SPLOSH 2020 – Workshop on Southern Hemisphere perspectives on Submerged Palaeolandscapes By Ingrid Ward, on behalf of the SPLOSH committee The study of submerged coastal landscapes and human occupation records has rapidly emerged as a key topic in Quaternary science in the last couple of decades aided by new and higher-resolution technologies and focused research […]
Maritime Living Heritage in the ICHCAP Webinar By Athena Trakadas, co-Chair ODHN On October 29-30, 2020, the International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and the UNESCO Apia office hosted the webinar: “Maritime Living Heritage: Building Sustainable Livelihood and Ecosystems in the […]
UNESCO-IOC had just published the Decade Implementation Plan Summary. It coincides with the Decade Call for Actions, published last week. Please share and get motivated!
GIRT members surveying the wreck of TSS Wandra wrecked at the Drum and Drumsticks, New South Wales, Australia. Photo A. Viduka. Dive into an ocean full of history with GIRT Scientific Divers By Andrew Viduka, ODHN In line with the societal objectives of the upcoming Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 (particularly a predicted ocean, a sustainable ocean, […]
In late August 2020, IOC-UNESCO published Version 2.0 of the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-30 Implementation Plan. This new version is the product of a comprehensive review between June and July 2020. From the Decade website: “Version 2.0 of the Plan builds on discussions held in a series of global, thematic, and […]
Incorporating Social Science into the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development A session held at theInternational Symposium for Society & Resource Management (ISSRM) 2020 Virtual Conference July 20, 2020 By Taylor Goelz, Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research Panelists: Steven Scyphers – Northeastern University Athena Trakadas – National Museum of Denmark / Ocean […]
Although the 2nd Global Planning Meeting of the Decade, which was to happen in Paris in mid-March, was cancelled, UNESCO-IOC reached out to its partners, including ODHN, asking for feedback on the 0 Draft Implementation Plan for the Ocean Decade by the end of April. Thank you very much to those members of ODHN who […]
Oceans Past 2020: OPVIII Virtual Conference Lightning Talk on Ocean Decade Heritage Network (ODHN) 14 May 2020 By Antony Firth, Co-chair, ODHN Script of talk presented at the workshop: The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-30 is a major initiative intended to stimulate marine sciences to inform sustainability, which is framed in […]
BalticRIM Blue Growth Workshop: The contribution of cultural heritage to the Ocean Decade 26 May 2020 By Antony Firth, Co-chair, ODHN Script of talk presented at the workshop: Introduction The relationship between cultural heritage and the Ocean Decade has many aspects. Today’s workshop focuses on Blue Growth, so I will concentrate on the relationship between […]
On 8 June 2020, the webinar “The Ocean’s Past – Underwater Archaeology and Ocean Science” was organized by UNESCO’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Body to the 2001 Convention, the Ocean Decade Heritage Network, and Alexandria University (Egypt) in preparation of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 – 2030). Over 300 viewers […]