A webinar as part of WorldFish’s week-long celebration of 2022 World Oceans Day to highlight actionable solutions to achieve healthier, more just and more environmentally sustainable food systems from the ocean.

Date: Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Time: 10:00-11:30 (CEST / Berlin, Germany) / 16:00-17:30 (UTC+8 /Malaysia) 

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WorldFish leads the 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy ‘Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet,’ which includes a focus on identifying research to policy and investment pathways on aquatic foods and how can they contribute to productive ocean systems for food, nutrition as well as livelihood security in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. In celebration of the 2022 World Oceans Day, WorldFish hosted a Satellite Activity for the UN Ocean Decade Laboratory 'A Productive Ocean.'

The session focussed on the rationale, objectives and insights from the strategy and highlight the success stories from the Solomon Islands in the Pacific and the State of Odisha in India, before exploring key areas of research and investment in Nigeria that could enable transformations for healthier, more just and environmentally sustainable food systems and a prosperous future for aquatic food sector actors in the emergent ‘blue economy.'

Opening Remarks:

Essam Yassin Mohammed, Director General (a.i.), WorldFish & Senior Director (Acting), Aquatic Food Systems, CGIAR

 

Reflections from the 2030 WorldFish Strategy:

Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Senior Adaptation and Resilience Advisor, Climate Resilience Practice & Board of Trustees, WorldFish

 

Panel discussion:

Delvene Boso, Senior Research Analyst, WorldFish, Solomon Islands

Neetha Shenoy, Aquaculture Specialist, WorldFish, Odisha, India

Ime S. Umoh, Director Fisheries, Federal Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Government of Nigeria 

 

Closing Remarks:

Shakuntala Thilsted, Global Lead, Nutrition and Public Health, WorldFish & Member of ‘A Productive Ocean’ Laboratory, UN Ocean Decade

 

Moderator:

Reinier Hille Ris Lambers, Lead, Strategic Planning, WorldFish

 

Follow WorldFish and the hashtag #aquaticfoods to check out past conversations on Twitter. 
 
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UN Ocean Decade Satellite Activity: Resilient aquatic food systems for a productive ocean

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Event Summary_UN Ocean Decade Satellite Activity ‘A Productive Ocean- Resilient aquatic food systems for a productive ocean.pdf
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