Welcome to the OSPAR Commission, protecting and conserving the North-East Atlantic and its resources
The OSPAR Commission has launched a dedicated website for the OSPAR Ministerial Meeting, the North-East Atlantic Environment Summit, which will be held in Bergen, Norway, 20-24 September 2010.
The highly visual website provides information on the key issues that will be discussed by the Ministers, as well as illustrations of OSPAR achievements over the last decade, with interviews with delegates from the OSPAR Commission. It also includes case studies of the rich and diverse ecosystems of the North-East Atlantic. The website will be updated regularly and enriched with social media over the summer. It highlights how diverse and valuable our ocean environment is, the importance of balancing human uses and ecological health and the relevance of political cooperation at the scale of sea basins.
The OSPAR Convention is the current legal instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. Work under the Convention is managed by the OSPAR Commission, made up of representatives of the Governments of 15 Contracting Parties and the European Commission, representing the European Community.