Our Ocean 2018

Official Twitter Account of Our Ocean Conference 2018| Bali, 29-30 October 2018 IG: @ourocean2018 | 2018 Results:

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

UPDATE #OurOcean2018 commitments:

This year's #OurOcean conference strengthened the quality of commitments with a balanced distribution of commitments in 6 areas of actions;

•305 tangible & measurable commitments
•USD 10.7 billion monetary commitments
•14 million km2 of #MPA

[AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 @AFD_en]

Ready to #SaveTheOceans? In #SriLanka, AFD is looking for organisations interested in working to preserve coastal #biodiversity, reinforcing social cohesion, and boosting the #BlueEconomy. Apply here by 18 July! https://t.co/jRyZp72qP1

[NextWave @nxtwaveplastics]

"Almost overnight, our children have become accustomed to playing on beaches made not of sand but of plastic."

Watch @DuneIves, @LonelyWhale's Executive Director and Managing Director of #NextWavePlastics, discuss NextWave at @OurOcean2018: https://t.co/YBvXmFv37w #OurOcean

[Emmanuel Baudran @EmmanuelBaudran]

€ 2,5 million un 2019 + signed in 2018 in @OurOcean2018 in Bali = € 5 million to @BlueActionFund ! @AFD_en more committed for Marine protected areas #biodiversity #MPA #BlueEconomy 💙

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

For details on new and past commitments

AND past commitments progress report, head to:
https://t.co/oo8LPGNtjT

#OurOcean2018
#OurOcean
#OurOceanOurLegacy

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

UPDATE #OurOcean2018 commitments:

This year's #OurOcean conference strengthened the quality of commitments with a balanced distribution of commitments in 6 areas of actions;

•305 tangible & measurable commitments
•USD 10.7 billion monetary commitments
•14 million km2 of #MPA

[Mongabay @mongabay]

$10bn pledged to protect the world’s oceans: https://t.co/nftmSe05aI

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

@gillesdoignon @susipudjiastuti @PaolaLepori @EU_MARE Much love from the #OurOcean2018 social media team!

[Stimson Center @StimsonCenter]

"I am hopeful that the @OurOcean2018 Conference, with its strong actions and commitments, is helping to buy the blue planet the time it needs to recover."
Read @StimsonEnvSec Director Sally Yozell's exclusive interview with @ourdailyplanet.
https://t.co/JYUhxr3Sx0

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

UPDATE on #OurOcean2018 commitments:

We gathered 287 tangible commitments, with value more than US $ 10.7 billion and pledged the establishment of 14 million kilometers square new #MarineProtectedArea.

#OurOcean
#OurOceanOurLegacy

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

The land is our mother.
The ocean is our father.
They feed us.
We need to take care of them,
Like we do with our parents.

Abrahama Goram, representative of Maya Tribe of Raja Ampat, Papua at #OurOcean2018

[Anton Muhajir @antonemus]

tanah adl ibu. laut adl ayah. mereka yg memberi kami makan. krn itu, kami menjaga tanah dan laut spt menjaga orangtua kami sendiri.

abraham goram, wakil suku maya di @OurOcean2018

[Oceana @oceana]

“Illegal fishing undermines honest fishermen, cheats consumers and robs our oceans” - Oceana’s @jackiesavitz from @OurOcean2018 #OurOcean #OurOcean2018

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

This marks the closing of #OurOcean2018.

Thank you for being such a great social media audience!

Stay tune for more information on newly pledge commitments and other #OurOcean related issue.
#OurOceanOurLegacy

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

#OurOcean2018 have gathered at least 260 tangible commitments, with value more than US $10 billion and create 14 million kilometers square #MarineProtectedAreas.

#OurOcean #OurOceanOurLegacy

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

"We know that the land is the king, but the ocean is the queen- and we all know that on chess, queen is the strongest," Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coord. Minister of @kemaritiman, for his closing remarks at #OurOcean2018

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

"I will let you catch more fish if only science says it’s okay. And every plastic that you took to the sea, you brought back to the land."

Harald T. Nesvik, Minister of Fisheries of Norway.

Norway will be the host of 2019 #OurOcean Conference.

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

"I know how much Norway love and care for the sea-- Norway will take a good care of #OurOcean," Retno Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia.

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

"Let’s not get back to the business as usual but to keep the energized spirit to make a change," @KarmenuVella, Commissioner for Environment Maritime Affairs & Fisheries @EU_Commission.

#OurOcean2018

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

helping them to grow in knowledge, appreciation and contemplation of their vastness and grandeur"

Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Ambassador of the Holy See.

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

Quoting Pope Francis' letter to #OurOcean2016,
"The oceans remind us of the need to educate for the covenant between humanity & the environment. In this regard, efforts should be made to train young people to care for the oceans but also, wherever possible...

[Our Ocean 2018 @OurOcean2018]

Hamed Said Al-Oufi, Under Secretary for Fisheries Wealth of the Sultanate of #Oman announced the 13 #MarineProtectedAreas, with concern on the fisheries, coastal community, and marine resources.

#OurOcean2018