Headline : Commitment to Building an Atlantic Ocean Community

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“We have put sustainability of the ocean at … the center of our work. How do we make the most of this extraordinary resource?” said Ambassador Jessye Lapenn, the United States’ Senior Coordinator for Atlantic Cooperation.

In mid-April, the Government of Greece hosted the ninth Our Ocean Conference. This international effort brings together experts and representatives from across the globe who are working to protect the world’s ocean by advancing sustainable solutions to issues ranging from marine pollution to illegal fishing and advancing protected areas. This year’s theme was “An Ocean of Potential.” “We have put sustainability of the ocean at … the center of our work. How do we make the most of this extraordinary resource?” said Ambassador Jessye Lapenn, the United States’ Senior Coordinator for Atlantic Cooperation, a group of 39 coastal Atlantic countries from Europe, Africa, and the Americas, committed to sustainable economic development, environmental protection, and solutions to shared issues facing the Atlantic Ocean. A recent informal poll of the Atlantic Cooperation countries found that “One of the most important priorities was blue economic growth.”

“And so we've really begun a process of exchanging experiences, best practices, knowledge. Who's doing what? How is it working? How can we use this Atlantic Cooperation platform as a way of sharing all that … across geographies and around the Atlantic?”

This is where marine spatial planning comes in.

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