UNOC3 Side Event - Scaling Collective Action for 30x30: The East Asian Seas Regional Collaborative Network of MPAs

PART 1 - joint action, knowledge sharing, and capacity building

  • When: 9 June 2025, 14h00 - 15h00 (CET)

  • Where: #ForCoral Pavilion - Auditorium, at La Baleine, Palais des Expositions, Nice, France

PART 2 - reflections and synergies, fostering strategic partnerships, and enhancing regional collaboration

  • When: 13 June 2025, 12h45 - 13h30 (CET)

  • Where: Room Orca, at La Baleine, Palais des Expositions, Nice, France

PART 1 - joint action, knowledge sharing, and capacity building

When: 9 June 2025, 14h00 - 15h00 (CET)

Where: #ForCoral Pavilion - Auditorium, at La Baleine, Palais des Expositions, Nice, France

Summary:
The East Asian Seas (EAS) is home to the richest marine biodiversity on earth, driving decades of conservation leadership. In response to Cambodia’s call for greater regional collaboration at the East Asian Seas Congress 2024, followed by stakeholder planning and alignment workshops during Our Ocean Conference 2025, key partners are working towards the Regional Collaborative Network of Marine Protected Areas for the East Asian Seas. This official 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference side event highlights the Network as a platform for joint action, knowledge exchange, and capacity building to accelerate progress toward SDG14 and 30x30. Regional actors will present approaches for connected, inclusive, and effective marine protection across the EAS.

La Baleine Website: https://we-are-the-ocean.com/program/10181

PART 2 - reflections and synergies, fostering strategic partnerships, and enhancing regional collaboration

When: 13 June 2025, 12h45 - 13h30 (CET)

Where: Room Orca, at La Baleine, Palais des Expositions, Nice, France

Summary:
Part 2 will highlight the agreed joint approaches for connected, inclusive, and effective marine protection across the EAS region discussed during Part 1 of this side event on 9 June Scaling collective action for 30x30: The East Asian Seas Regional Collaborative Network of MPAs and bring in additional perspectives to establish and support this Regional Collaborative Network of MPAs in the EAS region.

La Baleine Website: https://we-are-the-ocean.com/program/27675 

Organizing Partners:

• Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Program (ATSEA)
• ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) 
• Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA)
• Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF)
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (IOC-WESTPAC) 
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia-Pacific
• North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN)
• Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
• South China Seas – Strategic Action Programme (SCS-SAP) Project