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completed and accepted for publication by Elsevier. Draft of first 3 introductory chapters completed.
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Attendance at the GEOHAB’09 meeting in Trondheim
•
Seafloor Geomorphology for Fisheries Management concept note submitted to Ausaid. Partners identified in
the Pacific - Service des Mines et de l'Energie, New Caledonia.
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Funding decision carried over by Ausaid to 2010.
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Accepted (Fall 2009) on the organising committee for the June 1-4, 2010 expert work session on the “Design
of Marine Protected Areas for Hydrothermal-Vent and Cold-Seep Ecosystems Potentially Threatened by
Human Activities the Deep Sea.
2008
•
Contribution to a UNEP inventory of available data and information related to climate change impacts on the
ocean and coastal environments.
•
Sea Level Rise:
-
Dialogue with the Government of Seychelles (Sea Level Rise Foundation) established, concerning the
production of sea level rise maps for Seychelles. To be developed into 2009.
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Participation in a round table discussion at Geoscience Australia resulting in a concept to approach the
International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative.
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Ocean acidification:
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Review and assessment of ocean acidification and the effects of deep CO
2
storage initiated through
participation in the Second Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World in Monaco, 05-09 October
2008. Contacts identified and established.
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Discussions have been initiated regarding GA’s potential participation in the European Commission-
funded project EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification) and will be continued into 2009.
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A concept regarding potential funding by the Norwegian oil companies on the effects of deep CO2
storage on ocean acidification has been prepared.
B3. Assessment of
knowledge and scientific
gaps, and emerging issues,
related to climate change
impacts on oceans and
coasts including
the
assessment of socioeconomic
and environmental impacts.
B3. Contribution to a UNEP
inventory of available data and
information related to climate
change impacts on the ocean
and coastal environments.
2009
•
Sea Level Rise
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Inclusion of the development and implementation of vulnerability assessments and impacts of sea level
rise in the Western Indian Ocean and North West Africa in UNEP’s 2010-2011 project “Vulnerability and
Impact Assessments for Adaptation to Climate Change”.
•
Role of the oceans in regulating climate
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Launch of the Blue Carbon report and follow initiatives towards planning a Blue carbon Fund.
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Participation of 8 pacific Island representatives in the MSV workshop in Washington 13-March- 18
th
April
2009. Discussions are continuing with Australian organizations to extend funding for MSV in the Pacific.
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Negotiations with the Australian Department of Climate Change and Ausaid are continuing.
Islands in
Peril
concept note and draft table of contents submitted to Ausaid.
MARINE C: CAPACITY BUILDING IN OCEANS AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
MAIN INDICATORS 2008 and
2009
RESULTS/OUTPUTS