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Cooperative marine science activities of IOC in the Caribbean and adjacent regions have existed for more than fifty years. Over this period three distinct stages have marked the evolution of marine Sciences in the region. CICAR - 1968: The first regional effort in marine sciences in the Caribbean was the Cooperative Investigations of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CICAR) coordinated by IOC and modeled on the Indian Ocean International Expedition. Its aim was the understanding of the oceans and related processes in the Greater Caribbean region. IOCARIBE Association, 1975: The Member States recognized the benefits of CICAR and expressed their interest in creating a successor organization.
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THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE
OF OCEAN SCIENCE
Co-designing the science for the Ocean Decade
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) will harness and stimulate innovative ocean research, from co-design to co-delivery, and strengthen the multi-stakeholder cooperation needed to develop the science we need for the ocean we want.
The Decade will provide a framework for collaborative and participative ocean research, and support better integration of diverse knowledge systems from different science disciplines and ocean communities.
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New Call for Decade Actions No. 09/2025 targets critical ocean knowledge gaps and the…
With the 2025 UN Ocean Conference on the horizon, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 …
CARIBE WAVE 2025 exercise in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
On 20 March 2025, close to half a million of people across 44 countries, territories, and Member States took part in CARIBE WAVE 2025 – one of the world’s largest tsunami simulation exercises. According to TsunamiZone, around 500,000* participants registered this year, marking an increase of around 35,000 person from 2024. The M7.6 earthquake of 8 February 2025 in the Western Caribbean…
NEW CALL FOR DECADE ACTIONS NO. 07/2024 TO FILL GAPS IN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND…
Launched on the heels of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference, Call for Decade Actions No. 07/2024 aims to fill gaps in funding…
INSPIRING COLLABORATIVE OCEAN ACTION ON A GLOBAL SCALE: OCEAN DECADE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE TRAINING COURSE ON CO-DESIGN
The self-paced training course has been developed under the umbrella of the Ocean Decade Capacity Development Facility, in collaboration with the OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) of the IOC/IODE Project Office and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). It is funded by the Government of Ireland through its Marine Institute, UNESCO/Flanders Fund-in-Trust …
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