most common biological restoration techniques\, present recent advances on other restoration techniques among countries\, and develop general protocols on appropriate application of these techniques\, especially on coral larval reseeding \nEstablish network of scientists and students who are interested in advancing coral restoration techniques and develop collaborative research on coral reproduction and reef connectivity that aims to enhance reef resilience at a regional level \n\n Who will participate?\n\nThe training workshop will establish a network of experts\, researchers\, government representatives and students from within and outside the region. Priority will be given to applicants who are conducting monitoring and research on coral reproduction in their selected sites. Other participants who are interested to join the network or develop collaborations\, are welcome. They should have experience conducting research and monitoring on coral reproduction and communities\, and/or be able to lead and carry out monitoring and research in their countries for moving forward. \n How to register or apply financial assistance \nFor anyone who is interested in joining the event\, please fill in the attached Registration Form. \nThere is a very limited resource in support of the international travel of some colleagues\, particularly those from the developing states. A joint committee will be established to select the most suitable participants that would be provided financial support. The selection will be made mainly based on the applicant’s CV\, his/her work experience\, and his/her engagement in WESTPAC or other relevant international programmes. \nPlease submit registration forms duly completed to iocwestpac@unesco.org as early as possible\, preferably before 4 March 2023. \n  \n\n\n\n3 April 2023\nArrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport\, Philippines; and travel to Bolinao Marine Laboratory in Pangasinan\n\n\n4 April 2023\nRapid sampling to assess the reproductive status of corals\n\n\n5 April 2023\n\n\nLecture on coral biology and ecology\, including reef resilience and connectivity\, and coral larval reseeding methods\nUpscaling coral restoration using larval enhancement method (Prof. Peter Harrison);\nGenomics approaches in coral restoration (Dr. Cecilia Conaco);\nGovernance of coral reef restoration (Dr. Vanessa Baria-Rodriquez);\nReef management: preventive approach in restoration (Dr. Michael Atrigenio)\n\n\n\n\n6 April 2023\n\n\nPresentations of existing coral reef restoration initiatives by participants\nRapid sampling to assess the reproductive status of corals; preparation of floating cages for coral rearing and culture; night assessment for coral spawning; and spawn collection\n\n\n\n\n7 April 2023\nNight assessment for coral spawning; and spawn collection\n\n\n8 April 2023\nFull moon; night assessment for coral spawning; and coral larval rearing at sea\n\n\n9 April 2023\nCoral larval rearing at sea; and maintenance of floating cages\n\n\n10 April 2023\nCoral larval rearing at sea; maintenance of floating cages; and coral larval reseeding\n\n\n11 April 2023\nCoral larval reseeding; feedback workshop and planning for regional assessment of coral reproduction and reef connectivity studies\n\n\n12 April 2023\nNo dive; preparation for travel\n\n\n13 April 2023\nTravel to airport URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/training-on-coral-larval-reseeding/ LOCATION:Bolinao\, Philippines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Coral.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230220T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20230222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20230112T032016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004830Z UID:24252-1676880000-1677085200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:First International Scientific Symposium of CSK-2 & the Third Meeting of the CSK-2 International Steering Group DESCRIPTION:Overview\nProgram \nJoin the collective CSK-2 efforts in improving the understanding of the Kuroshio\, its adjacent areas and ecosystems\, to improve regional weather forecasts and climate predictions\, and inform fisheries and aquaculture management. \nThe IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) is pleased to invite you to join the first International Scientific Symposium of CSK-2\, which is to be held on 20 February 2023\, Thailand\, in a hybrid mode. \nThe Symposium is open to any experts and relevant stakeholders who are interested in the CSK-2. Topics will focus on\, but not limited to\, scientific advancement on the Kuroshio\, its adjacent areas and ecosystems. Any new initiatives or data management issues\, related to the Kuroshio are also welcome! Ideas from Early Career Ocean Professionals are strongly encouraged. \n\n\n \n CSK-2 Symposium Flyer\n \n \n\nFollowing the symposium\, the Third Meeting of the CSK-2 International Steering Group will take place on 21-22 February 2023. The IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific established an International Steering Group (ISG) to provide guidance and oversight on the development and implementation of the CSK-2 program. \nThe ISG was convened two times virtually on 8 December 2021 and 20 June 2022\, respectively.  The third meeting of ISC will be held on 21-22 February 2022\, succeeding the CSK-2 Science Symposium on 20 February.  We encourage the ISG members to join the Symposium. Should you wish to make a presentation at the Symposium\, please submit your abstract (less than 500 words) and descriptive CV (less than 200 words) to iocwestpac@unesco.org by 10 January 2023.  Some symposium participants may be invited to join the 3rd ISG meeting. \nThe third ISG meeting will be held in a hybrid mode. Specifically\, the ISG will brief on the progress made since the 13th WESTPAC Session (April 2021); review\, make recommendations on\, and endorse new initiatives to be part of the CSK-2 program; and plan the CSK-2 activities over the next intersessional period. \n  \n\n\n\n\n20 February 2023 (UTC+7\, Bangkok Time)\n\n\n0830-0900\nOpening & group photo\n\n\n0900-1230\nCritical science in CSK-2\n\n\n1230-1400\nLunch time\n\n\n1400-1630\nProposals on CSK-2 projects\n\n\n1630-1730\nOther matters & wrap up\n\n\n1730-1740\nClosing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n21-22 February 2023 (UTC+7\, Bangkok Time)\n\n\n1. Opening and self-introduction\n\n\n2. Major progress since its establishment at the 13th WESTPAC Session (April 2021)\n\n\n3. Review of new initiatives \n\n\n4. National or institutional reports on CSK-2\n\n\n5. Administrative\, and technical arrangements for CSK-2\n\n\n6. Other matters\n\n\n7. Closure of the meeting URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/csk-2-third-meeting/ LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wave.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221216T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221216T150000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20221202T153806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004846Z UID:23224-1671181200-1671202800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Regional Forum for Accelerating Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific DESCRIPTION:Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a process that proposes a more integrative\, multisectoral approach to managing marine spaces and resources. It can improve decision-making and provide a framework for balancing sectoral interests\, to achieve the sustainable use of marine resources. \nThe IOC/UNESCO and the European Commission are working together to accelerate MSP processes tthrough a joint action called MSProadmap. IOC’s work on promoting ecosystem-based management through MSP is also a major contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). \nObjectives: To bring together various MSP stakeholders in the region\, including national authorities\, research/academia\, business/private sectors\, NGOs\, ECOPs and foundations\, to \n\nShare the outcomes of the 5th International MSPforum and the 3rd International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning;\nBrief on national and regional relevant achievements\, tools\, and innovation demonstration;\nExpress views\, and seek a better mutual understanding of marine spatial planning processes undertaken within the specific regional contexts;\nSeek new opportunities for exchange and cooperation\, and explore the possibility of developing a roadmap to accelerate marine spatial planning in the region.\n\n\n\n \n Flyer of the event\n \n \n\n\n\n \n Program\n \n \n\n \n\nRegister for this event\nYou will receive a confirmation email. \nOrganized by\n \n \n \nIn partnership with URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/regional-mspforum/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ko-Phi-Phi.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221122T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221202T110000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20221119T051437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004857Z UID:22829-1669107600-1669978800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:International Webinar Series on Advancing Remote Sensing Applications for Ocean Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Overview\n22/11/22\n29/11/22\n06/12/22\n13/12/22\n20/12/22 \nRemote sensing can provide much greater and more detailed coverage of the ocean than would be possible to obtain solely by conventional observations. With the advance of its technologies\, remote sensing has got a wide range of applications in the study and conservation of ocean\, seas\, and marine resources. \nIn partnership with the Burapha University(BUU)\, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) of Thailand\, and Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO)\,  the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) plans to conduct a series of webinars on ocean remote sensing to further promote its applications to the sustainable development of ocean\, marine and coastal resources.  The webinars will be held during 22 November – 20 December 2022\, with financial support of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for UNESCO. \nThe primary objective of the webinars is to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and development practices about ocean remote sensing applications between ocean remote sensing communities and relevant ocean stakeholders such as researchers\, resource managers and policy/decision makers in the region;  and to develop opportunities for member states in the region to increase their capacity for applying remote sensing to the conservation and sustainable development of marine and coastal resources. \n\n\n \n Programme & Abstract\n \n \n\n \n \nRegister for this event and get the zoom meeting link by scanning or clicking the QR code! URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/remote-sensing-international-webinar-series/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RS-series-background.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221102T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221104T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220901T022251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T004918Z UID:22790-1667376000-1667581200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Thailand DESCRIPTION:Flyer on the National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Thailand URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/thailand-national-oa-training/ LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/OA-Thailand.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221026T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20221012T005755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005012Z UID:21384-1666774800-1666976400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:WESTPAC Advisory Group Meeting 2022 DESCRIPTION:Provisional Agenda\nMeeting Documents\nParticipants \n1. Opening \n2. Adoption of agenda \nPart I. WESTPAC strategy\, activities and capacities \n3. Brief review of on-going WESTPAC programs/projects/working groups since the 13th WESTPAC Session\, (27-29 April 2021\, Virtual) and the implementation of relevant suggestions from the 13thSession \n3.1 Ocean and climate3.2 Marine biodiversity\, ocean ecosystem health and human health3.3 Knowledge of emerging issues (WGs)3.4 Capacity development (in general)3.5 An overview about the Sub-Commission’s development since its last Intergovernmental Session (WESTPAC-XIII\, April 2021) \n4. Development status of the IOC Regional Network of Training and Research Centres\, and evaluation on a new proposal for a Regional Training and Research Centre on Pollution Assessment and Monitoring (City University of Hong Kong) \n5. Latest development on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) \n5.1 Global development5.2 WESTPAC led UN Decade Actions and Decade Coordination Office \n\nUN21: Accelerate Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific and its Adjacent Areas\nUN22: Stem the tide of Asia’s riverine plastic emission into the ocean\nUN23: Accelerating transformations in capacity development in the Western Pacific – Regional Network of Training and Research Centers (RTRCs) on Marine Science\nUN 24: Explore the strongest ocean current in the Western Pacific: the 2nd Cooperative Study of Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions – from its sciences to human well beings\nDecade Coordination Office\n\n5.3  Other Decade related matters \n6. The 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference & 1st Regional UN Ocean Science Conference \nPart II. Brainstorming on WESTPAC’s future development in the post pandemic era \n7. Brainstorming on what we shall further develop (10–12-minute thoughts\, ideas\, and perspectives by everyone) \nRoundtable discussion \n8. Future development for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Decade Coordination Office (DCO) \n9. Preparations for the Fourteenth WESTPAC Intergovernmental Session (tentatively Mar-April 2023) \n\nHost country and relevant arrangements\nPreliminary Agenda of the WESTPAC-XIV\n\n10. Date and Venue for the next Advisory Group meeting \n11. Other matters \n12. Closure \n \n \n\n \n Agenda 2: Provisional Agenda \n \n \n \n\n \n Agenda 2: Provisional Timetable \n \n \n \n\n \n Agenda 4: Proposal for hosting a Regional Training and Research Center (RTRC) \n \n\n Proposal for hosting a Regional Training and Research Center (RTRC) for the IOC Regional Network of Training & Research Centers on Marine Science in the Western Pacific and Adjacent Areas \n \n \n\n \n List of participants URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/ag-meeting-2022/ LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Phuket.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221013T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20221015T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220901T013753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005028Z UID:22775-1665648000-1665853200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Vietnam DESCRIPTION:Flyer on the National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Vietnam URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/vietnam-national-oa-training/ LOCATION:Nha Trang\, Viet Nam ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nha-Trang-view.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220920T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220922T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220701T001423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005240Z UID:22738-1663660800-1663866000@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Malaysia DESCRIPTION:Flyer on the National Ocean Acidification Training Workshop for Malaysia URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/malaysia-national-oa-training/ LOCATION:Penang\, Malaysia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/OA-Malaysia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220317T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220318T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220801T192744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005250Z UID:4089-1647511200-1647622800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:CREPSUM-IOC/WESTPAC Online Workshop on Jellyfish Identification DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Program\n Overview \n1. About the event \nSoutheast Asia is a hotspot of jellyfish diversity. However\, there have been a limited number of taxonomic studies of jellyfish in Southeast Asia. Early taxonomical studies were done by the Europeans and Americans in early 1900s. After then\, jellyfish studies were conducted by SE Asian researchers. As many were not specialized in jellyfish taxonomy\, therefore there are many misidentifications. In recent years\, the study of jellyfish in Southeast Asia has become more active. The ability to classify not only Scyphozoa including large edible jellyfish\, but also Cubozoa\, Hydrozoa and Staurozoa has become a necessity. The need to conduct capacity development on jellyfish identification is more urgent now due to the increasing incidences of jellyfish stings\, some of which even caused casualties. \nBuilding on the established research network and present knowledge\, this workshop\, scheduled for 17-18 March 2022\, will focus on the classical and molecular taxonomy of jellyfish. \nThis workshop is a collaboration between JSPS-CREPSUM (Collaborative Research and Education Project in Southeast Asia for Sustainable Use of Marine Ecosystem) and IOC/WESTPAC\, led by Kitasato University (Japan) and Centre For Marine & Coastal Studies\, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia). \n2. Objectives \n• This workshop aims to : learn and master the identification methods for each of the jellyfish taxa \n• improve the understanding\, and develop regional capability of research and monitoring of jellyfish blooms in the Western Pacific and its adjacent areas \n• share information on current status of jellyfish occurrences\, hazard awareness and research in each country \n• explore the possibility of building a jellyfish joint research on jellyfish diversity\, distribution\, and abundance. \n3. Who will participate? \nParticipants will be invited from the current members of JSPS-CREPSUM and IOC/WESTPAC. Other participants\, who are interested to join the network or develop collaborations\, will also be welcomed. The participants should have some basic experience conducting jellyfish related research and monitoring\, and/or able to lead and carry out jellyfish research and monitoring in their countries for moving forward. \n Program \nThe workshop will be conducted online. Invited presentations will be given on different groups of jellyfish and discuss on the present practices of monitoring harmful jellyfish and the basic knowledge for the identification of harmful jellyfish. \nNational experts nominated and/or identified from each country will be invited to provide follow-up reports on: \n1. major issues on harmful jellyfish in the respective countries; \n2. research and monitoring efforts of the harmful jellyfish; \n3. related education and awareness activities if any; and \n4. what they believe is required and important for a regional collaborative network. \n \n Download the program URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/crepsum-ioc-westpac-online-workshop-on-jellyfish-identification/ CATEGORIES:Jellyfish ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jellyfish.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20210829T133000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20211106T160000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220802T232542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005319Z UID:4510-1630243800-1636214400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Mangrove Monitoring International Training DESCRIPTION:Mangrove health index (MHI) has been developed to propose a single metric for estimating forest community healthiness based on three main stand structure parameters\, i.e. diameter\, canopy coverage and density. The index was considered for representing mangrove ecosystems on an ecosystem scale since mangrove plant communities have an important role in ecosystem productivity and stabilized food chain. The value of MHI was significantly correlated to several vegetation indices based on remote sensing analysis. MHI could be estimated from multiple indices such as GCI\, SIPI\, NBR and ARVI. The model is the potential to be applied in other areas and various temporal settings. The development of MHI could be encouraged as a new approach for assessing mangrove forest during managing mangrove in international scale.  \nIn addition\, a smartphone-based app\, namely MonMang\, has been released in October 2020 which has a functionality to record\, analyze\, and interpret data simultaneously on the field site\, so that parameter information could be completed real-time (Dharmawan\, 2020). On the initial version\, MonMang facilitates some basic information such as parameters in mangrove community structure for forest monitoring\, a robust canopy coverage value based on hemispherical photography method\, a single metric of mangrove health index (MHI) and threat quantification. Recently\, MonMang has been significantly upgraded with some features which is not only used for monitoring activities but also enhancing young generation awareness in mangrove existence. \n PROGRAMME-BOOK_MMIT2021Download URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/mangrove-monitoring-international-training/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mangrove.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210705T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210716T150000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T180814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005323Z UID:4831-1625490000-1626447600@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:The 10th ODC Training Course on Regional Application of Coupled Climate Models DESCRIPTION:The Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (ODC) aims to promote regional and national research capacity and transfer marine technology on ocean dynamics\, air-sea interactions\, climate change and numerical modeling through the provision of regular training courses and research opportunity to Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs). \nCourse content \n• Theory of regional air-sea interactions \n• Regional climate modeling \n• Air-sea interaction for hurricane modeling and global/regional SLR \n• East Asian climate change and climate variability \n• The Diagnosis of Tropical Pacific and ENSO\, and \n• The oceanic dynamic system and its application in Southeast Asia \nWho should join? \nEarly Career Ocean Professionals in ocean and climate related research \nOnline application \nhttp://odc.fio.com.cn/a/applicationonline/ \nContact us \nDr Xunqiang Yin & Ms Yi Xue (odc_center@fio.org.cn) \nMs Nachapa Saransuth (iocwestpac@unesco.org) \n\nDownload the flyer here. \n Facebook\n Twitter\n LinkedIn URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/the-10th-odc-training-course-on-regional-application-of-coupled-climate-models/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wave.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20210505T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20210526T150000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T183246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T005330Z UID:4840-1620219600-1622041200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:WESTPAC Webinar Series on Ocean Acidification DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Register for the event\n Program\n Overview \nObjectives: \n1. to share the latest scientific advance on ocean acidification\, and its impacts on marine ecosystems and socio-economic development in the Western Pacific and beyond; \n2. to exchange knowledge on the state-of-the-art ocean acidification related research and monitoring methods\, technologies\, impact assessment and initiatives in the Western Pacific and beyond; \n3. to brainstorm an actionable plan for the WESTPAC Ocean Acidification Network for the next five to ten years\, as a potential contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON). \nWebinar speakers will present: \n1. Ongoing or planned study(ies)/assessments related to ocean acidification and its impacts on marine ecosystem; \n2. How the study(ies) could contribute to addressing environmental\, socio-economic challenges\, such as climate knowledge\, ecological services\, seafood safety and security\, and ecosystem health etc.; \n3. Concrete ideas/plans for conducting ocean acidification and its related studies jointly with others in the region\, including any potential proposals for the UN Decade of Ocean Science. \n Register for the event\n https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAucu2vqD4rEtZmnqwwONuy_DMSnnhLMRsQ\n Program\n Download program of the event here. \nDay 1/4\, 5 May 2021 \n \nDay 2/4\, 12 May 2021 \n \nDay 3/4\, 19 May 2021 \n\n Facebook\n Twitter\n LinkedIn URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/westpac-webinar-series-on-ocean-acidification/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ioc-westpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/doculib_banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210427T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210429T170000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T185404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T215819Z UID:4857-1619510400-1619715600@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Thirteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIII) DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Agenda & Document\n Overview \nOn behalf of the WESTPAC Officers\, we have the pleasure of inviting Member States in the region to carry on their intergovernmental guidance of the IOC programmes despite the difficult conditions imposed on us by the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. The WESTPAC Officers\, Advisory Group and the Head of WESTPAC Office have been monitoring closely the situation and would like to recommend that the Thirteenth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XIII) be conducted virtually from 27 to 29 April 2021\, with three-hour daily sessions to ensure participants’ health and facilitate their participation from various time zones. The virtual session will be kindly “hosted” by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in English as customary. \nThe agenda for the session will focus on essential issues requiring attention\, guidance and collective actions of IOC Member States in the region. After briefly reviewing the progress of the Sub-Commission over the last intersessional period\, the session will hear the latest development at global level on the UN Ocean Decade and IOC strategy development\, and further deliberate on the Sub-Commission’s engagement in and contribution to the Decade. The Sub-Commission will be expected to formulate its workplan and budget for the 2022–2023 biennium and will elect its Officers. \nThe session will bring together national competent governmental agencies and ocean research communities\, aiming to strengthen the science-policy interface\, advance international ocean science development and cooperation\, and enhance institutional capacities\, in order to address critical challenges for sustainability in the Western Pacific and its adjacent areas. \nWe would like to kindly request delegations to focus their interventions on providing the vision\, guidance\, and recommendations for practical actions. Reporting on past activities will be done in writing well in advance of the session. \nAt the session\, WESTPAC Member States will elect the Officers of the Sub-Commission\, i.e. one Chairperson and two Vice-Chairpersons\, for the next 2-year intersessional period. Elected Officers may be re-elected for one additional term of office. Kindly note that nominations should be sent to iocwestpac@unesco.org with a copy to Wenxi Zhu\, Head of the WESTPAC Office (w.zhu@unesco.org)\, no later than 22 April 2021 at 17:00 p.m. (Bangkok time). \nWe invite Member States to communicate in writing the names\, positions and contact addresses of the members of your delegations to Ms Nachapa Saransuth (n.saransuth@unesco.org\, or by fax: +66 2 143 9245)\, by Friday 2 April 2021. \nImportant Deadlines: \n\nFriday 02 April 2021:  please notify the Secretariat (n.saransuth@unesco.org and iocwestpac@unesco.org) of the composition of the delegation\nFriday 16 April 2021: online registration\nThursday 22 April 2021\, 17:00 pm (Bangkok time): submission of nomination forms for one Chairperson and two Vice-Chairpersons at iocwestpac@unesco.org and w.zhu@unesco.org\nFriday 23 April 2021\, 13:00-14:00 pm (Bangkok time): test run\n\n Agenda & Document \n\n\n\n\n1.\nOpening\nVirtual group photo\n\n\n\n\n2.\nOrganization of the session\n\n\n\n\n\n2.1\nAdoption of the agenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n· Provisional agenda\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/2.1 prov.\n(updated on 6/4/2021)\n\n\n\n\n\n· Provisional timetable\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/2.1 prov.timetable\n(updated on 22/4/2021)\n\n\n\n\n\n· Annotated provisional agenda\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/2.1 annotated prov.\n\n\n\n\n2.2\nDesignation of Rapporteur\n\n\n\n\n\n2.3\nConduct of the session\n\n\n\n\n3.\nStatutory reports\n\n\n\n\n\n3.1\nStatement of the Chairperson\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/3.1\n\n\n\n\n3.2\nReport by the Head of WESTPAC Office on intersessional activities and programme development and implementation\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/3.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n3.3\nRecent developments within UNESCO\, its IOC and their relevance to WESTPAC\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n3.3.1\nUN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)\n\n\nImplementation Plan for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (version 2.0) – Summary\nCall for Decade Actions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.3.2\nIOC Draft Medium Term Strategy (2022-2029) and IOC Programme and Budget\n\n\nDraft Medium-Term Strategy for 2022–2029 (Preliminary Proposals by the IOC Secretariat)\nAdopted Resolution EC-53/2 – Governance\, Programming and Budgeting Matters of the Commission\n\n\n\n\n\n4.\nReview and evaluation of regional programmes\, projects and working groups for May 2019 – April 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n4.1\nOcean processes and climate change in the Indo-Pacific\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.1\nNorth East Asian Regional-GOOS\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.2\nMonsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social and Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI)\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.3\nOcean Forecasting System (OFS)\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.3\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.4\nMonitoring the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.4\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.5\nAir-Sea Interaction in the Kuroshio Extension and its Climate Impact\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.5\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.6\nUpwelling Studies through Ocean Data Integration towards Sustaining Ocean Health and Productivity\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.6\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.7\nSouth China Sea Fluvial Sediments and Environmental Changes\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.7\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.8\nIndo-Pacific Ocean Environmental Variations and Air-Sea Interactions\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.8\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.1.9\nIntersessional Working Group on the Feasibility Study on the Second Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.1.9\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.2\nMarine biodiversity\, seafood security and safety\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.1\nCoral Reef Conservation and Restoration\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.2\nCoral Resilience to Climate and Anthropogenic Impact\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.3\nDNA Taxonomy and Recruitment Monitoring of the Coral Reef Marine Organisms\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.3\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.4\nOcean Remote Sensing for Coastal Habitat Mapping\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.4\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.5\nMarine Toxins and Seafood Safety\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.5\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.2.6\nRegional Study on Marine Endangered Species (Mammals and Sea Turtles) in Tropical Asia for Effective Conservation\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.2.6\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.3\nHealthy ocean ecosystem\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.3.1\nMarine Microplastic Research and Monitoring\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.3.2\nHarmful Algal Blooms\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.3.3\nHarmful Jellyfish Research Network\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3.3\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.3.4\nWG 005: Ocean Oxygen Network\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3.4\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.3.5\nWG 006: Energy and Materials Exchange Between Land and Open Ocean\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.3.5\nPPT\n\n\n\n4.4\nCapacity development\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.4\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.4.1\nRegional Training and Research Centre on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (RTRC-ODC)\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.4.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n\n4.4.2\nIOC Regional Training and Research Center on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health (RTRC-MarBEST)\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/4.4.2\nPPT\n\n\n5.\nEstablishment of new programmes/projects\, and/or new WESTPAC working groups\n\n\n\n\n\n5.1\nThe 2nd Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK-2)\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/5.1\nPPT\n\n\n\n5.2\nWESTPAC Programme on Healthy\, Productive and Sustainable Asian Marginal Seas: Understanding changes in the marine environment in\nresponses to global climate change\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/5.2 (updated on 16/4/2021)\nPPT\n\n\n\n5.3\nWorking Group on Gas hydrates and Methane Fluxes in the Indo-Pacific Region\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/5.3\nPPT\n\n\n\n5.4\nWorking Group on Rapid Detection Technologies for Harmful Algal Blooms\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/5.4\nPPT\n\n\n\n5.5\nWorking Group on Integrated Investigation in Indo-Pacific Convergent Center -Marine Ecosystem and Biodiversity\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/5.5 (updated on 22/4/2021)\nPPT\n\n\n6.\nContribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)\n\n\n\n\n\n6.1\nUN Decade Regional Planning Workshop\, Regional Dialogue and Partnership Building\n\n\nUN Ocean Science Decade Regional Planning Workshop (RPW) for the North Pacific and Western Pacific Marginal Seas (RPW-NPWPMS)\nSummary Report of the Regional Planning Workshop for the North Pacific and Western Pacific Marginal Seas\nRegional Dialogue on “co-designing the ocean science we need for the ocean we want” (virtual\, 10 November 2020)\n\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n6.2\nWESTPAC approach to capacity development for the UN Decade\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/6.2\nPPT\n\n\n\n6.3\nWESTPAC proposal(s) for UN Ocean Decade actions\n\nPPT\n\n\n\n6.4\nPreparations for the UN Decade Regional Kick-off Conference in conjunction with the Eleventh WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference\n\nPPT\n\n\n7.\nWESTPAC workplan and budget for May 2021 – April 2023\nIOC/SC-WESTPAC-XIII/7\n\n\n\n8.\nElections\n\n\nElection Procedures\nNomination Forms\n\n\n\n\n\n9.\nDate and place of the next session\n\n\n\n\n10.\nOther matters\n\n\n\n\n11.\nAdoption of decisions and recommendations\n\n\n\n\n12.\nClosure\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n IOC Circular Letter No 2823 \n \n \n \n\n \n Nomination Form for Chairperson & Vice-Chairpersons \n \n \n \n\n \n Logistic Information for Participants \n \nGroup Photos\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Executive Summary \n \nIn the News\nScience for society: Ocean science providing sustainable development solutions takes spotlight at the 13th WESTPAC Intergovernmental Session \nWelcome remarks by Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen\, M.P. \nConcluding remarks by the Foreign Secretary on final day of the 13th Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/westpac-xiii/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20181105T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20181107T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T195341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T202427Z UID:4927-1541408400-1541613600@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:WESTPAC Ocean Acidification Symposium & Fifth WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, Xiamen\, China DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to inform you that the 5th WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems (WESTPAC OA workshop) was scheduled for 6-7 November 2018\, Xiamen\, China. Preceding the OA workshop\, a WESTPAC OA Science workshop will be held on 5 November 2018 in conjunction with the OA workshop. We would take this opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to the Third Institute of Oceanography\, State Oceanic Administration of China for hosing and its generous support to the two events. \nAs you are aware that WESTPAC has been committed to driving and coordinating the development of a sustained research and monitoring network on OA in the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions\, as one regional component of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON). In addition to featuring OA studies at the 9th and 10th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conferences (22-25 April 2014\, Nha Trang\, Vietnam & 17-20 April 2017\, Qingdao\, China)\, its on-going efforts focus on developing a programme to monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems\, mainly through a series of regional/national trainings & scientific workshops\, the development of Standard Operating/Monitoring Procedures (SOPs) and their demonstrations at pilot sites\, and transfer of knowledge and technology among experts\, institutions and countries within and outside the region. \nThe one-day ocean acidification science symposium on 5 November 2018 will be dedicated to scientific presentations\, mainly on the latest OA studies and its impacts at global\, regional and local scales; and OA research approaches\, methods\, and techniques. This symposium aims to convoke researchers\, students\, government representatives from the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions\, and is also open to the global community interested in acquiring a regional and global knowledge about the impacts of ocean acidification on marine resources and ecosystems in the region. \nFollowing the symposium\, the fifth WESTPAC workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems will be held on 6-7 November 2018. This workshop is a continuation of the previous annual workshops (19-21 January 2015\, 26-28 August 2015\, 29–31 August 2016\, and 14-15 December 2017\, Phuket\, Thailand)\, with objectives to review the progress made since the last year in the pilot sites; examine strengths\, challenges and lessons learned from the programme implementation in the past; identify partnership building opportunities and replicate best practice\, while taking into account the results generated from the science symposium preceding the workshop. \nIn addition to inviting participants from among the participants in previous workshops\, we would be happy to open up this opportunity to other participants who are interested to join the network or develop collaborations. Again\, they should have experience conducting ocean acidification related monitoring\, and/or be able to lead and carry out ocean acidification monitoring and research in your countries for moving forward. \n\nAbout the event\nOcean acidification is affecting the entire ocean\, seas and estuaries\, as the increased acidity can have severe impacts on many organisms that make up the complex and productive food web\, especially these carbonate-dependent or calcifying species such as oysters\, clams\, corals and calcareous plankton. \nThe Western Pacific and its adjacent regions are among the richest and most productive in the world with many countries in the region socially\, economically and culturally dependent upon marine and coastal resources. In order to improve our understanding of ocean acidification and the ecosystem response to ocean acidification\, and eventually enable resource managers and policy makers to develop effective long-term mitigation and adaptation strategies\, sustained research and monitoring are critically needed to develop meaningful projections on ocean acidification and its future impacts on marine ecosystems in the region. \nThe UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) drives and coordinates the development of a sustained research and monitoring network on OA in the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions\, as one regional component of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON). In addition to featuring OA studies at the 9th and 10th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conferences (22-25 April 2014\, Nha Trang\, Vietnam & 17-20 April 2017\, Qingdao\, China)\, its on-going efforts focus on developing a programme to monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems\, mainly through a series of regional/national trainings & scientific workshops\, the development of Standard Operating/Monitoring Procedures (SOPs) and their demonstrations at pilot sites\, and transfer of knowledge and technology among experts\, institutions and countries within and outside the region. \nThe Third Institute of Oceanography\, State Oceanic Administration of China (http://www.tio.org.cn/) is a national non-profit comprehensive marine research institute situated in Xiamen city\, Fujian province. Sharing the same mission to advance marine science development and cooperation\, TIO would like to join the collective efforts in safeguarding the health of ocean ecosystems and contribute to the development of the WESTPAC ocean acidification network \n\nWhat we aim to achieve?\nThe one-day ocean acidification science symposium on 5 November will be dedicated to scientific presentations\, mainly on the latest OA studies and its impacts at global\, regional and local scales; and OA research approaches\, methods\, and techniques. This symposium will be an opportunity for participants to share their latest research results and to explore new opportunities of collaborative research in the region. \nFollowing the symposium\, the fifth WESTPAC workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems will be held on 6-7 November. This workshop is a continuation of the previous annual workshops (19-21 January 2015\, 26-28 August 2015\, 29–31 August 2016\, and 14-15 December 2017\, Phuket\, Thailand)\, with objectives to review the progress made since the last year in the pilot sites; examine strengths\, challenges and lessons learned from the programme implementation in the past; identify partnership building opportunities and replicate best practice\, while taking into account the results generated from the science symposium preceding the workshop. \n\nWho will participate?\nThe one-day symposium will convoke researchers\, students\, government representatives from the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions\, and is also open to the global community interested in acquiring a regional and global knowledge about the impacts of ocean acidification on marine resources and ecosystems in the region. \nMost participants in the fifth WESTPAC workshop will be invited from among the participants in previous workshops\, particularly those who are conducting regular monitoring and research in their selected pilot sites. Preferably two will be invited from each site\, one on biological and another on chemical aspects. \nOther participants who are interested to join the network or develop collaborations\, will also be welcome. Again\, they should have experience conducting ocean acidification related monitoring\, and/or be able to lead and carry out ocean acidification monitoring and research in your countries for moving forward. \n\nHow to register or apply financial assistance\nFor anyone who is interested to join either or both events\, please fill in the Registration Form. \nThere is a very limited resource in support of the international travel of some colleagues\, particularly those from the developing states. A joint committee will be established to select the most suitable participants that would be provided with financial support. The selection will be made mainly based on the applicant’s CV\, his/her descriptions about work experience in the Form\, and his/her engagement in WESTPAC or other international programmes. Updated information on the workshop will be made available\, in due course\, at the WESTPAC website (http://iocwestpac.org). \nPlease submit\, at your earliest convenience\, the registration form duly completed to Nachapa Saransuth (n.saransuth@unesco.org) and Liyang Zhan (zhanliyang@tio.org.cn) \, with a copy to: skhokiattiwong@gmail.com and w.zhu@unesco.org\, preferably not later than 31 July 2018. URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/westpac-ocean-acidification-symposium-fifth-westpac-workshop-on-research-and-monitoring-of-the-ecological-impacts-of-ocean-acidification-on-coral-reef-ecosystems-xiamen-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20160829T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20160831T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T223457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T224237Z UID:4971-1472461200-1472666400@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Third WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, Phuket\, Thailand DESCRIPTION:  Photos of the workshop\, All photos © WESTPAC \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n29 August 2016\nPresentation\n\n\n09:00-09:30\nOpening and self-introduction\n\n\n\n09:30-09:45\nBrief on the main results of the 1st and 2nd WESTPAC workshop on monitoring of the ecological impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems\n\n\n\n09:45-10:05\nConduct of the workshop\n\n\n\n10:05-10:30\nOcean Acidification -IOC Activities\n\n\n\n10:30-11:00\nGroup photo and coffee break\n\n\n\n11:00-11:20\nRecent movement on GOA-ON\, particularly the 3rd GOA-ON Science Workshop (8-10 May 2016\, Australia)\n\n\n\n11:20-12:00\nOverview: Monitoring Reef Impacts of Warming and Ocean Acidification – NOAA’s Integrated Interdisciplinary Monitoring Methods\n\n\n\n12:00-13:15\nLunch time\n\n\n\n13:15-14:00\nA review of carbonate chemistry and data quality objectives\n\n\n\n14:00-14:20\nStandard Operating Procedure on Monitoring Seawater Carbonate Chemistry (Collection and Handling)\n\n\n\n14:20-14:40\nStandard Operating Procedure on Total Alkalinity Analysis\n\n\n\n14:40-15:00\nCoffee break\n\n\n\n15:10-15:30\nStandard Operating Procedure on Spectrophotometric pH Analysis\n\n\n\n15:30-16:00\nStandard Operating Procedure on Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)\n\n\n\n16:00-16:30\nStandard Operating Procedure on Bioerosion Monitoring Unit (BMU) and Calcification Accretion Unit (CAU)\n\n\n\n16:30-17:30\nPlenary discussion and feedback on SOPs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 August 2016\n\n\n\n09:00-15:30\nBreak-out sessions: Carbonate Chemistry Group and Biology Group\n\n\n\n\nARMS and CAUs recovery and field processing\n\n\n\n\nWater sampling in field\, hands-on TA\, pH measurement and CO2 system calculations\n\n\n\n15:50-17:30\nPlenary discussion towards the finalization of SOPs and Plenary closing review of the day\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n31 August 2016\n\n\n09:00-12:00\nProgress report by pilot sites\n\n\n\n\nBangladesh: Progress report on the pilot site -St. Martin’s Island\, Bay of Bengal\, Bangladesh\n\n\n\n\nChina: Capacities of GMRC for monitoring the ecological impacts of OA on coral reefs\n\n\n\n\nChina: Local acidification research on a fringing reef at the east coast of Hainan Island\, Northern South China Sea\n\n\n\n\nIndonesia: Progress report on the pilot sites\n\n\n\n\nIndonesia: Ocean acidification research and monitoring\n\n\n\n\nMalaysia: Current status of implementation for OA studies in Malaysia\n\n\n\n\nPhilippines: Update on ocean acidification work in the Philippines\n\n\n\n\nPhilippines: Finding refugia from disturbances\n\n\n\n\nThailand: Progresses of the monitoring of ocean acidification in Thailand\n\n\n\n\nVietnam: Progress report of pilot sites in Vietnam\n\n\n\n12:00-13:00\nLunch time\n\n\n\n13:00-16:00\nDiscussion on next steps toward implementation of OA monitoring in the region\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDraft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)\n\n\n#\nTitle\n\n\n1.\nSOP for Monitoring Seawater Carbonate Chemistry\n\n\na.\nSOP for Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) Sampling\n\n\nb.\nDetermination of the pH of sea water using the indicator dye m-cresol purple\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2.\nSOPs for Monitoring Reef Biodiversity\n\n\na.\nMonitoring Reef Diversity — Using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) SOP\n\n\n\nRelevant Articles\n\n\n\n* An assessment of shallow and mesophotic reef brachyuran crab assemblages on the south shore of O‘ahu\, Hawai‘i\n\n\n\n* A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents\n\n\n\n* DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of standardized samples reveal patterns of marine benthic diversity * Supporting Information \n\n\n\n* The Importance of Standardization for Global Comparisons: a case study using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) and metabarcoding to measure cryptic diversity on Mo’orea coral reefs French Polynesia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.\nSOPs for Monitoring Carbonate Accretion and Erosion Balance\n\n\na.\nNet Carbonate Accretion — Using Calcification Accretion Units (CAU) SOP\n\n\n\ni.   CAU SOP — Assembly\, Deployment and Recovery\n\n\n\nii.  CAU SOP — Laboratory Sample Processing SOP \n\n\n\niii. CAU Lab Data Spreadsheet (.xlsx)\n\n\nb.\nRealized Accretion & Bioerosion\n\n\n\ni.   Using Bioerosion Monitoring Units (BMU) SOP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation Documents\n\n\n#\nTitle\n\n\n1.\nConcept Note of the third training workshop\n\n\n2.\nSummary Report of the first training workshop\n\n\n3.\nSummary Report of the second training workshop (unedited) URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/third-westpac-training-workshop-on-research-and-monitoring-of-the-ecological-impacts-of-ocean-acidification-on-coral-reef-ecosystems-phuket-thailand/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20150826T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20150828T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T224215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T225006Z UID:4978-1440579600-1440784800@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:Second WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, Phuket\, Thailand DESCRIPTION:Documents\n\n\n\n\n#\nTitle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPilot Site Google Earth.KML (Google Earth software needed to open the file); Pilot Site Google Earth image\n\n\n\n\n\nPilotSite_Institutions_IOCWESTPAC_MASTER_FINAL.xlsx\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated “Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)” for Ocean Acidification Monitoring\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements (standard methods for OA water sampling and analysis)\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Guide (Full text)\n\n\n\n\n\nSOP 3b – Total alkalinity (open cell): Determination of total alkalinity in sea water using an open-cell titration\n\n\n\n\n\nSOP 6b – Spectrophotometric pH: Determination of the pH of sea water using the indicator dye m-cresol purple\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructions for DIC/pH/ALK Sampling Program(s) Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC)\, pH or Alkalinity (ALK)\n\n\n\n\n\nA seawater filtration method suitable for total dissolved inorganic carbon and pH analyses\nEmily E. Bockmon and Andrew G. Dickson Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 12\, 2014\, 191–195\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarbonate Sampling\n\n\n\n\n\n1. DIC_TA_Sample Collection_CRED SOP_2015:\nDissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Total Alkalinity (TA) Sampling Planning and Sample Collection (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAutonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)\n\n\n\n\n\nCRED ARMS webpage: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/survey_methods/arms/overview.php\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Assembly (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Deployment (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Recovery (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Processing (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalcification Accretion Unit (CAU) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. CAU1_Assembly_Deployment_Recovery_CRED SOP_2015 (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n2. CAU2_Sample Processing_CRED SOP 2015 (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n3. CAU2a_Template_DataSummary_CRED SOP 2015\n\n\n\n\n\n4. CAU2b_Template_LabDataSpreadsheet_CRED SOP 2015\n\n\n\n\n\n5. CAU2c_Template_PhotoIDTag__CRED SOP 2015\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBioerosion Monitoring Unit (BMU) Standard Operating Procedure\n\n\n\n\n\n1. NCRMP Bioerosion Monitoring Unit (BMU) Standard Operating Procedure (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15 m Depth Coral Reef Monitoring Survey Site: Overview of Methodologies\n\n\n\n\n\n1.NCRMP Overview_Instrumentation and Water Sampling_CRED SOP_2015 (pdf)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.\nProgramme Book (pdf)\, (word file)\n\n\n\n\n2.\nAnnouncement\n\n\n\n\n3.\nAnnex I: Application form (word file)\n\n\n\n\n4.\nAnnex II: Summary Report of the first WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, 19-21 January 2015\, Phuket\, Thailand \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVDO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to properly sample seawater for carbonate chemistry – Dickson Lab URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/second-westpac-training-workshop-on-research-and-monitoring-of-the-ecological-impacts-of-ocean-acidification-on-coral-reef-ecosystems-phuket-thailand/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20150119T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Krasnoyarsk:20150121T180000 DTSTAMP:20260825T154809 CREATED:20220804T225343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T230851Z UID:4986-1421658000-1421863200@ioc-westpac.org SUMMARY:WESTPAC Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, Phuket\, Thailand DESCRIPTION:Overview\n Agenda & Document\n Overview \nThe ocean has absorbed about one third of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since the industrial revolution\, greatly reducing the impact of this greenhouse gas on the climate. However\, this massive input of CO2 is generating global changes in the chemistry of seawater\, especially on the carbonate system. These changes are collectively referred to as “ocean acidification” because increased CO2 lowers seawater pH (i.e.\, increases its acidity). Quantitatively\, ocean acidity has increased by 30% (0.1 decrease in pH) since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. It is predicted that the future CO2 absorption into the ocean will result in a decrease of pH of 0.3-0.4 and a 16% decrease in carbonate ion concentrations by 2100. According to geological records\, this acidification is happening at rates not seen for at least 50 million years. \nRecent studies have shown that the resulting decrease in ocean pH will make it more difficult for marine calcifying organisms\, such as corals\, molluscs\, and calcareous plankton\, to form biogenic calcium carbonate\, and existing calcium carbonate structures will become vulnerable to dissolution. Thus\, ongoing acidification of the oceans poses a threat to ocean-based security. Since this ocean acidification may be occurring more rapidly than prior ocean acidification events that are thought to have coincided with mass extinction events\, there are concerns that marine ecosystems will change\, that biodiversity will be lost\, and that important ecosystem services that human societies depend upon for food security\, livelihoods\, and coastal protection could be significantly impacted. Unfortunately\, the effects of ocean acidification on organisms and ecosystems remain poorly understood\, with most of our knowledge based on simplified laboratory experiments. \nThe Western Pacific and its adjacent regions are among the richest and most productive in the world as a home to more than 600 coral species (more than 75% of all known coral species) and ~53% of the world’s coral reefs. Most Southeast Asian coastal communities are socially and economically dependent upon coral reef ecosystems and an estimated 70-90% of fish caught in Southeast Asia are dependent on coral reefs. Globally\, it has been estimated that coral reefs support greater than 25% of all known marine species. \nDespite the recognition that ocean acidification from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 represents a major global threats to coral reefs and other calcifying marine organisms\, awareness of the impacts of this ‘other CO2 problem’ has emerged only over the last decade. The ecosystem responses to ocean acidification are poorly understood in the region and more research and long-term monitoring are critically needed to develop meaningful projections on future impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystem\, especially on coral reefs\, in the region to enable resource and fisheries managers\, and policy makers to develop effective long-term mitigation and adaptation strategies for the people of the region. \nIn this context\, the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) aims to establish regional research and monitoring network on ocean acidification in the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions\, and develop a regional program\, as one regional component of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON)\, to monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems\, mainly through a series of regional trainings & workshops\, selection of pilot areas\, and transfer of knowledge and technology among experts\, institutions within and outside the region. \nWorkshop Objectives \nTo this end\, upon the generous support of the National Commission of Thailand for UNESCO\, the first regional training workshop was scheduled for 19-21 January 2015 with the host of the Phuket Marine Biological Center. \nThe first regional training workshop aims to• Improve the understanding\, and develop regional capability of research and monitoring on ocean acidification in the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions;• establish an ocean acidification monitoring and research network among scientists\, institutions\, and agencies in the region;• share existing and proposed ocean acidification monitoring and research approaches\, methods\, and techniques;• recommend efficient\, robust\, and cost-effective monitoring approaches;• identify challenges and gaps in the development of a regional program to monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems;• explore the possibility\, building on existing coral reef monitoring initiatives\, of a joint long-term monitoring program on the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs\, and of joint research on ocean acidification and its related changes/process in seawater chemistry in the region. \nBased on outputs of the first workshop\, the second regional workshop\, supposed to be organized about 6 months after the first one\, will focus on defining and agreeing upon a suite of metrics\, which could discern\, to the extent possible\, attribution of changes to coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification; recommend the most efficient\, robust\, and cost-effective monitoring approaches for these defined metrics; map gaps in current capabilities; and select pilot study areas for the application of the identified monitoring approaches. \nThe third workshop\, one year after the second one\, will be convened to evaluate and refine monitoring approaches\, provide solutions to any technical problems incurred\, and come up with a roadmap for the future. \n Agenda & Document \n\ndownload all presentations \n\n\n\n\n\n#\nTitle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.\nOpening and self introduction\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2.\nSession 1: Setting the scene\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nBrief on the workshop objectives\, layout and expected outputs and outcomes – Mr Wenxi Zhu\, UNESCO/IOC Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nOverview on Ocean Acidification: what is OA and why do we care? – Dr Adrienne Sutton\, NOAA/UW Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nGlobal Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) – Dr Dwight Gledhill\, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nNeed to intensify research and monitoring efforts in the Western Pacific and adjacent regions – Dr Somkiat Khokiattiwong\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.\nSession 2: Research and monitoring efforts on ocean acidification in the region\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nOcean Acidification Threatens Marine Ecosystems and Livelihood Security in Bangladesh – Prof M. Shahadat Hossain\, University of Chittagong\, Bangladesh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nCoastal Zone Conservation and Management in Cambodia – Dr Ratnak Ou\, International Conventions and Biodiversity Department\, Cambodia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nAcidification Induced by the Individual Ocean Conditions – Dr Qinsheng Wei\, First Institute of Oceanography\, China\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nEfforts and case studies of NMEMC in the research and monitoring of the ecological impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems – Dr Zhendong Zhang\, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center (NMEMC)\, China\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nExperimental Effects of Climate Change and Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs: Synergic Impacts and Management Implication – Prof Dr Jamaluddin Jompa\, Hasanuddin University\, Indonesia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nOcean Acidification in Indonesia: Present and Future – Mr Suratno\, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)\, Indonesia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nProjecting the Combined Effects of Rising Seawater Temperatures and Ocean Acidification on Coral Habitats around Japan under Multiple Climate Change Scenarios – Dr Shintaro Takao\, Hokkaido University\, Japan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nVariability of the Inorganic Carbon System in the Mid-East Coast of Korea – Dr Geun-Ha Park\, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)\, Republic of Korea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nTranscriptional Changes in Coral Responding to the Marine Acidification and Rising Seawater Temperature – Dr Seonock Woo\, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)\, Republic of Korea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nGrowth Rate Comparison of Pacific Oyster\, Crassostrea Gigas\, Reared in a high-CO2 Environment – Dr Jeong Hee Shim\, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute\, Republic of Korea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nDiurnal Changes of pH and Alkalinity on the Coral Reefs of the Straits of Malacca\, and the South China Sea – Dr Zulfigar Yasin\, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu\, Malaysia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nChanges on a coral reef at a thermal vent along a pH gradient – community characteristics of corals and molluscs – Dr Aileen Tan Shau Hwai\, Universiti Sains Malaysia\, Malaysia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nResearch on Ocean Acidification at the University of Malaya – Dr Emienour Muzalina Mustafa\, University of Malaya\, Malaysia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nA Concerted Monitoring and Research Framework on Coral Reefs Conservation by Malaysian Universities – Dr Hii Yii Siang\, University Malaysia Terengganu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nStatus of Ocean Acidification Research in the Philippines – Dr Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone\, University of the Philippines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nCoral Reef Monitoring in the Philippines – Dr Hazel Arceo\, University of the Philippines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nInfluence of pCO2 on coral larvae and the monitoring of carbonate system in a Thai reef – Dr Suchana Chavanich\, Chulalongkorn University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nOcean Acidification Monitoring Program of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources – Dr Somkiat Khokiattiwong\, Phuket Marine Biological Center\, Thailand\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nOverview of NOAA Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Program – Dr Dwight Gledhill\, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program\, USA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nReef Functionality tied to Structure: provides 3-dimensional habitat\, modifies wave energy regimes and protects shorelines – Dr Anne Cohen\, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)\, USA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nMonitoring Activities of Coral Reefs in Vietnam – Dr Van Long Nguyen\, Institute of Oceanography\, Vietnam\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nTrend of coastal water quality of Nha Trang bay\, Viet Nam – Ms Vinh Le Thi\, Institute of Oceanography\, Vietnam\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.\nSession 3: Approaches and challenges\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nLong-term Monitoring of Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs – Dr Rusty Brainard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nApproaches/challenges to monitoring carbonate chemistry of coral reef ecosystems – Dr Dwight Gledhill / Dr Adrienne Sutton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nGuiding Our Sampling: using ocean models in ocean acidification observing system network design – Dr Tom Oliver\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nApproaches/challenges to monitoring biological impacts of OA on coral reef ecosystems – Dr Rusty Brainard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5.\nSession 4: Brainstorming on the way forward\, particularly bearing in mind the objective to develop a regional program to monitor the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6.\nSession 5: Breakout sessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nBiological Group\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n•\nPhysical/chemical Group\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7.\nReports of Breakout Groups\, followed by plenary discussions to synthesize chemical/physical and biological approaches into an integrated regional ocean acidification observing network\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8.\nRecommendations\, conclusions\, and next steps\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDocuments\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#\nTitle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.\nExecutive Summary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2.\nSummary Report\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.\nProgram Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.\nIOC Circular Letter No. 2550\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5.\nAnnex I: Concept Paper -Towards the Development of a Regional Program to Monitor the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6.\nAnnex II: Application Form for the WESTPAC Training Workshop on Research and Monitoring of the Ecological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems\, Phuket\, Thailand\, 19-21 January 2015 URL:https://ioc-westpac.org/event/westpac-workshop-on-research-and-monitoring-of-the-ecological-impacts-of-ocean-acidification-on-coral-reef-ecosystems-phuket-thailand/ LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR