Events overview
Oceans and Society: the Blue Planet Monday 19 Nov 2012 Wednesday 21 Nov 2012 Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil
A kick-off symposium for the new GEO marine Task SB-01 "Oceans and society: the Blue Planet" will be held in Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil, from November 19 to 21, 2012. The symposium takes place just prior to the GEO-IX Plenary, to be held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (November 22 and 23, 2012).
The Blue Planet Task is a comprehensive initiative with four main components:
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Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access;
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Operational Systems for Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems;
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A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network;
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Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management.
Further information can be found here.
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