HAB programme

HAB programme

An IOC programme originating with the formation of an Ad hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB) in 1991. The panel was requested to identify adequate resources for a sufficiently broad programme to solve some of the problems caused by algal blooms. The first session of IPHAB was held in 1992 and the HAB programme plan was adopted in 1993.

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