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EU-FP7: VECTORS - Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors
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PROJEKT: VECTORS aims to improve our understanding of how environmental and man made factors are impacting marine ecosystems now and how they will do so in the future. The project will also examine how these changes will affect the range of goods and services provided by the oceans, the ensuing socio-economic impacts and some of the measures that could be developed to mitigate or adapt to these changes.
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Marine life makes a substantial contribution to the economy and society of Europe. VECTORS will elucidate the drivers, pressures and vectors that cause change in marine life, the mechanisms by which they do so, the impacts that they have on ecosystem structures and functioning, and on the economics of associated marine sectors and society. VECTORS will particularly focus on causes and consequences of invasive alien species, outbreak forming species, and changes in fish distribution and productivity. New and existing knowledge and insight will be synthesised and integrated to project changes in marine life, ecosystems and economies under future scenarios for adaptation and mitigation in the light of new technologies, fishing strategies and policy needs. VECTORS will evaluate current forms and mechanisms of marine governance in relation to the vectors of change. Based on its findings, VECTORS will provide solutions and tools for relevant stakeholders and policymakers, to be available for use during the lifetime of the project.
The project will address a complex array of interests comprising areas of concern for marine life, biodiversity, sectoral interests, regional seas, and academic disciplines as well as the interests of stakeholders. VECTORS will ensure that the links and interactions between all these areas of interest are explored, explained, modelled and communicated effectively to the relevant stakeholders. The VECTORS consortium is extremely experienced and genuinely multidisciplinary. It includes a mixture of natural scientists with knowledge of socio-economic aspects, and social scientists (environmental economists, policy and governance analysts and environmental law specialists) with interests in natural system functioning. VECTORS is therefore fully equipped to deliver the integrated interdisciplinary research required to achieve its objectives with maximal impact in the arenas of science, policy, management and society.
Homepage: http://www.marine-vectors.eu/
Projekt details:
Project Acronym: VECTORS
Start Date: 2011-02-01
End Date: 2015-01-31
Duration: 48 months
Project Cost: 16.33 million euro
Project Funding: 12.48 million euro
Source: Cordis, http://www.marine-vectors.eu/
Coordinator:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) | England, UK
Participants:
The University Court of the University of St Andrews (USTAN) | Scotland, UK
Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion (LEITAT) | Spain
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CONISMA) | Italy
Johann Heinrich von Thuenen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut fuer Landliche Raume, Wald und Fischerei (vTI-SF) | Germany
University College Dublin (NUID UCD) | Ireland
Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (DLO) | Netherlands
Tartu ülikool (EMI-UT) | Estonia
Wageningen Universiteit (WU) | Netherlands
Stichting Deltares (Deltares) | Netherlands
The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs (Cefas) | England, UK
University of Hull (UHULL) | England | UK
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR-IAMC) | Italy
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Limited (IOLR) | Israel
Institut Francais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (Ifremer) | France
Aalborg Universitet (IFM-AAU) | Denmark
Universita di Pisa (UPISA) | Italy
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) | Spain
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) | Italy
Universitaet Hamburg (UHAM) | Germany
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU-Aqua) | Denmark
Gollasch Stephan - Gollasch Consult (GoConsult) | Germany
Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) | France
Bangor University (BANGOR) | Wales, UK
Klaipedos Universitetas (KUCORPI) | Lithuania
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) | Greece
Instytut Oceanologii - Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IOPAN) | Poland
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen – KNAW (NIOO-KNAW) | Netherlands
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) | England, UK
Universita Degli Studi di Pavia (Unipv) | Italy
Institut Superieur des Science Agronomiques, A, horticoles et du Paysage (AGRO) | France
Universite de Rouen (UR) | France
Community of European Shipyards Associations (CESA) | Belgium
Univerza v Ljubljani (UL) | Slovenia
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) | Italy
Institut Fuer Ostseeforschung Warnemuende an der Universitaet Rostock (IOW) | Germany
Aarhus Universitet (NERI) | Denmark
Contact IOW:
Dipl.-Ing. Holger Janßen
Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
EUCC - Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V.
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
holger.janssen [at] io-warnemuende.de
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