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Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: Launch of the Practitioners' Guide
Nature and the biosphere
This event will include a presentation from the lead authors, detailing the contents of the handbook, before inviting Ocean Panel country members to discuss their own experiences in setting up their SOPs. All audiences are welcome, especially those practitioners responsible for the production of country development plans.
Date (DD-MM-YYYY)
07-10-2025
- Time (GMT/BST)
15:00 - 16:00
Cost
Free
Education type
Virtual
CPD subtype
Scheduled
Description
The ocean is under threat from the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. To address this, governments must commit to the protection and sustainable use of ocean areas under national jurisdictions. Sustainable Ocean Plans (SOPs) present a solution to achieving 100% sustainable ocean management. They provide a strategic, knowledge-based, and participatory framework that defines a long-term vision for ocean sustainability. SOPs serve as a comprehensive and holistic “umbrella” that unifies all ocean-related policies, governance, tools and mechanisms and helps align ocean policies with international frameworks and best practices.
This event will launch the Ocean Panel’s “Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A Practitioners’ Guide”. This new technical manual provides a step-by-step guide to creating an SOP, including:
- Setting objectives and defining the scope of the SOP through coordination and collaboration
- Financial planning and resource mobilization
- Defining the baseline and analyzing potential future conditions
- The building blocks of SOPs
- Implementation and action planning
Contact details
Email address
10 G Street NE
Washington