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The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) is a centre of excellence in oceans governance and maritime security knowledge services in Australia. ANCORS is a leading contributor to the Oceans and Transnational Security “Research Strength” within the University of Wollongong.
ANCORS provides multi-disciplinary university based research, education and high level advice on national and international oceans governance and law, maritime security and co-operation and ocean resource management to countries, agencies and clients in the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean region and beyond, in order to help them achieve sustainable benefits from marine jurisdictions.
The global nature of the maritime environment, its governance and security means that ANCORS has a global perspective.
ANCORS Seminar on Indonesia’s Submission for an Extended
Continental Shelf
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ANCORS invites everyone to a seminar on 'Indonesia’s Submission for an Extended Continental Shelf' on 04 August 2008 by ANCORS PhD Candidate I Made Andi Arsana at 1230– 1330 pm, ANCORS Seminar Room, Bldg 39, UOW.
Please RSVP: Friday 01/08/08 by reply email to mpalma@uow.edu.au. For more details, please click here. |
UOW to lead major study of Indonesian marine fisheries |
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A research team from the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong has won a major four-year, $1.5 million nationally competitive research grant that could have a significant impact on marine fisheries in Indonesia. The project is funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
The University team is led by Associate Professor Ron West, a leading Australian fisheries scientist and includes Professor Martin Tsamenyi and Dr Mary Ann Palma, experts in ocean law and policy. The CSIRO (Marine and Atmospheric Research) and the Indonesian Ministry for Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) will be collaborators in the research.
Please read full story here.
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ANCORS and
Center for Marine Policy Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
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Memorandum of Agreement
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ANCORS Director Professor Martin Tsamenyi was in Taiwan from 17 – 24 May 2008 which included a visit to the Center for Marine Policy Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung . One highlight of Professor Tsamenyi's trip was the renewal of the Memorandum of Agreement between ANCORS and the Center for Marine Policy Studies. The MOA was originally signed by ANCORS Director Professor Tsamenyi and Center for Marine Policy Studies Director Professor Nien-Tsu Hu on 10 September 2007. The Center for Marine Policy Studies is the leading research centre in Taiwan focusing on marine policy and related matters.
The MOA included a number of activities to be pursued by the two Centres including joint conferences, cooperative research projects, staff and student exchange, and exchange of scientific information and materials.
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New Publications by ANCORS Staff in Ocean Yearbook |
The Ocean Yearbook, a major publication of the International Ocean Institute in cooperation with the Marine & Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie Law School, recently released Volume 22 (2008) which included the following articles by ANCORS Staff:
Dr Clive Schofield (with May Tan-Mullins) "Maritime Claims, Conflicts and Cooperation in the Gulf of Thailand" pp. 75 - 116; and
Dr Robin Warner "Protecting the Diversity of the Depths: Environmental Regulation of Bioprospecting and Marine Scientific Research Beyond National Jurisdiction" pp. 411 - 443.
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Last Updated: 1 August 2008
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