COASTAL-SOS, or “Coastal Zones Under Intensifying Human Activities and Changing Climate: A Regional Programme Integrating Science, Management and Society to Support Ocean Sustainability,” is a recently endorsed project under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) (UN-Decade) (https://www.oceandecade.org/).
Recently, Professor Lu Yonglong, academician of the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries, the Academy of Europe, and chair professor at Xiamen University, was appointed by the UN Secretary-General as a member of the Ten-Member Group on Technology Facilitation Mechanisms (TFM) for SDGs.
Approved by Xiamen University, the International Project Office (IPO)-China of the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) project was officially launched at the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL) in January 2021.
The first university originated ocean remote sensing small satellite in China, HISEA-1, was launched into sun-synchronous orbits by a medium-lift rocket, the new “Long-March 8 Rocket”, from the coastal Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site at 12:37 a.m. China Standard Time, Dec. 22.
The Blue Paper on Integrated Ocean Management (IOM) was commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (the Ocean Panel, for short)
A seminar on strategic cooperation with regard to the Dongshan Swire Marine Station (hereafter referred to as Dongshan Station) was held at Xiamen University.
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