Pursuant to decision IX/35, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) will be held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010. COP 10 will include several side events related to coral reefs listed below. If you organization is planning to hold an event, please let us know.
| Wednesday, 20 October 2010 |
| Coral reefs: the importance of regional cooperation Time: 16:30 – 18:00 Location: Room 234B – Bldg 2 – 3rd Floor Organizer: the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) More information |
| Sabah’s, Malaysia conservation governance – Ecosystem approach in practice Time: 16:30 – 18:00 Location: Room 130 – Bldg 1 – 3rd Floor Organizer: Sabah Biodiversity Centre More information: |
| Saturday, 23 October 2010 |
| Oceans Day Time: all day Location: Shirotori Hall, Nagoya Congress Center Bldg. 4 Organizers: the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Environment Facility More information: Oceans Day |
| Sunday, 24 October 2010 |
| GLOBE Coral Reef Crisis Meeting as part of the “GLOBE International Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems” Time: 09:00 – 15:30 Location: TBC Organizer: GLOBE More information: |
| Monday, 25 October 2010 |
| Drifting woods: the voyage from Eastern Africa to Nagoya Time: 18:15 – 19:45 Location: Nagoya Gakuin University – Offsite location Organizer: WWF Tanzania |
| Ecosystem Based Management and adaptation lessons from the Pacific Time: 16:30-18:00 Location: Room 233B – Bldg 2 – 3rd Floor Organizer: Wildlife Conservation Society More information: As part of the Pacific’s celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-Fiji and its partners will launch an Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) guide for the EBM practitioners in the Tropical Western Pacific, which is based on lesson learned from four years of researching and implementing ecosystem-based management in the Western Pacific. This event will be hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Fiji Government |
| Tuesday, 26 October 2010 |
| Leading from the front, the bio-champs of Asia; partnerships for critical ecosystems in Asia and the Pacific Time: 16:30 – 18:00 Location: Room 233B – Bldg 2 – 3rd Floor Organizer: WWF |
| Thursday, 28 October 2010 |
| GLOBE International: Legislative actions to restore marine biodiversity and ecosystems services Time: 13:15 – 14:45 Location: Room 231B – Bldg 2 – 3rd Floor Organizer: GLOBE |
| Pacific Ocean 2020 challenge – A healthy ocean for future generations Time: 13:15 – 14:45 Location: Room 136 – Bldg 1 – 3rd Floor Organizer: World Future Council |