2009 meetings

LP/CO2 2

The 1st Meeting of the LP Intersessional Legal and Related Issues Working Group on Ocean Fertilization was convened at IMO Headquarters, London, from 11 to 13 February 2009.

LP/CO2 2/5 REPORT OF THE 1ST MEETING OF THE LP INTERSESSIONAL LEGAL AND RELATED ISSUES WORKING GROUP ON OCEAN FERTILIZATION (Secretariat)

LC/SG 32

The 32nd meeting of the Scientific Group under the London Convention and the 3rd meeting of the Scientific Group under the London Protocol were convened at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 29 May 2009 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Chris Vivian (United Kingdom). The following documents from LC/SG 32 are relevant to ocean fertilization:

LC-SG 32-15 - Report Of The Thirty-Second Meeting Of The Scientific Group Of The London Convention And The Third Meeting of the Scientific Group of the London Protocol (Secretariat)

LC-SG 32-2 - Development of a Draft Action List (Australia and New Zealand)

LC-SG 32-INF.16 - Seven principles for 'legitimate scientific research' involving ocean fertilization (Greenpeace International)

LC-SG 32-WP.7 - Report of the Ocean Fertilization Working Group (Working Group).

LC 31

Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Convention) and the Contracting Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention 1972 (London Protocol) met from 26 to 30 October 2009 at IMO Headquarters, London, for their 31st and 4th Meeting of Contracting Parties, respectively. The following documents from LC 31 are relevant to ocean fertilization:

LC 31/15 REPORT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONSULTATIVE MEETING AND THE FOURTH MEETING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

LC 31/3 CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC GROUPS (Secretariat)

LC 31/4 OCEAN FERTILIZATION: Interim report on Ocean Fertilization Science Overviews (Chair of the SG Ocean Fertilization Correspondence Group)

LC 31/4/1 OCEAN FERTILIZATION: Regulating Ocean Fertilization Experiments under the London Protocol and Convention (Australia and New Zealand)

LC 31/WP.3 REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON OCEAN FERTILIZATION (Secretariat)

LC 31/WP.3/Rev.1 REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON OCEAN FERTILIZATION (Secretariat)