Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) Leadership Forum

 

Date

February 9, 2023

Type of event

Congress

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Description

IMPAC5 will culminate in a one-day international Leadership Forum. Ministers from invited governments join leaders of Indigenous, environmental, philanthropic, educational and private sector organizations as well as young professionals. They will:

• hear the results of the IMPAC5 congress
• build momentum towards charting the course to protecting 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030

IMPAC5 has been endorsed as an official United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) Action. The Ocean Decade is coordinated and led by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and encourages global collaboration to advance ocean science to ensure a healthy and sustainable ocean for future generations. Fisheries and Oceans Canada works with the Canadian ocean community to advance Ocean Decade efforts.

Organization(s)

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Parks Canada
• Environment and Climate Change Canada

More information

• Summary of the Congress and Leadership Forum - IMPAC5 - Vancouver BC Canada
• Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5)
• IMPAC5 Chairs' Statement
• United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
• Marine Protected Areas across Canada

News releases

• Canada Celebrates the Successful Conclusion of the Leadership Forum at IMPAC5 – the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress
  [2023-02-09]
• Canada to Refuse to Permit Seabed Mining Absent a Rigorous Regulatory Regime
  [2023-02-09]
• Government of Canada on track to meet its 2025 and 2030 Marine Conservation Targets
  [2023-02-08]
• Government of Canada and coastal First Nations announce progress to protect a large ecologically unique ocean area off the Pacific West Coast
  [2023-02-07]
• Canada announces $69.5 million in funding to protect and restore ocean ecosystems in developing countries
  [2023-02-06] – Global Affairs Canada
• The Government of Canada invests in world-class ocean monitoring system to enhance Canada’s ocean protection for the next generation
  [2023-02-06]
• First marine refuge within the Northern Shelf Bioregion is established
  [2023-02-05]
• Marine Protected Area Network partners endorse plan to protect British Columbia’s North Coast
  [2023-02-05]
• Government of Canada advancing on goal of creating 10 new national marine conservation areas with new policy direction – Parks Canada
  [2023-02-03]
• Canada Celebrates the Opening of IMPAC5 – the Fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress
  [2023-02-03]
• Government of Canada launches interactive mapping tool to support marine planning and protection
  [2023-01-31]
• Government of Canada Partners with Ocean Wise to Amplify the Voice of Young Professionals at IMPAC5
  [2023-01-16]