CoML SSC Meets in Goa, India
The Census of Marine Life International Scientific Steering Committee met in Goa, India 10-12 February.
The meeting focused largely on reviewing the scientific content of the Census as more of the overall products and publications near completion. The meeting was hosted by the Indian Ocean Regional Implementing Committee. A small delegation attended meetings with Indian government officials in New Delhi before traveling south to join the rest of the group in the eastern coastal region of Goa. Mohideen Wafar, chair of the committee, and D. Chandramohan, an SSC member, gave an update on the region’s activities during the meeting, discussing progress to secure post-2010 funding for marine biodiversity research in the area and their continued interest in marine barcoding initiatives.
The work of the SSC, Synthesis Group and the entire Census of Marine Life is gaining momentum as they look forward to the report out of the first Census of Marine Life at the “Decade of Discovery Events,” October 4-7, 2010 in London.
