Reports from the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Moving the Global Oceans
At the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (most recently reaffirmed in 2005), the world’s political leaders adopted a farreaching set of goals, targets, and timetables to improve the quality of the ocean environment and the lives of people living in coastal areas and small islands.