Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
Contaminants in Europe's seas: Moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment
Moving towards a clean, non-toxic marine environment. This EEA assessment report represents a first attempt to map contamination 'problem areas' and 'non-problem areas' at the scale of Europe's seas, while also exploring whether Europe has broken some of the trends for long established hazardous substances.
ENABLING EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: Case Study Compendium
This open access book provides a compendium of the 34 case study summaries that form the evidence base for the main volume: UN Environment (2019) Enabling Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas – guidance on combining governance approaches. Authors - Jones PJS, Murray RH and Vestergaard O.
EUROPEAN MARITIME DAY 2019
The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual two-day event during which Europe’s maritime community meet to network, discuss and forge joint action. It targets maritime professionals, entrepreneurs and ocean leaders.
This year the event will take place on 16-17 May 2019 at the Lisbon Congress Centre.
THIRD INTERNATIONAL MSP FORUM, 12 MAY - 15 MAY, 2019, VIGO, SPAIN
The third edition of the International Forum for Marine Spatial Planning (MSPforum) will take place between 12 May - 15 May, 2019 in Vigo, Spain. The Forum is jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) and there will be interactive panels, roundtable discussions and local stakeholder visits!
For more information please see https://en.unesco.org/mspglobal