33rd ICRI General Meeting
Start:
05 December 2018
End:
07 December 2018
Status:
Confirmed
Europe
About This Event
Objectives
Provisional Agenda
Proposed agenda (08/11/2018)
Shuttle from / to the Novotel will be provided.
Wednesday 5 December - Morning
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Opening and welcome by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
Remarks from the ICRI co-chairs Housekeeping
Presentation & adoption the agenda
Amendment of the ICRI rules – Motion presented by France
Summary of French Secretariat activity including the ICRI-UN Environment Small Grants initiative
Welcome new members and observers
• Coral Triangle Center - Membership application letter (PDF File)
• Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) - Membership application letter (PDF File)
• New Caledonia
• Vulcan Inc. - Membership application letter (PDF File)
Presentation of the Plan of Action of the new Secretariat
Afternoon
Theme 1 – promote effective and adaptable solutions to improve the protection of coral reef
• Strengthening policies
• Promote and build capacity in applying innovative funding
• Support reef resilience at the local, regional and global scale
• Promote leading practice reef restoration mechanisms by facilitating partnerships, investment and capacity building among ICRI members
Report on the “reef solutions” workshop
Theme 4 - Help to reduce anthropogenic threats to coral reefs, particularly those that occur at a global or regional scale
• Elevate awareness of the global nature of threats to coral reefs and the need for a collective response to accelerate actions that address climate change at a local to global scale.
• Review of impacts of chemical pollution on coral reefs and associated ecosystems
• Guide actions to prevent and mitigate the impacts of marine pollution
Cocktail / Diner at the Novotel
Thursday 6 December - Morning
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Theme 2 – Understand the trends of coral reefs / Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)
• The Implementation and Governance Plan (IGP) for the GCRMN
• The 2020 roadmap
Afternoon
GCRMN regional updates
Theme 3 - Live Reef Fish Trade (LRFT) and fisheries
6th International Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management Symposium (ITMEMS)
Cocktail / Diner at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Friday 7 December - Morning
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Review of the motions and proposed ad hoc committees and adoption
Transversal activity - Fostering partnerships / collaboration, including with private sector
• 5th Our Ocean
• Report of the evaluation of Community of OCEAN Action “coral reef” commitments
• Blue Charter (Commonwealth)
• Upcoming meetings
Report on the International Year of the Reef 2018
Afternoon
Report from members
Meeting outcomes and closing
Adopted documents from the meeting
• Plan of action 2018-2020
• Motions
• GCRMN
• Terms of Reference for the new Ad hoc committees
Next ICRI General Meeting
Member's reports
Documents and Attachments
List of Attendances
(*) Need Confirmation
Venue
Yacht Club de Monaco, Monaco