{"id":3260,"date":"2022-12-16T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/?p=3260"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:54:31","slug":"1st-volume-of-the-wio-science-to-policy-series-transitioning-to-a-sustainable-blue-economy-in-the-wio-region-addressing-the-challenges-and-harnessing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2022\/12\/16\/1st-volume-of-the-wio-science-to-policy-series-transitioning-to-a-sustainable-blue-economy-in-the-wio-region-addressing-the-challenges-and-harnessing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"1st volume of the WIO Science to policy series\u00a0&#8220;Transitioning to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the WIO Region: Addressing the challenges and harnessing opportunities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiomsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WIO-Science-to-Policy-Platform-Series.pdf\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3261 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WIO-Science-policy-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WIO-Science-policy-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WIO-Science-policy.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>WIOMSA is\u00a0 pleased to announce the release of the first volume of the Western Indian Ocean Science to policy series\u00a0<em>&#8220;Transitioning to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the WIO Region: Addressing the challenges and harnessing opportunities&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Volume 1, Issue 1 of the WIO Policy series,\u00a0 officially launched during the 12th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium in South Africa,\u00a0 has been produced by the Nairobi Convention and WIOMSA. The series responds to a number of\u00a0 Nairobi Convention&#8217;s Conference of Parties (COP)\u00a0 decisions\u00a0 to strengthen the linkages between science and policy for evidence- based decision making to conserve coastal and marine resources in the WIO-region.\u00a0 At\u00a0 COP 8, a decision that approved the establishment of a dialogue platform which could strengthen the links between science, policy, and action (CP8\/12) was passed. Thereafter, the Science- Policy Platform structure and procedures were developed and approved leading to its first meeting held on 23-25 March 2022 where 33 policy discussion papers were presented; 29 of which are included in this first issue.<\/p>\n<p>Issue 1 features articles that reflect the ongoing initiatives in the region to bring science and policy together and the ongoing discussions on how WIO scientists can contribute to blue growth in the region over the long term. The papers in this issue acknowledge the challenges to achieving sustainable marine environments in the region and the policy and implementation gaps. Conversely, they also describe successful policy interventions and highlight emerging issues of relevance to the WIO region. The issue points out gaps in awareness and understanding of emerging issues that may require policy-relevant research. The publication brings together contributors for academia, government and the private sector to harness scientific knowledge for blue economy transformation in the WIO region.<\/p>\n<p>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiomsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WIO-Science-to-Policy-Platform-Series.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">publication<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIOMSA is\u00a0 pleased to announce the release of the first volume of the Western Indian Ocean Science to policy series\u00a0&#8220;Transitioning to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the WIO Region: Addressing the challenges and harnessing opportunities&#8221;. Volume 1, Issue 1 of the WIO Policy series,\u00a0 officially launched during the 12th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium in South Africa,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2022\/12\/16\/1st-volume-of-the-wio-science-to-policy-series-transitioning-to-a-sustainable-blue-economy-in-the-wio-region-addressing-the-challenges-and-harnessing-opportunities\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[173,241,242],"class_list":["post-3260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","tag-blue-economy","tag-science-to-policy","tag-science-policy-platform"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}