Marine biosafety

Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety launched

Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety launched

GLOFOULING PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCHES GLOBAL INDUSTRY ALLIANCE (GIA) FOR MARINE BIOSAFETY

GIA brings together leadership Ocean Companies to reduce invasive species introductions, protect Marine Biodiversity and Decarbonize Shipping via improved Biofouling Management

11 June 2020

On World Oceans Day 2020 the GloFouling Partnerships Project launched a ground-breaking private sector alliance to accelerate solutions to improve the management of...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/11/global-industry-alliance-gia-for-marine-biosafety-launched/

Global initiative launched to tackle marine bio-fouling and greenhouse gas emissions

Pictured: a worker scrapes biofouling from a piece of marine infrastructure. Photo: Credit “272447” from Pixabay.

A new “Global Industry Alliance for Marine Biosafety” was launched on 08 June by the International Maritime Organization, along with other global stakeholders, to tackle marine biofouling and greenhouse gas emissions.

The aim of the GIA is to “accelerate the development of solutions to improve the management of marine biofouling” and to “contribute a significant reduction in...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/global-initiative-launched-to-tackle-marine-bio-fouling-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

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/

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