Science to Policy Event

Ocean decade: Needs and opportunities for science in the Antarctic and Magallanes region

Organizers: André Abreu (Tara Ocean Foundation), Camila Fernández (COPAS, U. de Concepción – CNRS), Marcelo Leppe (INACH), Alejandro Maass (CMM, U. de Chile – CNRS)

Place & Date: INACH & via Streaming, March 1, 2022

Program

  • 9:00-9:45 Tara mission in Weddell Sea – Chris Bowler & Alejandro Tagliabue
  • 9:45-10:30 Chile National programs – INACH (Instituto Antártico Chileno)
  • 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
  • 11:00-11:45 CCAMLR and Antarctic treaty issues – Olivier Poivre d’Arvor (Ambassador of the poles, France) and Waldemar Coutts (Ambassador for the Ocean, Chile, to be confirmed)
  • 11:45-12:15 Newt tools for a “predicted ocean”: Presentation of the project Key Ocean Planktonic Areas (KOPAs) – Damien Eveillard (Univ. Nantes – CNRS) and André Abreu (Tara Ocean Foundation)
  • 12:15-12:45 Research and policy strategies to support International cooperation on ocean governance –  Government of Magallanes, Chilean Ministry of Science, OFB (French Office for Biodiversity) and FFEM (French Facility for Global Environment)
  • 12:45-13:30 Cocktail: Screening of “Tara in Chile” documentary, meeting with the Tara team