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Professor Edvard Hviding moderated panel of Ngedikes Olai Uludong from Palau at UN, CEO Yimnang Golbuu from Palau International Coral Reef Centre, former IOC chair Peter M. Haugan and Kjell Kristian Egge from Norway MFA at Our Ocean 23 October 2019
Reinventing the laws of the sea (24.10.2019)
In partnership with Palau's UN Mission and IOC-UNESCO, the University of Bergen arranged a side event at Our Ocean to discuss the science necessary to secure marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction as part of international law.
The panel at the side event Partnerships for Climate Action hosted by the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations on 12 July 2019 as part of the High-level Political Forum.
Science is not negotiable (17.07.2019)
The challenges for the science-policy nexus to succeed were discussed at a side event hosted at Norway's Mission to the UN. The conclusion was that science may not be questioned, but is in danger of being ignored.
A student from the University of Bergen holds a starfish found in the waters close to Bergen, Norway.
UiB becomes official UN ocean science Hub (24.10.2018)
The University of Bergen has taken on a leadership role on SDG 14, Life below water, for United Nations Academic Impact, and will act to inspire and motivate partners worldwide to create greater knowledge towards a sustainable ocean.
Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
Mare Nullius: Professor Edvard Hviding awarded Toppforsk grant (05.02.2018)
Social anthropologist Edvard Hviding is one of three University of Bergen researchers to receive five years of major funding from the prestigious Toppforsk programme, awarded by the Research Council of Norway, for his project Mare Nullius.

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