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Accelerating Ocean Conservation:
The 2025 Blue Park Awards
Thursday 12 June 2025 | 17:30 - 18:45
Room 3, Blue Zone (Port Lympia)
UN Ocean Conference, Nice, France
Blue Parks in Action: Advancing Effective Ocean Protection
Friday 13 June 2025 | 16:00 - 17:00
Costa Rica Pavilion, "La Baleine" Green Zone (Palexpo)
UN Ocean Conference, Nice, France
Accelerating Ocean Conservation: The 2025 Blue Park Awards
Blue Park Awards celebrate marine protected area (MPA) quality achievement alongside MPA coverage. Join us to celebrate the governments, communities, and local champions whose conservation efforts meet the rigorous science-based Blue Park Standard for conservation effectiveness. These success stories will inspire and accelerate effective MPAs, supporting the Global Biodiversity Framework 30x30 target.
Join us to celebrate four 2025 Blue Park Award winners, a special recognition for an improved Blue Park, and the launch of a new Blue Spark collaboration to achieve the Blue Park Standard.
Marine Conservation Institute, together with the Republic of Costa Rica, the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, EarthEcho International, MigraMar, and The Blue Quest, will host the 2025 Blue Park Awards event in the Blue Zone of the UN Ocean Conference.
Speakers
Esteemed representatives of the 2025 Blue Park Award winners
Douglas (Muq’vas Glaw) Neasloss, Chief Counselor, Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation, Blue Park Representative
Lance Morgan, President, Marine Conservation Institute
Rita El Zaghloul, High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People
Angelo Villagomez, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Blue Parks Science Council Member
Marta Cambra Agustí, Project Manager at MigraMar, Associate Researcher CIMAR – University of Costa Rica
Adélaïde Landrier, EarthEcho International EU Ocean Protection Youth Ambassador
Organized by: Marine Conservation Institute
Blue Parks in Action: Advancing Effective Ocean Protection
Following the announcement of the 2025 Blue Park Awards at the UN Ocean Conference, join us for a deeper dive into what makes a marine protected area truly effective. This event will amplify marine conservation success stories and feature the key people and actions behind these successes as we welcome the 2025 Blue Parks into the network. Join us to celebrate these ocean champions and learn from their deep experience as we build momentum to achieve the Global Biodiversity Framework 30x30 target with meaningful action.
Speakers
Dr. Sylvia Earl, Ocean Explorer, Ocean Elder, Founder of Mission Blue
Dr. Lance Morgan, President of Marine Conservation Institute
Esteemed representatives of 2025 Blue Parks
David Jaeggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Make a Difference (MAD) Coconut Water, Blue Parks Champion
