Welcome to the April 2024 edition of the GEF International Waters Bulletin! 

Join us this April as we celebrate and honor the importance of ocean conservation, marked by two significant global meetings, the Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, and Our Oceans Conference in Athens. Discover significant updates, accomplishments, opportunities, and forthcoming events useful for the GEF International Waters community.

Sargasso Sea Commission Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Hamilton Declaration 

GEF/UNDP/UNESCO/IOC
Sargasso Sea

Collective knowledge to tackle challenges by climate-resilient coral reefs
GEF/WWF/University of Queensland CRR GEF

Harnessing science for the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand

GEF/UNEP/COBSEA SCS SAP

Management procedures on HarvestStrategies.org
GEF/FAO/UNEP/UNDP Common Oceans Programme

Strengthening the resilience of Central Asia Countries to
Climate Change

GEF/UNDP/UNESCO/IHP Cryosphere Project

Exploring the Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges
GEF/CI Blue Nature Alliance

• Satellite event at the Ocean Decade Conference 2024: Propelling Science for Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) in Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) in partnership with the Ocean Decade.
• Our Ocean – An Ocean of Potential

23rd Annual Large Marine Ecosystems Consultant Meeting (LME23), 3-5 June 2024 at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - France.

• 21th EWA International Symposium: Water in the Green Deal, 15-16 May 2024, Munich - Germany
• 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States, 27-30 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda.
• 21th  International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, 27-31 May 2024, Puerto Vayarta - Mexico

Uniting for Sustainable Seas
and Communities

 Blog 

Building small island resilience through shared learning: insights from the Caribbean

 Engage 
 

New Call for Decade Actions
 

 Video documentary 
 

Citizen Science Documentary

Professional opportunities 
 

• Technical Coordinator of the 10th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC10)
  Deadline extended: 24 April 2024