INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN OCEANOGRAPHY (ITO-98)

GOA, INDIA 12-16 OCTOBER 1998

1998 - International Year of the Oceans

In recognition of the importance of the ocean, the marine environment and its resources for life on earth and for sustainable development, the United Nations has declared 1998 as the International Year of the Ocean. This provides a window of opportunity for governments, organizations and individuals to become aware of the ocean issues and to consider the actions needed to undertake our common responsibility to sustain the greatest common heritage we have and without which we cannot exist.

The overall objective is to focus and reinforce the attention of the public, governments and decision-makers at large on the importance of the oceans and the marine environment as resources for sustainable development.

The major aim of the joint efforts during 1998 will be to create awareness and obtain commitments from governments to take action, provide adequate resources and give the priority to the ocean and coastal areas which they deserve as finite economical assets.

This is most important, in view of the increasing threats of pollution, population pressure, excessive fishing, coastal zone degradation and climate variability to the finite resource the ocean represents. With this view in mind IOC has affiliated this symposium as an official event during 1998, the International Year of the Oceans.

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"to continously improve our understanding of the seas
around us and to translate this knowledge to benefit all"