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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), established in 1960 as a body with functional autonomy within UNESCO, is the only competent organization for marine science within the UN system. SUB-COMMUNITIES IN THIS IOC COMMUNITY LISTING ARE IOC PROGRAMMES OTHER THAN IODE
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Fish-Killing Marine Algal Blooms: Causative Organisms, Ichthyotoxic Mechanisms, Impacts and Mitigation.
(UNESCO-IOC/SCOR., Paris, France, 2023)Fish-killing microalgal blooms are responsible for much greater global socio-economic impacts than the well-studied HAB species causing seafood biotoxin contamination. Examples are the 1972 Chattonella marina bloom in ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 6: SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report (CSR) metadata model for Cruise Reporting (including SeaDataNet CSR metadata profile, V5.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2021)Scope: Proposal to acknowledge SeaDataNet Cruise Summary Report (CSR) metadata profile of ISO 19115 and ISO 19115-2 as a standard metadata model for the documentation of cruise reports. In particular, the proposal aims to ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 8: SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets (including SeaDataNet CDI metadata profile of ISO 19115, V12.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, IODE, Paris, France, 2021)Scope: Proposal to acknowledge SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata profile of ISO 19115 as a standard metadata model for the documentation of Marine and Oceanographic Datasets. In particular, the proposal aims to ... -
Ocean Data Standards Volume 7: SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets – XML encoding (including SeaDataNet metadata profile of ISO 19115 - XML encoding, V12.2.0).
(UNESCO for IODE, IODE, Paris, France, 2021)SeaDataNet Common Data Index (CDI) metadata model for Marine and Oceanographic Datasets – XML encoding Scope: Proposal to adopt SeaDataNet CDI XML encoding as the reference XML implementation of SeaDataNet CDI metadata ... -
Ocean Data Publication Cookbook.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2013)This "Cookbook" has been written for data managers and librarians who are interested in assigning a permanent identifier to a dataset for the purposes of publishing that dataset online and for the citation of that dataset ... -
Rules of Procedure for IODE Programme Components, Programme Activities and Projects.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2023)Since the creation of the first IODE projects in the 1990s the terms of reference of a IODE Project and Steering Group have been defined by a Recommendation submitted by the IODE Committee to the IOC Governing body (in ... -
Guide for Establishing an IODE National Oceanographic Data Centre, IODE Associate Data Unit or IODE Associate Information Unit (3rd revised edition).
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)This document supersedes IOC Manuals and Guides No. 5 Rev. 2 (2008) (http://www.iode.org/mg5) which was entitled “Guide for Establishing a National Oceanographic Data Centre”. Taking into account the substantive evolution ... -
IOC Strategic Plan for Ocean Data and Information Management (2023–2029).
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2023)The purpose of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is to promote international cooperation and to coordinate programmes in research, services and capacitybuilding, in order to learn more about the ... -
A New Blue Curriculum – A toolkit for policy-makers.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)This Toolkit aims to support policy-makers, curriculum developers and educational authorities in implementing Ocean Literacy into their national curriculum framework. Ocean Literacy is a tool, a framework and, more ... -
Standard Guidelines for the Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)In December 2004, 227,8991 people lost their lives and around US$10 billion were estimated as overall economic losses in the 14 countries affected by the 9.1-magnitude Indian Ocean earthquake2. In response to the devastation ... -
MPSglobal - Compendium of existing and emerging cross border and transboundary MSP practices.
(UNESCO, Paris, Frnce, 2021)The “Compendium of existing and emerging cross border and transboundary MSP” aims to collect relevant information and experiences on cross border and transbourndary MSP (initiatives/projects) including an up to date review ... -
Implementing Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems.
(IOC-UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022)The main objective of this guide is to promote the development of new marine forecasting systems around the globe along with the improvement of the existing ones, compiling and making available valuable information to ... -
Best Practices in Aquaculture, EATIP-OBPS Workshop, Tuesday, 05 April 2022, 11.00 - I4.30 UTC (Online), Proceedings.
(Unesco, Paris, France, 2022)The development of best practices is an important part of the recently launched European Strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture . The workshop stimulated the sharing of knowledge and ... -
IODE Quality Management Framework for National Oceanographic Data Centres and Associate Data Units (Revised edition).
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2019)The International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)1 programme of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO2 maintains a global network of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) ... -
Multiple Ocean Stressors: A Scientific Summary for Policy Makers
(UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France, 2022)The ocean is under cumulative stress from a range of pressures at various scales – local, regional and global. This publication attempts to provide a conceptual overview of multiple ocean stressors, their controls, and ... -
Lessons learnt and best practices of managing coastal risk from local communities’ perspectives.
(UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France, 2021)The objective here is to present how various hazards affecting coastal areas impact the local communities in selected countries, and how these matters are being managed by national, regional and local governmental in ... -
XBT Operational Best Practices for Quality Assurance, Version 1.0. [GOOS ENDORSED PRACTICE]
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, 2021)Since the 1970s, EXpendable BathyThermographs (XBTs) have provided the simplest and most cost‐efficient solution for rapid sampling of temperature vs. depth profiles of the upper part of the ocean along ship transects. This ... -
Solutions for managing cyanobacterial blooms: A scientific summary for policy makers.
(UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France, 2019)Algae grow wherever there is water; in oceans, freshwater lakes, rivers, streams and pools. They underpin aquatic food webs, providing nutrition for animals in the system, and along with microbes, are responsible for ... -
Procedures for Proposing and Evaluating IODE Projects and Activities (2nd Revised edition).
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2021)At its 24th session (2017) the IODE Committee approved the Report of the Inter-sessional Working Group to Propose a Re-structuring of IODE which recommended revising the current structure, projects and activities of IODE ... -
GlobalHAB: Evaluating, Reducing and Mitigating the Cost of Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium of Case Studies.
(North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2020)Over the last two decades, several efforts have been addressed to compile what is known about the economic impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs; e.g., Anderson et al., 2000; Hoagland and Scatasta 2006; Huppert and Trainer, ...
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