Lead institution:
UNESCO Category II Regional Education and Research Centre on Oceanography for West Asia (RCOWA)
“The West Asia Blue Waters” is a ten-year initiative which proposes to link science and life to elevate ocean literacy amongst people in West Asia.
It was approved by the 4th Governing Board meeting of UNESCO Category 2 Regional Education and Research Centre on Oceanography for West Asia (RCOWA). This effort covers a wide range of different oceanographic disciplines organized around 5 projects with the aim of environmental preservation, education, data and information sharing and associating coastal dwellers in ocean and coastal observations.
Start Date: 31/01/2021
End Date: 30/12/2030
Contact
Prof Behrooz Abtahi: inioas@inio.ac.ir
challenges:
1- Marine pollution
3- Sustainable blue food
4- Sustainable ocean economy
5- Ocean-climate nexus
7- Ocean observations
9- Capacity development
10- Behaviour change
ocean_basins:
Indian Ocean
type_of_action:
Project