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The Tropical Americas and Caribbean Region

THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE

IN THE TROPICAL AMERICAS AND CARIBBEAN REGION - TACR

Creating the Ocean We Want

 

A series of seven virtual workshops for the Tropical Americas, were organized and conducted during the period of July – October 2021, at a technical and conceptual basis. An average of 150 participants for each of the workshops were registered. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French, and Spanish, was provided. 


With the commencement of the Ocean Decade on 1 January 2021 and the subsequent endorsement of the first set of flagship Ocean Decade Actions there is growing awareness of the need to support these WTA Working Groups to collaborate, co-design and submit Regional Ocean Decade Actions for endorsement as part of the global collective effort of the Ocean Decade. Different levels of Ocean Decade Actions will be implemented in The Tropical Americas, including programmes, projects, activities and/or contributions.

 
The Regional Planning Group was called on 21 October, 2021, to review the workshops’ findings and agreed on the way forward to build the Tropical Americas Ocean Decade Actions proposals for submission considering the driven process to synthesize the results and develop proposals, including emerging elements and common or unique strategies for integrating individual topics into programmes / projects to be proposed for co-design. 


The results of the workshops were used as inputs for the Tropical Americas Ocean Decade Launch Conference held on December 16-17, 2021 and laid the groundwork for the preparation of the next actions for the Tropical Americas within the framework of the UN Decade.  

THE OCEAN WE WANT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IS REPRESENTED BY SEVEN DECADE OUTCOMES

The Ocean Decade defines the ocean as a part of the larger Earth system stretching from the coast to the open sea, and from the ocean surface to the deep ocean seabed. Transformation is central to the Ocean Decade: we need to move beyond “business as usual” to a true revolution in ocean science. The Decade is driving the generation of data, information and knowledge: the transformative science we need to move from the ocean we have to the “Ocean We Want”. These seven Outcomes describe the ocean we want at the end of the Ocean Decade:

Clean Ocean
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Clean ocean

Healthy Ocean
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Healthy and resilient ocean

Productive Ocean
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Productive ocean

Safe Ocean
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Safe ocean

Accessible ocean
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Accessible ocean

Predicted Ocean
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Predicted ocean

Inspirinng and Engaging Ocean
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Inspiring and engaging ocean

 

 

DECADE OCEAN SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2021-2030) ACTIONS

 

At this time there are seven projects approved in the TAC Region:

 

  • Enhancing capacity development in the TAC Region (Coordinator Ms. Elva Escobar)

  • MACHC-IOCARIBE Seabed 2030 Project (Coordinator Ms. Cecilia Cortina)

  • Integrating Coastal Hazard Warning Systems for TAC (Coordinator Ms. Christa Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade).

  • Gain knowledge to respond to multiple stressors (Coordinators Francisco Arias and Alejandro Acosta)

  • TAC Pollutants Observatory (Coordinator Soraya Silva)

  • TAC Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (Coordinators Edgar Cabrera, Albert Martis, Julio Morell and Douglas Wilson)

  • Ocean Literacy in the Tac region (Coordinator Elva Escobar)

 

2021-2030

 

The United Nations has proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framework that will ensure ocean science can fully support countries in creating improved conditions for sustainable development of the Ocean.