Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal

The Observatory of Climate Change Impacts on Defence and Security and the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), on behalf of the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy of the French ministry for the Armed forces and the French development agency (AFD), are pleased to invite you to attend the following research webinar :

SESSION 1 : 9 AM – 11 AM (CEST) Sustainable management of fish stocks in the Bay of Bengal : what practices for a better preservation of ecosystems, especially with regards to the impacts of climate change ? SESSION 2 : 11 AM – 1 PM (CEST) Climate change and maritime security in the Northern Indian Ocean : potential collaborations and avenues for reflection, particularly for a sustainable and safe management of marine biodiversity. OPENING REMARKS General COLCOMBET, Head of the international security affairs Office, DGRIS, French ministry for Armed Forces SPEAKERS Jay BENSON, Project Manager, Indo-Pacific, Stable Seas Vivekanandan ELAYAPERUMAL, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Rear Admiral Nazmul HASSAN, Bangladesh Navy, A serving Naval Officer, Currently the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Republic of Maldives Gilles KLEITZ, Director of Ecological Transitions and Natural Resources Department, Agence française de Développement (AFD) Francis MARSAC, Research Director, Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Vijay SAKHUJA, Former Director, National Maritime Foundation Abdul WAHAB, Team Leader/ Senior Scientist, WorldFish, and Pr in Department of Fisheries Management at Bangladesh Agricultural University CHAIR Marianne PERON-DOISE, researcher for International maritime security at the Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School (IRSEM) Julia TASSE, Head of Climate, Energy and Security Program, IRIS CLOSING REMARKS Rémi GENEVEY, Executive Director, Head of Asia Department, AFD Considering interactions between climate change, maritime security and sustainable management of marine biodiversity in the Bay of Bengal, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) wish to initiate a joint research program on issues of interest to both organizations and their partners. This joint research program will be inaugurated by a research webinar on such interactions, coordinated by the Observatory of Climate Change Impacts on Defence and Security of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS). The objective of this seminar is therefore to provide an arena for dialogue, with the support of the scientific community, around the issues of sustainable and safe management and use of maritime spaces in the Northern Indian Ocean.