Events

The 7th edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be organized in Bruges between November 17th and 20th 2026. Find out more about the venue here.

The WCMB 2026 will fly the UN Ocean Decade flag, as it has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event. The overall theme of the Conference is “The marine biodiversity insights we need, for the ocean we want”. As the Conference will take place a little over halfway through the UN Ocean Decade, it will provide an excellent opportunity to take stock of ongoing actions and initiatives, but also evaluate what still needs to be tackled by the end of the Decade.

IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas’ Climate Change Specialist Group is convening a webinar series to promote learning and dialogue among protected area practitioners on the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework.

The United Nation’s World Ocean Assessment defines ocean governance as “a complex and dynamic interplay of multilevel intergovernmental institutions, instruments and regimes in which concepts, principles and means of implementation are developed and adopted.” While emphasizing it multi-scale nature, including global and regional institutions, ocean governance aims to strengthen legal connectivity, enhancing coherence and synergies in governance.