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IISD Reporting Service Daily Rio+20/ENB Web Coverage
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Daily Web Coverage
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary report from the Rio Conventions Pavilion. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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13-22 June 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Rio Conventions Pavilion (RCP) continued on Saturday, 16 June 2012, focusing on Oceans. The event consisted of seven panels, a lunch celebrating 10 years of the Global Ocean Forum (GOF) and the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and a closing session presenting the outcomes of Oceans Day to the Rio+20 process.
Panel sessions included: renewing out political commitments - perspectives on Rio+20; scaling up integrated governance of the oceans; the living ocean - enhancing fisheries for food security, social and economic benefits; small island developing states (SIDS) and oceans - building resilience, enhancing social and economic benefits; climate change and ocean acidification; toward the blue economy and society - perspectives, experiences and initiatives; and moving forward.
Oceans Day was co-chaired by Biliana Cicin-Sain, President, Global Oceans Forum (GOF), Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and Wendy Watson-Wright, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
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Panel (L-R): Oceans Day Co-Chair Biliana Cicin-Sain, President, Global Oceans Forum (GOF);
Gustavo Fonseca, the Global Environment Facility (GEF);
Veerle Vandeweerd, UN Development Programme (UNDP);
Oceans Day Co-Chair Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
Oceans Day Co-Chair Wendy Watson-Wright, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
Wang Hong, State Oceanic Administration, China;
Karl Falkenberg, Director-General for Environment, European Commission; and
Ana Prates, Ministry of Environment, Brazil.
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Panel (L-R):
Christophe Lefebvre, French Marine Protected Areas Agency;
Hashali Hamukuaya, Executive Secretary, Benguela Current Commission;
Serguei Tarassenko, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea;
Andrew Hudson, UNDP and UN-Oceans;
Awni Behnam, President, International Oceans Institute;
Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Director, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan;
Johan Williams, Director General, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Norway;
Kristina Gjerde, IUCN; and
Lasse Gustavsson, WWF.
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Panel (L-R):
Juan Carlos Ordoñez, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Honduras;
Flavio Bezzera da Silva, Secretary of Fisheries Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Brazil;
Su'a Tanielu, Director-General, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Solomon Islands;
Rachel Kyte, Vice President for the Sustainable Development Network, World Bank;
Árni Mathiesen, UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO);
Russell Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US;
Sebastian Mathew, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF); and
Nicholas Watts, Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC), UK.
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Panel (L-R):
Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary, International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand;
Travis Sinckler, Ministry of Environment, Barbados;
Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
Cama Tuiloma, Ambassador to Brazil, Fiji; and
Russell Howorth, SPC.
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Panel (L-R):
Chu Hoi Nguyen, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam;
Carol Turley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK;
Isabelle Picco, Permanent Representative to the UN, Monaco;
Wendy Watson-Wright, UNESCO-IOC; Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change and SIDS Issues, the Seychelles; and
Lynne Hale, The Nature Conservancy.
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Panel (L-R):
Arthur Bogason, President, National Association of Small Boat Owners, Iceland;
Milton Asmus, Forum do Mar, Brazil;
Vincent Sweeney, Coordinator, Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities (GPA), UNEP;
David Tongue, International Chamber of Shipping;
Andrew Hudson, UNDP and UN-Oceans;
Karin Sjolin-Frudd, International Maritime Organization (IMO);
Mary Barton-Dock, World Bank;
Ibrahim Thiaw, Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation, UNEP;
Philippe Vallette, Director General, Nausicaa;
Paul Holthus, Executive Director, World Ocean Council;
Leila Monroe, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); and
Doug Woodring, Ocean Recovery Alliance.
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Panel (L-R):
Elizabeth Thompson, Executive Coordinator for the Rio+20 Conference;
Paula Caballero, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia;
Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
Biliana Cicin-Sain, GOF;
Wendy Watson-Wright, UNESCO-IOC;
Isabella Lövin, Member of the European Parliament;
Charlotte Cawthorne, Prince's Charities, UK.
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Rio Conventions Pavilion resources
 Rio Conventions Pavilion website
Rio Conventions Pavilion programme
Rio Conventions Pavilion news and documents
UNCSD or Rio+20 resources
Meeting website
Third PrepCom website
Third PrepCom organization of work
Secretary-General’s report on objectives and themes
Synthesis report on best practices and lessons learned on the objective and themes of the Conference
UNCSD website
UNCSD organization of work
Implementation of Agenda 21, the programme for the further implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
Side events at Rio+20
Other events at Rio+20
SD-Learning at Rio+20
Partnership Forum
Rio+20 calendar
Member states
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, 17-20 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro
IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IISD RS coverage of the Third Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD, 29 May - 2 June 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of the outcome document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of the outcome document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the Initial Discussions on the “zero draft” of the outcome document for the UNCSD or Rio+20, 25-27 January 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the Second Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 15-16 December 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS summary report of the Economic Commission for Europe’s Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UNCSD or Rio+20, 1-2 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20 African Regional Preparatory Process, 20-25 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20) Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Asia Pacific Region, 19-20 October 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the UNCSD or Rio+20) Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab Region, 16-17 October 2011, Cairo, Egypt
IISD RS coverage of the Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference, 21-23 September 2011, Astana, Kazakhstan
IISD RS coverage of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, 7-9 September 2011, Santiago, Chile
IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Pacific Countries, 21-22 July 2011, Apia, Samoa (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea Countries, 7-8 July 2011, Mahé, Seychelles (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean, 20 June 2011, Georgetown, Guyana (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Keeping the Green Economy Blue: A Workshop in Preparation for the UNCSD or Rio+20, 29 April 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the UNCSD or Rio+20, 7-8 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the First Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20, 10-11 January 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the UNCSD or Rio+20, 17-19 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), 26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, 3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
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