8th Meeting of the Signatory States

The IOSEA Secretariat is pleased to announce that the 8^th Meeting of the Signatories (MOS8) to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA Marine Turtle MOU) will take place from 21 to 25 October 2019 in Da Nang city in Viet Nam.

The Government of Viet Nam generously offered to host the conference, which will be preceded by the 8^th Advisory Committee Meeting from 16-18 October 2019.

The meeting will review progress to date in implementing the MOU, discuss challenges and the way forward. It will aim to adopt a new work programme for the IOSEA MOU, which will guide the activities of the Secretariat, Signatory States and other stakeholders in implementing the Conservation and Management Plan in the inter-sessional period.

Further details will follow shortly. Meeting documents are published below as they become available.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Da Nang!

Online Registration

The Work Programme 2020-2024 adopted by the 8th Meeting of  the Signatories is available here.