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Empowering Local Action for Global Ocean Governance
Strengthening Community-Led Solutions for Biodiversity and Sustainability
Date: June 13, 2025
Time: 17:15 – 18:00 CEST
Venue: La Baleine | Palais des Expos de Nice, France
Event ID: O100 | Hosted Off-Site as Part of UNOC3
1. About the Event
Local and small-scale organizations are at the forefront of ocean conservation, yet often underrepresented in global governance. This high-impact side event highlights seven innovative community-led initiatives from around the world—Indonesia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Azerbaijan, and Ecuador—addressing pressing issues like plastic pollution, sustainable fisheries, marine biomaterials, climate resilience, and citizen science.
Together with Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs), the session will explore how local solutions can inform international frameworks like the Global Plastic Treaty, BBNJ, and SDG 14.
2. What to Expect
Format: Interactive Panel (45 minutes)
Structure:
5 min | Opening Remarks
35 min | Talkshow-style Expert Panel (7 speakers, 5 mins each)
5 min | Closing & Call to Action
3. Featured Speakers & Thematic Areas
Country | Topic & Presenter |
Indonesia | Reuse models and plastic policy – Rahyang Nusantara, Dietplastik Indonesia |
Ecuador | Policy advocacy & ghost net recovery – Cecilia Torres Hidalgo, Mingas por el Mar |
Peru | Citizen science & marine conservation – Kerstin Forsberg, Planeta Océano |
Costa Rica | Ocean literacy & tech capacity – Sergio Cambronero, Pelagos |
Panama | Ocean science & blue carbon – Giselle Guerra, UTP Panamá |
Guatemala | Biomaterials & waste reuse – María Isabel Amorín, INDEQUI |
Azerbaijan | Coastal adaptation & Caspian Sea research – Elnur Safarov, Azerbaijan Geographical Society |
4. Why Attend?
This session is part of the global effort to deliver on SDG 14 – Life Below Water, with specific alignment to UNOC3 themes on:
Scientific cooperation Marine pollution reduction Sustainable fisheries Climate resilience Ocean-climate-biodiversity interlinkages
Join us in amplifying local voices and transforming community-led ocean solutions into global impact. Let’s build an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable future for our ocean—together.
For more information or to confirm your participation, register here.
Tiza has led Diet Plastik Indonesia, and co-founded it, since 2013. She feels grateful that the environmental law knowledge she learned in college can be used to make changes. In her spare time, Tiza enjoys making doll houses out of cardboard for her children and doing water sports. Tiza is an alumna of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (2002) and Harvard Law School (2010).
Tiza memimpin Dietplastik Indonesa, dan turut mendirikannya, sejak 2013. Ia merasa bersyukur ilmu hukum lingkungan yang dipelajarinya ketika kuliah dapat digunakan untuk membuat perubahan. Pada waktu senggang, Tiza senang membuat rumah boneka dari kardus untuk anak-anaknya dan melakukan olahraga air. Tiza adalah alumna Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia (2002) dan Harvard Law School (2010).