IN NEWS – IIOSC-2025 inaugurated at INCOIS, Hyderabad
• The International Indian Ocean Science Conference 2025 (IIOSC-2025) commenced at INCOIS, Hyderabad.
• Focus on ocean sustainability, resilience, safety, and India's leadership in ocean research under the U.N. Decade of Ocean Science.
• About 500 delegates from 15 countries participating, representing academia, research bodies, industry and NGOs.
• Aims to review progress under International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) 2015–2025.
• A five-day international conference on Indian Ocean research, hosted by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
• Serves as a platform to exchange research, identify knowledge gaps, and develop a future roadmap for ocean science.
• Showcase scientific outcomes and progress during IIOE-2 (2015–2025).
• Strengthen international collaboration on Indian Ocean research.
• Address outstanding scientific questions related to ocean health, resilience and sustainability.
• Contribute to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
• Facilitates interaction among scientists working on oceanography and marine research.
• Promotes capacity building and encourages early-career scientists.
• Discusses initiatives for improving coastal monitoring and marine spatial planning.
• Enhances engagement of research communities in Western Indian Ocean, marginal seas, and Bay of Bengal region.
• Coastal research, ocean monitoring and resilience frameworks.
• Marine spatial planning (MSP) and ocean-based policy research.
• Knowledge gap identification related to Indian Ocean dynamics.
• Strategies for international cooperation and institutional participation.
• Reinforces India's leadership role in Indian Ocean science and policy frameworks.
• Supports national and global drivers for sustainable marine resource management.
• Enhances scientific inputs for maritime security, climate prediction and disaster resilience.
• Adoption of collaborative projects under UN Ocean Science Decade.
• Promotion of data-sharing networks and integrated monitoring systems.
• Prioritising research on coastal vulnerability, climate risk and ecosystem health.
• Institutional support for young researchers and long-term ocean observation missions.
Updated – 01 December 2025 ; 6:30 PM | News Source: The Hindu