Census of Marine Life

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2010 National & Regional 2010 National & Regional Expectations and LegaciesExpectations and Legacies

3rd All Program MeetingAuckland, November 15-16, 2007.

Global CoverageGlobal CoverageGlobal CoverageGlobal Coverage

Arabian Sea(Oman)

Indonesia, Arafura &Timor Seas (ATSEA)

National & Regional Implementation Committees

YokosukaYokosuka

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Expectations & Deliverables for 2010Expectations & Deliverables for 2010

• Actively participate in the 2010 Synthesis• Design regional communication strategies• Define strategies for long-term support

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2010 Synthesis Participation2010 Synthesis Participation

• Due to the global nature of CoML, there is a need of an active regional participation

• Produce a coherent and global synthesis within and across projects, but adding adding regional components or suggesting regional components or suggesting potential applicationspotential applications

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2010 Synthesis Participation2010 Synthesis Participation

• Comparison of different regions with respect to state of knowledge, level of human impact and ecosystems/species under threat

• KUU regional update with a global comparison

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Regional Communication StrategiesRegional Communication Strategies

• Identify potential regional receptors of Synthesis products, to cover the demands of managers, policy makers, industry, educators and scientific community

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Regional Communication StrategiesRegional Communication Strategies

• Address educational agendas considering the different socioeconomic environments and needs

• Design E&O products

according to regional

needs and development

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Long Term Support StrategiesLong Term Support Strategies

• Address national/regional marine biodiversity strategies

• Actively interact with decision

makers• Identify potential donors and their

requirements/expectations

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Long Term Support StrategiesLong Term Support Strategies

• Focus on social benefits in the post-2010 era

• Integrate the CoML experience

as the marine component of

national/regional biodiversity

initiatives

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Post 2010 LegaciesPost 2010 Legacies

• Level of involvement and legacies will depend of history and capacity of each NRIC

• Capacity building (e.g. taxonomy, tech )• Build an active network of people

(researchers, managers, educators, government, etc.)

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Post 2010 LegaciesPost 2010 Legacies

• Maintain OBIS and develop it as a management tool

• Build up awareness of benefits

in understanding and

preserving marine

biodiversity

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Post 2010 LegaciesPost 2010 Legacies

• Establish reference regional collections• Identification of next generation of marine

biogeographers and ecologists

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Patricia Miloslavich (Carribean) Bhavani Narayanaswamy (Europe) Kirsten Martin (NRICs coordinators) Charles Griffiths (Sub-saharan) Paul Snelgrove (Canada) Michael Feldman & Daphne Fautin (US) Katsunori Fujikura (Japan) Tonny Wagey (Indonesia) Loka Bharati & Mohideen Wafar (Indian Ocean) Yoon Lee (South Korea) Sun Song (China) Diego Rodríguez (South America)

Thank you…. Questions?Thank you…. Questions?

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Potential Regional Application Potential Regional Application 2010 Synthesis2010 Synthesis

• NAGISA - strong regional analysis• HMAP-FMAP – predictive models for assessing human

impacts in the marine environment• TOPP – hot(bio)spots, corridors and critical habitats for

TP • GoMA/GoMEX – ecosystem-based management• POST – fishery management “myths”• COMARGE-CEDAMAR-CHESS-MARECO –

Importance of the interconnection with EEZ.