Vol. 8 | September 2024
A note from GOAP's Co-Chairs
Dear GOAP friends and colleagues,
This past quarter has seen the growth of ocean accounting Communities of Practice in Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, national workshops in Fiji, Costa Rica, Thailand and the Philippines and several exciting national announcements for sustainable ocean development. In this edition of the newsletter you fill find an overview of these events as well as upcoming events in sustainable ocean development and new knowledge products from the global community.
Last week, Australian federal and state governments co-hosted the Global Nature Positive Summit, which united leaders from government, corporate sector, research organisations and Indigenous Peoples to accelerate collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect and repair our environment. The Ocean Dialogue at the Summit provided a focused forum to discuss Australia’s draft Sustainable Ocean Plan. As Chair of one discussion, GOAP Secretariat Co-Director, Eliza Northrop has summarised the highlights here.
The GOAP Secretariat has also published multiple Expert Insights exploring how ocean accounts inform key policy priorities for a sustainable ocean economy, including more sustainable tourism and disaster risk resilience.
Looking forward, we are preparing for the upcoming 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Colombia and will be working with the GOAP Secretariat to ensure our work on the linkages between ocean accounts and the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is integrated into decision-making and announcements by Parties. Learn more by reading the Policy Brief prepared by the GOAP Secretariat here.
Happy reading,
- Firdaus Agung, Directorate General for Marine Spatial Management, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Government of Indonesia
- César Viteri Mejia, Senior Economist, Charles Darwin Foundation