Translation of "Groupe de spécialistes de l'écologie de l'océan Austral " (French → English) :

Group of Specialists on Southern Ocean Ecology

Group of Specialists on Cenozoic Paleoenvironment of the Southern High Latitudes

E. whereas the original Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) group which launched the negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union on 7 February 2004 comprised 16 countries, which include Indian Ocean Islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles), Horn of Africa countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), the East African Community (EAC) members (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and Southern African countries (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe); whereas only six of these 16 countries have initialled the ‘ESA’ interim EPA, of which two have decided not to sign (Zambia and Comoros), t ...[+++]wo have notified provisional implementation (Mauritius and Madagascar) and only two have ratified (Zimbabwe and Seychelles);

On 7 February 2004, the original Eastern and South Africa (ESA) group that launched negotiations on the EPAs with the EU comprised 16 countries, including Indian Ocean islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles), countries from the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), the East African Community (EAC) members (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and some countries of Southern Africa (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

D. whereas the original Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) group that launched the negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union on 7 February 2004 comprised 16 countries, which include Indian Ocean Islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles), Horn of Africa countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan), the East African Community (EAC) members (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and Southern African countries (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe);

In October 2010, DFO organized a five-day workshop in Halifax, assembling 57 Canadian and international experts in the fields of marine mammals, marine fish, marine ecology and predator-prey relations.