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60076
Mon, 05/11/2009 - 19:36
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MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION TO CONTRIBUTE INPUTS TO UNFCCC
Manado, North Sulawesi, May 11 (ANTARA) - The Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) to be issued by the World Ocean Conference (WOC) here is expected to contribute inputs to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Copenhagen.
The objective of issuing MOD at the ongoing World Ocean Conference (WOC) being held in Manado, May 11-15, was to have an important foundation for efforts to save the oceans and seas which needed to be discussed at international level, Edy Pratomo, chairman of the WOC Senior Official Meeting, said here on Monday.
The role of the oceans and seas as a carbon sink was hardly discussed in international meetings, including in the previous UNFCCC meetings, such as the last UNFCCC meeting held in Bali last 2007, he said.
The Indonesian government has offered MOD to WOC participants. The declarations would also include an establishment of funds for sea management.
On the sidelines of the WOC, a Google Ocean was launched to give access of information on sea condition to the public.
Around 70 percent of the Earth surface was covered by water, but only five percent of the sea areas was studied, Indroyono Susilo said.
Google Ocean was launched during a symposium on International Ocean Science, Technology and Industry.
The objective of issuing MOD at the ongoing World Ocean Conference (WOC) being held in Manado, May 11-15, was to have an important foundation for efforts to save the oceans and seas which needed to be discussed at international level, Edy Pratomo, chairman of the WOC Senior Official Meeting, said here on Monday.
The role of the oceans and seas as a carbon sink was hardly discussed in international meetings, including in the previous UNFCCC meetings, such as the last UNFCCC meeting held in Bali last 2007, he said.
The Indonesian government has offered MOD to WOC participants. The declarations would also include an establishment of funds for sea management.
On the sidelines of the WOC, a Google Ocean was launched to give access of information on sea condition to the public.
Around 70 percent of the Earth surface was covered by water, but only five percent of the sea areas was studied, Indroyono Susilo said.
Google Ocean was launched during a symposium on International Ocean Science, Technology and Industry.
