On 20 May 2020 at 8:30 (EDT), WRI is holding a webinar on 'Integrated Ocean Management'.
The world relies on the ocean to cover increasing needs for food, energy, and transport. However, marine ecosystems are facing serious challenges from climate change, over-exploitation, loss of biodiversity, and pollution. Now, more than ever, there is a pressing need to strike the balance between production and protection and better respond to the needs of all ocean users – both present and future.
Integrated Ocean Management enables a shift from the business as usual approach towards the management of marine resources – fragmented, driven by individual sectors, unresponsive to social and ecological priorities – to a holistic, adaptive, and multi-sectoral approach that integrates social, economic, and ecological dimensions of development. Integrated Ocean Management puts ecosystems and knowledge at the centre of every decision-making process in order to achieve the sustainable management of our ocean. By balancing various human needs and ocean uses, Integrated Ocean Management safeguards ocean health, supports the growth in a sustainable ocean economy, and ensures the long-term prosperity of society.
This event is part of a series of webinars featuring new scientific ‘Blue Papers', commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel).