Background Document for the Technical Dialogue on «Knowledge Management and Capacity Building in Support of the Regional Ocean Governance Strategy" (Western Indian Ocean)

The following Brief Scientific Policy Information, also available in French and Portuguese languages, is produced as part of the component “High Seas, Remote and/or Deep Seabed [HS/RS/DS] & Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ] ” & WIO N.O.I.S.E. (a multi-disciplinary network of researchers on Western Indian Ocean National Or International SEamounts, banks, submarine structures), launched during the DIDEM Project. The IRD DIDEM PROJECT « Dialogue Science-Decision-Makers for the Integrated Management of the Coastal and Marine Environment”- Integrating scientific knowledge into decision-making for coastal and marine management in the Western Indian Ocean 2021-2024 » / component “High Seas, Remote and/or Deep Seabed [HS/RS/DS] & Areas beyond National Jurisdiction [ABNJ] ” & WIO N.O.I.S.E./, is supported by IRD, FFEM and Société des Explorations de Monaco, with the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention) as a partner. www.didem-project.org | https://www.didem-project-en.org/12/high-sea Cooperation in ocean and seabed scientific knowledge & Law of the Sea about Marine Capacity-building and transfer, with States parties to the Nairobi convention (UNEP), SAPPHIRE project (UNDP), WIOMSA, and the Regional Ocean Goverance Strategy (ROGS) _ DIDEM Project, Component :" High Seas, Remote and/or Deep Seabed [HS/RS/DS] & ABNJ" ( DIDEM Project) referenced result: DIDEM/HMGF