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ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025
ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025: Yokohama Marine Park Visit and Tour to JAMSTEC Authors: Hana Matsubara, Kotaro Tanaka, Raphael Roman, Takahito Ikenoue, Satomi Takagi, Toya Hirokawa, Yuan Lin, Shojiro Amano Alongside PICES 2025, the Advisory Panel on Early Career Ocean Professionals (AP-ECOP) and ECOP Japan jointly organized two side events, including: (1) Yokohama Marine Park Visit and Seagrass Sowing, and (2) Tour to Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Yokohama Marine Park Visit “I believe a park is like a mirror of local communities—by maintaining a clean and comfortable Marine Park, we can help to improve the community’s awareness and healthiness, and vice versa.” – Mr. Fumikazu Matsuoka, Director of Yokohama Marine Park ECOP participants to the
ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025
ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025: Yokohama Marine Park Visit and Tour to JAMSTEC Authors: Hana Matsubara, Kotaro Tanaka, Raphael Roman, Takahito Ikenoue, Satomi Takagi, Toya Hirokawa, Yuan Lin, Shojiro Amano Alongside PICES 2025, the Advisory Panel on Early Career Ocean Professionals (AP-ECOP) and ECOP Japan jointly organized two side
ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025
ECOP-led side events at PICES 2025: Yokohama Marine Park Visit and Tour to JAMSTEC Authors: Hana Matsubara, Kotaro Tanaka, Raphael Roman, Takahito Ikenoue, Satomi Takagi, Toya Hirokawa, Yuan Lin, Shojiro Amano Alongside PICES 2025, the Advisory Panel on Early Career Ocean Professionals (AP-ECOP) and ECOP Japan jointly organized two side
ECOPs at COP15
The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference took place 7-19 December in Montreal, Canada, with representatives from 188 governments gathering to guide global actions on biodiversity through 2030. Inger Andersen, the
Comment les professionnel(le)s de l’océan en début de carrière (ECOP) perçoivent-ils les 7 résultats de la Décennie de l’océan ?
On reproche souvent aux conférences de ne pas traduire les précieuses discussions qui s’y déroulent en informations exploitables. Les professionnel(le)s de l’océan en début de carrière (ECOP) sont là pour
Spotlight on China: meet our ECOP Intern Chunhua Jiang
The ECOP Asia Node and its coordinator Raphaël Roman has been lucky enough to have been supported by two amazing interns over the past couple of months, who have been doing
Ocean-climate solutionist Bodhi Patil on reflections from COP27 and 8 biggest bright spots of 2022 for youth-led ocean-climate action [Part 2]
Bodhi Patil is a young ocean climate solutionist passionate about the interconnection between Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH). As the founder of Inner Light, co-creator of @oceanuprise, co-founder of
ECOP Africa attends the Geo Blue Planet Symposium in Accra, Ghana
A few months ago we talked to Fifi Adodo, who was helping to organize the Geo Blue Planet Symposium; an event “designed to encourage Interaction, Networking, and State-of-the-art scientific knowledge
DEI task team member Ellen Johannesen joins Arctic research mission with Sea Women Expeditions
GROUNDBREAKING EXPEDITION COMPRISED OF WOMEN, NON-BINARY AND TWO-SPIRIT EXPLORERS SETS SAIL TO STUDY ARCTIC NORWAY’S OCEANS, ORCAS AND WHALES Tromsø, Norway, November 26, 2022 – Riding the wave of gender
Ocean-climate solutionist Bodhi Patil on the latest Ocean outcomes from COP27 and 5 actions for Intergenerational Collaboration [Part 1]
Bodhi Patil is a young ocean climate solutionist passionate about the interconnection between Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH). As the founder of Inner Light, co-creator of @oceanuprise, co-founder of
ECOP Programme intern Debarati and her experiences of a sinking Indian Island
As the second week of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh moves deeper into the Ocean-Climate nexus; attendees, governments and organisations will aim to tackle some big discussions, and hopefully take
María Maestro: Advice no one gave me about doing a PhD
This week, we speak to María Maestro Cano-Manuel, an ECOP analysing MPA management at the University of Cádiz. We were interested in learning more about her experience and the realities
Meet Carlotta Santolini: The Octopus Soulmate
Saturday 8 October was World Octopus Day and to celebrate we spoke to Carlotta Santolini, who describes herself as The Octopus Soulmate! Carlotta is a marine biologist from Italy, currently
Alexis Bahl: An ECOP exploring Salps in the Southern Ocean
Words by: Alexis Bahl Every night when the sun sets, the world’s largest migration takes place (Freer and Hobbs, 2020; Hays et al., 2003). From the deep, dark depths of
Top tips for attending conferences as an ECOP
Traveling alone can be a daunting prospect, let alone attending your first event as an ECOP in a foreign country. Conferences, meetings and symposiums are all typical in the life