DATE / TIME : 2018•06•20 18:30 - 20:30

LOCATION:UNU Headquarters,1F Annex Hall (5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo)

On the occasion of the Third International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2018), UNU-IAS, the Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC), and the SDGs Civil Society Network (SDGs Japan) will jointly organize the seminar Sustainable Coexistence with Coral Reefs.

IYOR 2018 is a year-long campaign of events and initiatives hosted by governments and non-governmental organizations around the world to promote conservation action and strengthen long-term collaborations for coral reef conservation. As part of such activities, the seminar will focus on the challenges of balancing coral reef conservation and socioeconomic development, with speakers from government, academia, as well as social entrepreneurs from Okinawa.

The symposium will be conducted in Japanese only.