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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading →

The Global Ocean Forum, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) of the People’s Republic of China, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will organize a major high-level oceans event at the Rio+20 Conference, Advancing Oceans and Coasts … Continue reading →

The World Bank has announced the formation of a coalition of governments, international organizations, civil society groups and members of the private sector, under the banner of a Global Partnership for Oceans (see: http://www.globalpartnershipforoceans.org/) to confront major threats to ocean … Continue reading →

Continuing its efforts to support governments in developing a strong ocean outcome at the Rio+20 Conference, the Global Ocean Forum has sent its suggested revisions to the Rio+20 zero draft, outlining areas where the zero draft text can be strengthened … Continue reading →

As governments continue to deliberate on the Rio+20 outcome, the Organizing Partners of the Rio+20 Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Major Group have decided to organize the wide range of NGO participants into various issue-area “clusters” to more effectively organize substantive input … Continue reading →

The Global Ocean Forum, along with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has been named the designated lead on ocean issues in the Rio Conventions Pavilion at the Rio+20 Conference. The Rio Conventions … Continue reading →

The initial discussions of the Rio+20 zero draft took place from January 25-27, 2012 at the UN Headquarters in New York, NY. The zero draft, which will form the basis for the Rio+20 outcome, was developed by the UNCSD Preparatory … Continue reading →