Assessing industry risk to marine biodiversity

Assessing industry risk to marine biodiversity

World Ocean Council Event at U.N. To Advance Science-based Threat and Risk Assessment for Determining Effects of Human Activity on Ocean Biodiversity

26 August 2019

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is organizing an official Side Event at the U.N. Headquarters on “Methods and Tools for Documenting Human Activity and Assessing Threat and Risk to High Seas Biodiversity”.

The event will take place on 28 August, during the current round of U.N. negotiations to...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/26/assessing-industry-risk-to-marine-biodiversity/

IMO: Brazil Readies Its Biofouling Task Force

Brazil readies its biofouling task force

Biodiversity can be threatened by organisms which can build up on ships’ hulls and other marine structures, a process known as biofouling. During a workshop in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil (5 August), experts on biofouling and invasive species and others took the first steps towards setting up a national task force to tackle the issue. Brazil is one of 12 lead partnering countries in the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Partnerships project, which aims to protect marine biodiversity by addressing biofouling.

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https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-brazil-readies-its-biofouling-task-force/

Global project launched to protect marine biodiversity

GloFouling

A new international effort to combat the negative environmental impacts of the transfer of aquatic species through ships has been launched this week. The GloFouling Partnerships project – a collaboration between the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – will address the build-up of aquatic organisms on a ship’s underwater hull and on other marine mobile infrastructure.

The introduction of...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/26/global-project-launched-to-protect-marine-biodiversity/

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