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France has organised the One Ocean Summit in collaboration with the United Nations and the World Bank.

About the Summit:

• The Summit involved discussions to take various initiatives for the conservation of marine ecosystems considering the following intentions:
  • Protecting the marine ecosystem
  • Sustainable fisheries
  • Fight pollution
  • Eliminating plastics from entering the marine environment
  • Mitigate the impacts of climate change
  • Improved governance of oceans
• OceanOPS, a joint centre of the World Meteorological Organisation and the IOC-UNESCO, will launch the Odyssey project that will be endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in support of the Global Ocean Observing System. 
• The summit emphasised the current and future challenges of maritime cultural heritage.

Objective: 

• The Summit intended to encourage the international community to take attentive steps towards protecting and conserving the ocean ecosystem along with the sustainable use of maritime resources. 
• The major idea is to collaborate on marine issues and convert the shared responsibility into achievable commitments.