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| GPO Blue Ribbon Panel of Ocean Experts - CEOs to activists |
Today, a unique
panel of business, government, conservation and academic leaders convened by
the Global Partnership for the Oceans (GPO) has agreed on a global strategy for aligning
ocean health and human well‐being.
USAID is a founding donor partner in the 140+ member Global Partnership for Oceans
– a partnership committed to working together to solve the critical issues affecting
the health of our oceans.
The Blue Ribbon
Panel, which includes 21 global experts from 16 countries, emphasizes that without
action to turn around the declining health of the ocean, the consequences for economies,
communities and ecosystems will be irreversible. But there is good news: solutions
exist that benefit both oceans and economies, according to the Blue
Ribbon Panel’s report, Indispensable
Ocean.
According to the
panel, fragmented approaches that fail to consider social, political, economic and
ecological relationships will fail to meet the complex challenges facing ocean health.
The report calls for an integrated approach to ocean investment and emphasizes the
essential role of public‐
private partnerships.
The panel agreed
that the Global Partnership for Oceans is a platform that brings together the multi‐stakeholder support, technical expertise
and finance needed to change the course on oceans.
The panel did
not identify a “silver bullet” to resolving urgent ocean challenges. Instead, it
proposes five principles to ensure effective GPO investments: (1) sustainable livelihoods,
social equity and food security; (2) a healthy ocean; (3) effective governance systems;
(4) long‐term viability and
(5) capacity building and innovation.
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