World Ocean Conference
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| Date: | May 11–15, 2009 |
| Location: | Grand Kawanua Convention Center, Manado, Indonesia |
| Participants: | 83 countries |
The World Ocean Conference is an international conference which includes diplomats and heads of state from a number of countries. It took place in May 2009 in Manado, Indonesia. Its topic is the threat to various nations from rising oceans due to global warming.[1]
The conference was scheduled to be held for five days. It included hundreds of officials and experts from 70 countries. It is seen as a prelude to talks in December 2009 regarding a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.[1]
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- ^ a b Disaster looms with rising sea levels: islands, AFP News Agency, via Yahoo News, Tue May 12, 2009.
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