Building a system for coordinated and sustained observations of the ocean's ecosystems and biodiversity (UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), though its Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) and the Biology and Ecosystems Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS BioEco) signed the collaboration Agreement on 4 December with the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON). According to IOC's Executive Secretary, Vladimir Ryabinin, 'monitoring the ocean's biodiversity and living resources underpins protection of ocean...