UN Decade of Ocean Science
Die Stiftung unterstützt nachdrücklich die UN-Dekade der Ozeanforschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Unter der Leitung der zwischenstaatlichen Ozeanografischen Kommission der Organisation der Vereinten Nationen für Erziehung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (IOC-UNESCO) lautet die Vision der Ozeandekade „die Wissenschaft, die wir brauchen, für den Ozean, den wir wollen”. Die Ergebnisse der Forschung und auch die Tatsache, dass wir noch ganz wenig über unseren Ozean wissen, sind auch für unsere Stiftung die Grundlage unseres Handelns.
Die UN-Dekade wurde aus der Erkenntnis heraus geboren, dass noch viel mehr getan werden muss, um den Kreislauf der Verschlechterung der Meeresgesundheit umzukehren und bessere Bedingungen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Ozeane, Meere und Küsten und damit für die Menschen zu schaffen. Die UN-Dekade bietet Wissenschaftlern und aber auch Interessenvertretern aus ganz vielen verschiedenen Sektoren einen politischen Rahmen, um das Wissen zu verbreiten und Partnerschaften zu entwickeln, die zu einem besseren Verständnis des Ozeansystems und damit auch zu wissenschaftlich fundierten Lösungen zur Erreichung der UN-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung beitragen können.
The initiators of the UN Ocean Decade are calling for the following seven goals to be reached:
A clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed.
A healthy and resilient ocean where marine ecosystems are understood, protected, restored and managed.
A productive ocean supporting sustainable food supply and a sustainable ocean economy.
A predicted ocean where society understands and can respond to changing conditions.
A safe ocean where life and livelihoods are protected from ocean-related hazards.
An accessible ocean with open and equitable access to data, information and technology and innovation.
An inspiring and engaging ocean where society understands and values the ocean in relation to human well-being and sustainable development.
Um die Vision der Ozeandekade zu verwirklichen, hat das IOC-UNESCO die Weltgemeinschaft aufgefordert, Vorschläge zur Bewältigung der 10 Herausforderungen und sieben Ziele zu machen. Die Vorschläge für Dekade-Aktionen in Form von Programmen, Projekten oder Aktivitäten werden vom IOC in Paris geprüft und genehmigt. Elf unserer Projekte wurden bereits von der IOC-UNESCO genehmigt, angefangen mit unserem Forschungs- und Medienschiff ALDEBARAN.
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ALDEBARAN: Media and research vessel
Since 1992, the climate-friendly, flexible, shallow-water research and media vessel has sailed over 100,000 nautical miles on more than 250 expeditions in European, Atlantic and Caribbean waters. The ALDEBARAN has helped establish marine protected areas and reach millions of people with qualified scientific results and ocean films and images.
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Marine competition "Research at sea"
The marine competition for young scientists has been taking place since 2005 with more than 80 one-week expeditions on board the research vessel ALDEBARAN.
School students from the 9th grade and above can set sail for a week of research on the Balic or North Sea with the guidance of an experienced marine researcher.
Six teams have so far been awarded state or national prizes in the competition "Jugend forscht". -
Ocean Lovers Education Initiative
The International Ocean Film Tour is the most spectacular ocean film tour in Europe and we organize the corresponding online teaching material, bringing the ocean into the classroom and supporting teachers run projects on selected films.
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German Ocean Festival
Jedes Jahr mitten im politischen Berlin zusammen mit Akteuren aus Kunst und Kultur steht der Ozean im Mittelpunkt. Partner aus Gesellschaft, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft vermitteln ihre Ideen und innovativen Projekte zur Bedeutung der Ozeane für Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft mit mutigen Visionen zum Anfassen für unsere Zukunft.
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"love your ocean" - ocean literacy initiative
Curated and organized by the German Ocean Foundation in close cooperation with Messe boot Düsseldorf, the "love your ocean" sustainability initiative has been taking place since 2008 with partners from business, science and society. More than 100 stakeholders present their innovations and pioneering projects and products for a healthy ocean and healthy waters on an area of around 1,000 square meters and under the umbrella of the Decade's content and goals. Workshops, hands-on activities, a stage program and an annual Ocean Forum are the source of information for more than 200,000 trade fair visitors interested in sustainability in water sports.
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Ocean Conference Series
Three online Ocean Dialogues, which focus on the 7 goals of the Decade, take place annually and provide a platform for lively discussions and creative exchange of ideas. The fourth conference and highlight is the Ocean Forum at boot Düsseldorf.
Representatives from science, business, politics and society have the unique opportunity during the dialogues to find out more about the challenges facing the ocean and how interdisciplinary approaches can support ocean protection.
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YOUMARES Conference
The German Ocean Foundation supports and promotes the successful YOUMARES youth conference of the German Society for Marine Research (DGM), which has been organized by its research and teaching working group since 2008. Up to 300 young participants from all over the world meet annually in person in Germany and online for the conference for young scientists. It is currently the leading independent event for young marine researchers in Europe. In cooperation with Springer Verlag, the conference contributions are published in an anthology.
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Ocean Heroes
The "Ocean Heroes" project shows how effective communication can help to publicize marine projects. It features interviews with personalities and ocean heroes from around the world.
If you are involved in a positive project to protect, restore or clean up the ocean or raise awareness for the ocean - either with the support of an organization or on your own - we want to hear from you!
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Miniature Wonderland
The miniature ALDEBARAN sets sail off the coast of Monaco. Miniatur Wunderland, the second most popular tourist attraction in Germany with an average 1.25 million visitors a year, welcomes the UN Ocean Decade and will integrate the seven goals into its exhibits.
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Ocean Knowledge Base
To close the communication gap between science and society, the Ocean Knowledge Base will provide clear and easy-to-understand summaries of scientific publications on pressing ocean issues. The German Ocean Foundation will work with Springer Nature to build a bridge between a database of scientific publications and representatives from politics, civil society and the media.
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Citizen Science
Die Deutsche Meeresstiftung hat, in Zusammenarbeit mit wichtigen Partnern aus der Wassersportbranche, eine breit angelegte Citizen Science Initiative gestartet. Ziel ist es, Wassersportler:innen zu ermutigen, Meeresdaten in einfacher, aber hochwertiger und umfassender Form zu sammeln.