Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility

Towards Science-based Policy Advice to GEF on Reducing Eutrophication-caused Hypoxic Zones in Coastal Waters

Objective:

The long term objective is that institutional and national bodies in GEF transboundary action programs will be able to identify the presence and diagnose causes of hypoxia and to promote policies to prevent and reduce hypoxic zone formation by reducing stressors within their control.

This is the Home page for the two Expert Consultations:

• Expert Consultation I - held at the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 21-23 October 2009;
• Expert Consultation II - held at the Heinz Center, Washington, DC, 16-17 June 2010
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