Fugro joins UN Ocean Decade Alliance to advance global marine science agenda

Fugro joins UN Ocean Decade Alliance to advance global marine science agenda

Fugro is now a member of the Ocean Decade Alliance. Image courtesy of Ocean Image Bank, Kimberley Jeffries

Fugro has accepted an invitation from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOC-UNESCO) to join the Ocean Decade Alliance (the ‘Alliance’). Comprising an eminent network of global leaders and institutions, the Alliance aims to catalyse...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/15/fugro-joins-un-ocean-decade-alliance-to-advance-global-marine-science-agenda/

GloFouling project kicks off to protect marine biodiversity

A major five-year project to help protect marine biodiversity has been kick-started at a global workshop at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom (18-20 March).

The IMO-executed GloFouling Partnerships project will address bioinvasions by organisms which can build up on ships’ hulls and other marine structures.

The project is a collaboration between the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IMO. Representatives from 12 lead partnering...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/22/glofouling-project-kicks-off-to-protect-marine-biodiversity/