Archives

Biofouling focused events in Panama

July 12, 2024 8:33 pm Published by

Panama - Partnering Country of both GloFouling Partnerships and TEST Biofouling projects, hosted a series of biofouling focused events.

Pacific region progresses towards implementation of IMO’s Biofouling Guidelines

August 3, 2023 2:07 pm Published by

Biofouling management is crucial in order to minimize introductions of invasive aquatic species via ships’ hulls. The spread of invasive species is now recognized as one of the greatest threats to the ecological and the economic well-being of the planet. These species may damage marine biodiversity and ecosystems and cause economic loss to maritime and coastal industries.The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is working together with IMO’s GloFouling Partnerships p

Countries in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden draft regional strategy for biofouling management

March 24, 2022 2:56 pm Published by

Coordinating efforts to prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden was at the core of a meeting held in Hurghada, Egypt, from 22 to 23 March, organised by the Secretariat of the Regional organization for the conservation of the environment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) under the umbrella of the GloFouling Partnerships project.The meeting brought together government representatives from PERSGA member States, namely Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Ar

CPPS and IMO organize virtual regional workshop on biofouling management

September 3, 2021 2:53 pm Published by

The Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS), together with the GloFouling Partnerships project, has organized a virtual regional workshop on the effective management of marine biofouling. This was the first meeting of a working group bringing together key stakeholders at the regional level related to biofouling to discuss its contribution to two of the major environmental issues of our time: invasive aquatic species and greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of the workshop was to dis

South Pacific region addresses maritime vectors for invasive aquatic species

June 6, 2019 5:09 pm Published by

The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF) hosted from 3 to 7 June a series of back-to-back workshops focused on the main aspects of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, the Anti-Fouling Systems (AFS) Convention and the IMO Biofouling Guidelines. The underlying theme of the week was to encourage implementation of the two mandatory instruments and the voluntary Guidelines as a means to prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species into the Pacific region, one of the major threats

Global Project Task Force meets in London

March 22, 2019 10:22 am Published by

Participating countries and project stakeholders attend the Inception workshop Representatives from the 12 Lead Partnering Countries and four regional coordinating organizations met at IMO headquarters in London from 18 to 20 March 2019, to kick-start the five-year global project. The Global Project Task Force is the governing body of the GloFouling Partnerships and will convey every two years to review progress and approve the project work plan.“This milestone event marks the real start of thi