The Second Global Conference on Land - Ocean Connections (GLOC-2) took place from 2 to 4 October 2013, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The United Nations Environment Programme and the Government of Jamaica were co-organizers of the conference, the second of its kind, and the first one convened in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Objectives
The objective of this conference was to identify approaches to address current and emerging issues in the marine and coastal sector, with a focus on the three priority source categories of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities for 2012-2016, namely marine litter, nutrients and wastewater. The overall purpose of Conference was to emphasize the interconnectedness of activities on land and how they impact on the oceans, with a focus on pollution prevention, reduction and control, while proposing ways to address these impacts through international and, as appropriate, regional cooperation.
Specific objectives were:
- To update on progress with implementation of the GPA Manila Declaration;
- To showcase contribution of Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans to the implementation of the GPA Manila Declaration;
- To identify possible policy pathways at the national level for the implementation of the GPA, including Integrated Coastal Management, and other relevant national policies; and
- To serve as a Partnership Forum for the three Global Partnerships on marine litter, nutrients and wastewater.
Outcomes
- Agreement on measurable targets for selected source categories and regions;
- Identification of voluntary commitments to be proposed to relevant sectors (target setting within various areas);
- Commitment of new partners;
- Identification of priority activities for each partnership to be implemented at global, regional and national levels;
- Additional support and resources mobilized for the three global partnerships under the GPA.
Documents
Reports
Annexes
- Annex 1: List of participants
- Annex 2: Provisional agenda
- Annex 3: Speed presentations
- Annex 4: Summary report of media workshop
- Annex 5: Opening speech of DEPI OIC - Elizabeth Mrema
- Annex 6: Address by Hon. Pickersgill, Minister of water, land, environmental and climate change - Jamaica
- Annex 7: Manila Declaration progress report
- Annex 8: Wastewater session agenda
- Annex 9: Nutrient Management session agenda
- Annex 10: Marine Litter session agenda
- Annex 11: Coral Reef workshop and partnership forum agenda
- Annex 12: Report of the Wastewater session
- Annex 13: Report of the Marine Litter session and partnership forum
- Annex 14: Report of the Nutrient session
- Annex 15: Report of the Coral Reef session
- Annex 16: 1st GLOC II Announcement
Presentations
General
- - Possible Pathways to a Green Economy for Oceans by Jackie Alder (UNEP)
- - Communications and Outreach – Experiences & Lessons Learnt by Aquing (GEF IWCAM)
- - Future of the RSCAP: Relevance to implementation of the GPA by Tim Carruthers (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme - Pacific Regional Sea)
- - National Blue Carbon Policy development Indonesia by Tonny Wagey and A. C. Andreas (Blue Carbon Center)
- - The history of the Regional Seas Programmes by Illueca (Regional Seas Programmes)
- - Global Partnership for Oceans by Peter Kristensen (World Bank)
- - GPO Financing Presentation by Peter Kristensen (World Bank)
- - Reducing Land-based Pollution Through Partnerships by Severin (GEF)
- - Partnerships, Trends and Approaches on Global, National and Regional Scale and Operationalization of the Same by Stanley (Global Water Partnership)
- - The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011 - 2020) and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Marine litter-related:
- - Marine litter policy in the Netherlands by Hermien Busschbach (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment)
- - Marine litter and marine animals: impacts and solutions by Claire Bass (WSPA)
- - Impact of Abandoned, Lost or Otherwise Discarded Fishing Gears by Karine Erikstein, Francis Chopin and Blaise Kuemlangan (FAO)
- - The Global Action Plan for Solutions on Marine Litter – Spreading Knowledge on Waste by Keith Christman (American Chemistry Council)
- - RES Polyflow by Michael Dungan (RES Polyflow LLC)
- - Developing Ghost Net Solutions in Arafura Sea by Gunn (Ghost Nets Australia)
- - Sea-based sources of Marine Litter: The IMO Perspective by Fredrik Haag (IMO)
- - Marine Litter: Where Are We? byPeter J. Kershaw (GESAMP)
- - Successfully Converting End of Life Plastics to Liquid Fuels by Michael Murray (Cynar Plc)
- - Plastic: If You Don’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It by Andrew Russel (Plastic Disclosure Project)
- - The Global Partnership on Marine Litter by Heidi Savelli (GPML Secretariat)
- - For a Litter Free Mediterranean by Maria Luisa Silva (UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention)
- - Beach Cleanup, Mobilizing Jamaica for Better Solid Waste Management Practices by Suzanne Stanley (Jamaica Envionment Trust)
- - How we Beat the Microbead by Maria Westerbos and Jeroen Dagevos (Plastic Soup Fondation and Stiching De Noordzee)
Nutrient-related:
- - Human Impacts of the Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles - A water security perspective by Gérard Bonnis (OECD)
- - Global Committments to Address the Nutrient Challenge by Anjan Datta (GPNM Secretariat)
- - The Nutrient Challenge – Way Forward by Jan Willem Erisman (INI)
- - Nutrient Management Challenges in Brazil and Latin America by Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme (Federal University of Lavras)
- - Nutrient management challenges of China by Yuelai Lu (UK SAIN)
- - Nutrient management challenges in Africa by Cargele Masso & Bernard Vanlauwe (IITA)
- - Improving Nutrient Management in Agriculture. Industry Perspective by Terry L. Roberts (IPNI)
- - Improving Nutrient Management for Animal Production Systems by Tom Sims (University of Delaware)
- - Management Challenges and Policy - Global Overview of the GPNM by Mark Sutton (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)
Wastewater Related
- - Wastewater Reuse: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges by Guéladio Cissé (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)
- - Institutional Financing Mechanism and Opportunities at Global Regional and National Levels – WCR Initiatives by Denise Forrest (CReW)
- - Nutrient Management using Wastewater and Sludge – Jamaicas Approach by Paulette kolbusch (Jamaican National Environment and Planning Agency)
- - GWI As a Solution by Birguy Lamizana (GPA)
- - Wastewater: Where Are We? by Steve Ntifo (Jacobs UK Ltd)
- - Wastewater: Global Issues, Trends, and Impacts by Manzoor Qadir (IWMI)
- - Proposed GEF 6 International Waters Strategy by Severin (GEF)
