NF-POGO Visiting Professorships in Sri Lanka and Brazil
Photo from the Visiting Professorship to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil.
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2nd Meeting of Antares
Supported by POGO and IOCCG The Latin-American network of bio-optical oceanographers, called Antares, was founded in July 2003 in a workshop in Mar del Plata (Argentina) held at INIDEP. It was financed by a small grant from IOCCG. However, the idea was born at a POGO training course in at the University of Concepción (Chile)
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POGO/SCOR Workshop on International Research Cruise Database and Website
On 13 December 2005, a one-day workshop took place at NOAA, with the objective, “To improve access to information on past and future research cruises by establishing a comprehensive and user-friendly database and searchable website with information on cruise tracks, types of observations, chief scientist contact information, metadata (for past cruises), project identifier, and berths
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First NF-POGO Visiting Professorships in India and Fiji
Photos from VP India 2004-2005, courtesy of alumnus Phan Minh Thu
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A ‘Voice for the Ocean’
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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NF-POGO partnership officially starts
The Nippon Foundation-POGO Visiting Professorship Programme was initiated in January 2004 as a partnership between POGO and the Nippon Foundation. The Nippon Foundation supports various philanthropic activities in over 100 countries in areas such as overseas cooperative assistance, maritime development (including international capacity and network building projects) and social welfare. Read more…
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Brest Communique
Adopted by the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) at their Sixth Meeting at Brest, France, on November 30, 2004. As GEO was in the process of being formally established, the Communique called for a close working relationship between operational agencies and research communities to be maintained on a continuous basis. It urged
1st GEO Meeting in Washington DC
FIRST EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT (EOS-I): meeting on 31 July 2003 in Washington, DC, US, high-level representatives of 34 governments adopted a declaration establishing the ad hoc intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (ad hoc GEO), co-chaired by the European Commission, Japan, South Africa and the US to draft a 10-Year Implementation Plan. POGO recognised as a
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Yokohama Declaration
An outcome of the POGO-5 Meeting in Japan, the Yokohama Declaration was aimed specifically at influencing the discussions taking place within the newly formed Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and urging the GEO members to give high priority to ocean observation activities.
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Mirai Beagle Expedition
The Blue EArth GLobal Expedition (BEAGLE), an international circumpolar cruise in the Southern Hemisphere, was organized by JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its establishment. The expedition took place on board the RV Mirai, one of the largest research vessels in the world. The project was comprised of
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