The ninth edition of the International Conference on the Protection of the Marine Environment ‘Our Ocean’ will take place until April 17 at the Cultural Centre of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, according to the Ana-Mam agency.

Launched in 2014 on the initiative of former US Secretary of State John Kerry, the conference is held every year in a different country with the goal of providing a forum for debate on the initiatives and commitments that can be made by international institutions and actors to protect the marine environment.