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Bridging Science, Policy and Action: Enhancing cross-sectoral collaboration for inclusive and equitable ocean management and governance 

Date and time: Friday 13 June, 12:15-13:30 CEST, Room 5 UNOC3 Blue Zone
Add to Calendar 2025-06-13 10:15:00 UTC 2025-06-13 11:30:00 UTC UTC Bridging Science, Policy and Action: Enhancing cross-sectoral collaboration for inclusive and equitable ocean management and governance  Date and time: Friday 13 June, 12:15-13:30 CEST, Room 5 UNOC3 Blue Zone https://council.science/events/unoc3-2025/bridging-science-policy-and-action/

This event will explore how co-produced, transdisciplinary science and cross-sectoral ocean governance and cooperation, involving intergenerational and cross-scale multi-stakeholders, can drive effective conservation and sustainable use. High-level speakers and panelists will share concrete practices, insights, and partnerships bridging knowledge and action through illustrative examples, such as: 

  1. successful, scalable science- and community-based solutions, e.g. fisheries management, mangrove restoration or coral reef monitoring; 
  2. Marine Protected Areas and the role of science and universities in fostering science-policy partnerships in marine conservation; 
  3. the BBNJ Agreement as a lever for advancing cross-sectoral conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in alignment with SDG 14. 

Agenda

Welcome and introduction to the session by the Master of CeremonyDr. María José González-Bernat,
Co-Director, Ecosystems Program, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
High-level opening remarksH.E Ambassador Julio Cordano,
Director of Environment, Climate Change and Oceans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

H.E. Ambassador Viliami Va’inga Tone,
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations

Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf,
ISC President-Elect, former Minister of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands
Panel discussionModerator: Dr. Peter Ricketts,
Former President and Vice-Chancellor, currently Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia University
How can we deliver actionable knowledge for more inclusive, participatory and equitable decision-making on the ocean, and what are successful stories that can be leveraged and scaled up to support implementation in other contexts?Peter Haugan,
Policy director at Institute of Marine Research, Norway

Lynne Shannon,
Principal Researcher leading the Marine Sustainability group in the Department of Biological Sciences, and part of the Marine and Antarctic Research Centre for Innovation and Sustainability (MARIS), University of Cape Town
How can universities foster science-policy partnerships in marine conservation and strengthen the role of science in area-based management tools including Marine Protected AreasProfessor Jean-Christophe Martin,
University Cote d’Azur (UniCA)

Professor María Fernanda Morales Camacho,
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
How can we leverage the BBNJ Agreement to advance cross-sectoral conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in alignment with SDG 14Tony MacDonald,
Director of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI)

Louise Lieberknecht,
Senior Expert in Marine Sustainability, GRID-Arendal
Q&A with the audience
Wrap-up and key takeaways
Youth call to actionJasmine Nyagah,
University of Nairobi, Kenya

Organizing partners

  • Permanent Missions of Chile, Costa Rica, and Tonga to the United Nations in New York
  • International Coastal and Ocean Organization (dba Global Ocean Forum)
  • Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
  • Monmouth University-Urban Coast Institute
  • Nausicaá, National Sea Centre, France
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
  • University Cote d’Azur (UniCA)
  • Unviersidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA), Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)


Photo by Zidhan Ibrahim on Unsplash

Add to Calendar 2025-06-13 10:15:00 UTC 2025-06-13 11:30:00 UTC UTC Bridging Science, Policy and Action: Enhancing cross-sectoral collaboration for inclusive and equitable ocean management and governance  Date and time: Friday 13 June, 12:15-13:30 CEST, Room 5 UNOC3 Blue Zone https://council.science/events/unoc3-2025/bridging-science-policy-and-action/