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The SOA Pacific Hub hosted its first in-person conference for the year: the two-day Youth Ocean Leadership Conference from October 29-30, 2020 at The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. Content focused on the role of young people as innovative co-creators in the establishment of community-based projects regarding Ocean Health & Sustainability in Fiji.

Cruz Foam produces bio-benign foam and eco-friendly EPS-alternative solutions that power key industry leaders to be the catalyst for a cleaner environment. Cruz Foam’s patent-pending products are produced using an all-natural seafood industry waste material that creates a scalable, compostable alternative using the existing supply chain and at a similar cost.

Twenty indigenous youth from Alor have been selected as Thresher Shark Conservation Champions by the Thresher Shark Indonesia organization and have developed a pilot project to establish a waste management system from the village to the district level. This project will expand the waste management system to 3 villages in close collaboration with stakeholders.

This project partners with the local government agencies in Bintan to assess the concentration of plastic particles/fragments in sediment, as well as concentration and extent of oil pollution in Bintan island. They have also conducted a study on interrelationship between both pollutants (plastic and oil) and the local community’s perception of the problem, with an emphasis on creating post-assessment mitigation proposal.

This project includes cleanup of the Kwale river, a baseline survey, and a mural-painting project in the coastal county of Kwale, Kenya. The mural and graphics will create sensitisation to both literate and illiterate people about the importance of keeping the river clean.

SOA Pacific Islands is organizing their second Regional Youth Conference which will target youth ocean leaders/individuals from all over the Pacific to participate in the Conference. They will host the conference in Fiji and have youth participants from other Pacific Island Countries join in virtually for a 2-day session on Ocean Health & Sustainability, and then host mangrove planting and beach clean-up activities in the same week as follow up.

This social simulation of deep sea mining allows users to become members of the International Seabed Authority Advisory Council. Users will be able to learn about the issue, debate, and ultimately create recommendations for the ISA on deep sea mining.