Meetings Side Events
Facilitator: Sophie-Dorothée Duron, French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Directorate of Water and Biodiversity
Welcoming remarks – Bruno David, President of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris
Session 1: Presentation of political and scientific issues
- Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
- Serge Planes, CNRS/ EPHE, Director of CRIOBE – Presentation (PDF File)
Session 2: International commitments on coral reefs
- Lisa Svensson, Director for Oceans, UN Environment – Presentation (PDF File)
- Bernard Fautrier, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Official signature of the “Coral Reef Life Declaration” by United Kingdom ( Dominic Pattinson, Head of International Marine Policy)
Session 3: ICRI Secretariat Handover
- Xavier Sticker, French Ambassador for Environment
- Russel Reichelt, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Australia)
- Susi Pudjiastuti, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Indonesia)
- Brune Poirson, Minister of State, attached to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition M. Nicolas Hulot (France)
- Prince Albert II of Monaco
ICRI Secretariat Handover ceremony