03.12.2018

Ocean Science Decade Program Start

On December 6, 2017, at the initiative of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the UN General Assembly decided to “proclaim the 10-year period beginning January 1, 2021, as the United Nations Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” (A / RES / 72/73). The UNESCO IOC formed an executive planning group (EPG, https://en.unesco.org/ocean-decade/epg) to prepare the draft Program of the Decade, which included S.M. Shapovalov. Program development will continue for two years.

For the authors of scientific publications:

The Editorial Board of Oceanological Research Journal has created a new thematic section on articles in the UN Agenda 2030, which aims to achieve the objectives of the Decade of Ocean Science program. The title of the section is «Conserve and sustainably use the oceans and seas».