Day: 09 April 2024

Time: 11:30 - 13:30

Venue: Port Olímpic Auditorium, Espai Mestral - Sala d'actes. Moll de Mestral, S/N, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcelona

The event will discuss innovative on-the-ground solutions and enabling policy conditions for effective marine and coastal ecosystem restoration. We will bring together four large scale Atlantic research projects (Mission Atlantic, FutureMares, Ocean Citizen, and MARCO-BOLO) and three groundbreaking initiatives – the Kelp Forest Challenge for global kelp forest restoration, the Africa-led Great Blue Wall initiative to restore mangroves in the Western Indian Ocean, and the grassroots NGO Hahatay addressing local impacts on Senegal’s marine ecosystems. We will showcase ongoing restoration efforts and discuss related policy challenges, aiming to raise public and policymaker awareness of the ways forward for delivering effective restoration solutions for nature and people.

Objectives

1. Show best-practices for effective marine and coastal ecosystem restoration and monitoring (Global Mangrove Watch & Mangrove Restoration Tracker Tool tools) through ongoing projects and initiatives.
2. Discuss policy challenges and conditions needed to enable effective restoration efforts.

Agenda

• Introduction (10 minutes)
• Initiative Spotlights (30 minutes)
• Panel Discussion (70 minutes)
• Closing Remarks (10 minutes)
• Coffee and cake