The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) was founded in 1999 by directors of oceanographic institutions around the world as a forum to promote and advance the observation of the global ocean. POGO is a UK-registered charity with member institutions from around the world, and works closely with other international and regional programmes and organisations.
POGO seeks to expand international support for ocean observing, through innovation of the ocean observing system, capacity development and outreach/advocacy.
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After almost two years of preparations, the POGO exhibit at Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea was opened to the public on 12 May 2012, along with the many other exhibits featured in the 23 pavilions that occupy the imposing 25-hectare Expo site. The theme of the 2012 International Expo, “the Living Ocean and Coast”, sparked POGO’s […]
Published in 2014, “Oceans and Society: Blue Planet” is targeted at all stakeholders within the ocean and marine community. The book discusses activities and future actions of Blue Planet and raises awareness for the further development and implementation of the Blue Planet agenda. Readers will learn about ocean observations, how they can be integrated, and
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The Seoul Declaration was written by the participants of the POGO-12 meeting, and signed by the Chairman of POGO, outlining the importance of ocean observations and data and technology sharing between observation networks. Particular emphasis was placed on the network of time-series observation stations OceanSITES, monitoring ocean acidification, ocean observations in the deep ocean, polar
The creation of the “Oceans and Society: Blue Planet” Task was an initiative of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) in 2011, to bring together all the existing ocean observation programmes within GEO, to add new ones to the GEO portfolio, and to create synergies between them. This has evolved into the
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The Fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) took place from 7 to 18 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. POGO, PML, Scripps and OCEANA shared a stand, with a focus on Ocean Acidification.
POGO was an ‘endorsing organisation’ for the decadal OceanObs’09 Conference. OceanObs ’09 brought together more than 600 scientists from 36 nations, supported by 99 Community White Papers and 47 Plenary Papers, to build a common vision for the provision of routine and sustained global information on the marine environment sufficient to meet society’s needs for describing,
POGO and other Oceans United members worked together on an extensive media campaign for GEO-IV in Cape Town, including a video about ocean observing.
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Creation of “Oceans United” as a vehicle for various ocean organisations to speak with a common voice within GEO. During the GEO meeting in Geneva in December 2005, POGO initiated a side meeting of representatives of international organisations which participated in GEO that had an ocean mandate. The goal of the side meeting was to
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