Abidjan Convention COP9 The Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan Convention) will be hosting the 9th Conference Parties (COP9) from 28 March to 1 April 2011 in Accra, Ghana. Read more (http://www.unep.org/AbidjanConvention/Meetings_and_Events/COP9/index.asp)
Empowering Non State Actors in Tanzania to plan for sustainable coastal livelihoods
“Empowering Non State Actors in Tanzania to plan for sustainable coastal livelihoods using Decision Support Tools” was a ReCoMaP (EU) funded project that took place along the Jambiani–Bwejuu coast of east Zanzibar, Tanzania, completed in 2011. Read more here (index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126)
Training in Multibeam Surveying: insight into the Indian Ocean floor
As part of activities of the regional “COAST-MAP-IO” project, launched by IOC in 2007 in the framework of the UN actions after the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (2004), and as the final act of this successful project, the third (and last) Advanced Training Course in Multibeam Surveying of the sea-floor took place between 12 and 22 December 2010 on board the INS Sarvekshak (National Hydrographic Office, India). The ship sailed from the city of Mangalore (SW India) to the Indian Ocean. Nine participants came from the National Hydrographic Centre of Myanmar, National Hydrographic Office of Sri Lanka, Hydrographic Department of the Royal Thai Navy and National Institute of Navigation and Hydrography of Mozambique.
The course was organized according to the “training-through-research” principle of IOC. It included lectures on theory, as well as practicing in hydrographic survey planning, bathymetric data acquisition, processing and management in support of safety of navigation and marine environment preservation, exploration and management with the use of the most up-to-date multibeam surveying technique. This technique is indispensable for creating ocean disaster management models (tsunami and storm surge modelling) and useful for fishery industry. By the end of the training period the trainees produced a detailed bathymetric chart and a seabed topography diagram in 3D view of the survey area. Training on board was provided by lecturers from the Indian National Hydrographic School at Goa and the shipboard hydrographic team.
In his report on the training course a participant from Sri Lanka stated: “Participants and crew members had different… cultures and languages, but we could make a friendly and enjoyable environment within together”. And also: “Every participant is seeking to begin multibeam surveys offering maximum support to their countries, thanks to knowledge gained.”
Implementing Adaptation to Climate Change in East and West Africa
Flyer and Agenda (http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=6188)
Download: List of Participants and Workshop Documents (index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewEventDocs&eventID=735)