On 3 February the UK Government published a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change.
The new strategy provides a direction for future marine science by identifying three high level priority areas:
- Understanding how the marine ecosystem functions;
- Responding to climate change and its interaction with the marine environment; and
- Sustaining and increasing ecosystem benefits.
Priority actions that have been identified in a publicly available delivery plan include indentifying gaps in research and developing a more co-ordinated approach to the funding of long-term monitoring of our seas and oceans.
The UK Marine Science Strategy document can be dowloaded here.
