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Published April 12, 2022 | Version v1
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Southern Ocean Action Plan (2021-2030) in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Creators

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • 2. European Polar Board
  • 3. The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • 4. Southern Ocean Observing System
  • 5. Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Southern Ocean & British Antarctic Survey
  • 6. International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) of IOC/UNESCO & Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
  • 7. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research & British Antarctic Survey
  • 8. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • 9. World Wide Fund for Nature
  • 10. Southern Ocean Observing System & University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences
  • 11. Southern Ocean Observing System & Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Southern Ocean
  • 12. Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Southern Ocean
  • 13. International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
  • 14. CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel & GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
  • 15. Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research
  • 16. CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel & Rutgers University
  • 17. WMO/IOC-UNESCO/ISC World Climate Research Programme
  • 18. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
  • 19. Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies
  • 20. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
  • 21. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
  • 22. James Cook University
  • 23. British Antarctic Survey
  • 24. National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
  • 25. University of Groningen
  • 26. University of Hull
  • 27. British Antarctic Survey & University of Coimbra (UC), Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
  • 28. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & Université Libre de Bruxelles

Contributors

Project leader:

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & Université Libre de Bruxelles

Description

In 2017, the United Nations proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (hereafter referred to as the UN Ocean Decade) from 2021 until 2030 to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health. To achieve this ambitious goal, this initiative aims to gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framework that will ensure ocean science can fully support countries in creating improved conditions for sustainable development of the world’s oceans. The initiative strives to strengthen the international cooperation needed to develop the scientific research and innovative technologies that can connect ocean science with the needs of society at the global scale.

Based on the recommendations in the Implementation Plan of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Version 2.0, July 2021), the Southern Ocean community engaged in a stakeholder- oriented process to develop the Southern Ocean Action Plan. The Southern Ocean process engaged a broad community, which includes the scientific research community, the business and industry sector, and governance and management bodies.

As part of this global effort, the Southern Ocean Task Force identified the needs of the Southern Ocean community to address the challenges related to the unique environmental characteristics and governance structure of the Southern Ocean. Through this community-driven process, we identified synergies within the Southern Ocean community and beyond in order to elaborate an Action Plan that provides a framework for Southern Ocean stakeholders to formulate and develop tangible actions and deliverables that support the UN Ocean Decade vision.

Through the publication of this Action Plan, the Southern Ocean Task Force aims to mobilise the Southern
Ocean community and inspire all stakeholders to seek engagement and leverage opportunities to deliver innovative solutions that maintain and foster the unique conditions of the Southern Ocean. This framework provides an initial roadmap to strengthen links between science, industry and policy, as well as to encourage internationally collaborative activities in order to address existing gaps in our knowledge and data coverage.

Notes

We thank the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) for the financial support under BELSPO, contract n°FR/36/ AN1/AntaBIS and BL/36/FWI34_PUNDOS-PPODS in the Framework of EU-Lifewatch.

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