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LOCATION:Blue Bali @ Cluny, Bukit Timah Campus, National University of Singapore
SUMMARY:“Rigs-to-Reefs”: Prospects for Large Scale Artificial Reefs in Tropical Southeast Asian Seas
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the opportunities created by the imminent decommissioning of 500+ offshore installations in the region (due for retirement after 20+ years of services). This decommissioning obligation coupled with the destruction of many reef habitats (whether directly from human uses or from environmental stresses) and the degradation of fisheries stocks create a compelling case for the re-use of offshore rigs as large scale artificial reefs to enhance fisheries and marine biodiversity. The workshop is designed to explore the feasibility of this idea and improve the visibility of this solution among all relevant stakeholders.The workshop will bring together global experts on rigs-to-reefs from academia, (primarily marine biologists and ecologists, lawyers and policy analysts and engineers), governments, offshore and oil and gas industries and other relevant industries. As a multi-disciplinary initiative it is co-organized by 3 research centres of the National University of Singapore, the Tropical Marine Sciences Institute (TMSI), the Centre for International Law (CIL) and the Centre for Offshore Research and Engineering (CORE).TopicsThe Ecological ArgumentTechnical Feasibility and Practical Considerations of Reefing of Obsolete Offshore StructuresInstitutional and Legal ChallengesIndustry PerspectivesWho should attend?Marine Biologists and EcologistsOffshore EngineersMarine Policy ExpertsLaw of the Sea ExpertsEnvironmental EconomistsCountry Representatives from the Ministries of Energy, Fisheries and/or EnvironmentOil and Gas Industry representativesIMO, London Convention or other International OrganizationsInterested NGOsFor registration, kindly click HERE. For further details on the workshop, please contact Ms. Geraldine Ng at gerry.ng@nus.edu.sg.
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