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North-East Atlantic Environment Summit

The Norwegian Ministry of the Environment will host the Ministerial Meeting of the OSPAR Commission in Bergen, Norway, 23 - 24 September 2010

The Ministers and representatives from the 16 Contracting Parties, with the invited governmental observers from our near neighbours in the Baltic region Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Russian Federation, together with the countries bordering the North Atlantic including Canada and the United States of America and the invited observers from intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations will be present.

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Topics

La Directive-cadre stratégie pour le milieu marin

Patrick Camus, IFREMER - membre de la délégation française, présente les enjeux de la mise en œuvre de la directive-cadre « stratégie pour le milieu marin La directive-cadre...
KIMO

KIMO was founded by local municipalities with a shared concern for the state of the environment. KIMO is designed to give municipalities a political voice at the international...
Ecosystem approach

Professor David Johnson, Executive Secretary of the OSPAR Commission, presents the ecosystem approach. For the purpose of the OSPAR Convention, the ecosystem approach is defined...
Lewis Pugh

In July 2007 Lewis Pugh became the first person to complete a long distance swim at the Geographic North Pole. The swim, in water ranging in temperature between minus 1.7ºC and...
Observer IGOs

Agreement on the conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS) Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Baltic Marine Environment Protection...

Videos

Lewis Gordon Pugh North Pole Challenge

Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first human to complete a long distance swim at the Geographic North Pole in nothing more than a Speedo, cap and goggles. By swimming in a region...
OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats

The OSPAR Strategy on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area, the implementing tool of Annex V to the OSPAR convention,...
The OSPAR Community

Professor David Johnson, Executive Secretary of the OSPAR Commission, presents the OSPAR Community.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Richard Moxon, from the UK delegation, presents the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
12th UNEP Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

Jacqueline Alder, head of the Marine and Coastal Environment Branch UNEP, presents the Global meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans.