Network of coastal temperature autonomous sensors in the north of the Gulf of Guinea
During the PROPAO program, a high priority was to develop and to maintain a long-term coastal monitoring network along the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea and to set up a regional databank (sea surface temperature, salinity, currents, winds, precipitation…) in order to provide the necessary elements for studies of ocean conditions and climate […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster
Capacity-building training programs and workshops, strategic intervention, lobbying and advocacy, matchmaking events, conference and symposium participation, support and implementation of national maritime programs and initiatives, information dissemination, knowledge and experience sharing, representation at local, regional and national events. The Vision of the local Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster (NMBMC) is to be a pioneering maritime […]
Marine Facilities Planning
The Marine Facilities Planning allow scientists to apply to use marine facilities from the NERC, NIOZ, GEOMAR and CSIC. The Scientist Portal is designed for scientists to complete online applications to access ships and equipment to support their science projects. The Scientist Portal is where their applications and equipment can be managed from application stage […]
Marine Global Earth Observatory
The Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO), directed by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON), is a global network of partners focused on understanding how coastal marine ecosystems work—and how to keep them working. We focus on biodiversity as the heart of healthy, productive ecosystems and coastal regions, where marine life and people are concentrated […]
IODE Ocean Data Portal
Timely access to quality data is essential for the understanding of marine processes. The International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme of IOC UNESCO, through its distributed network of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs), is establishing the Ocean Data Portal (ODP) to facilitate seamless access to marine data/services and to promote the exchange and […]
Joint European Research Infrastructure network for Coastal Observatory – Novel European eXpertise for coastal observaTories
JERICO-NEXT (33 organizations from 15 countries) emphasizes that the complexity of the coastal ocean cannot be well understood if interconnection between physics, biogeochemistry and biology is not guaranteed. Such an integration requires new technological developments allowing continuous monitoring of a larger set of parameters. In the continuity of JERICO(FP7), the objective of JERICO-NEXT consists in […]
Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine
The JCOMM in situ Observations Programme Support Centre (JCOMMOPS) was established by the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) in 2001 based upon coordination facilities provided by the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (including drifting and moored buoys), the Ship Observations Team (SOOP – XBT, TSG. ASAP – Atmospheric soundings from ships. […]
Inter-Islamic Science and Technology Network on Oceanography
The mission of the “Inter-Islamic Science and Technology Network on Oceanography” (INOC) is to play the catalyser role to foster closer cooperation among the countries of the Muslim Ummah in the field of development and management of marine resources. In pursuit of this mission, it seeks to generate ideas and policy directions through intensive dialogue, […]
International Oceans Institute African Region
The “International Oceans Institute African Region” (IOI-SA) focuses on Ocean Governance capacity development in Africa through training programmes aimed at harmonising management, policy and development. The IOI-SA produces research, policy and strategy-related outputs to address key challenges of sustainable ocean governance in support of the communities, governments, regions and international organizations concerned with securing a […]
Integration and enhancement of key existing European deep-ocean observatories
EuroSITES will integrate and enhance the existing European open-ocean observational capacity to encompass the ocean interior, seafloor and subseafloor. It will produce a more reliable ocean observatory network with common funding streams and data management systems. The network will also enhance the development of more sophisticated sensors to measure more complex properties of the oceans. […]
Integration of European marine research networks of excellence
EuroMarine is a coordination action that seeks to develop and implement an agreed framework for the long-lasting and durable co-operation between research institutions that were partners in FP6 marine Networks of Excellence in order to achieve further integration of marine research in Europe. Particular areas for cooperation will be: research programming, joint development and use […]
Group on Earth Observations – Blue Planet
GEO Blue Planet is a network of ocean and coastal-observers, social scientists and end-user representatives from a variety of stakeholder groups, including international and regional organizations, NGOs, national institutes, universities and government agencies. Our experts have a demonstrated capacity to bridge the gap between data and services to deliver usable information that supports informed decision-making […]
Group on Earth Observations – Marine Biodiversity Observation Network
In 2016, the Group on Earth Observations – Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO MBON) was formally recognized as a thematic node of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). MBON is a The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network is a growing global initiative composed of regional networks of scientists, resource managers, and end-users […]
Global network of Ocean Gliders Observations
The OceanGliders program started in September 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement of the worldwide glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the present international efforts for Ocean Observation for Climate, Ocean Health and Real Time Services. It brings together marine scientists and engineers deploying gliders all over the world to: (1) observe the long-term physical, […]
Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network
GOA-ON is a collaborative international network to detect and understand the drivers of ocean acidification in estuarine-coastal-open ocean environments, the resulting impacts on marine ecosystems, and to make the information available to optimize modelling studies. The network is fundamental to providing early warning of the impacts of ocean acidification on natural ecosystems, wild and aquaculture […]
Global Ocean Observing System Africa
The Global Ocean Observing System Africa (GOOS Africa) is administered through the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States. Sub-Commission officers are defacto officers of GOOS Africa, and represent the African Member States in their relations with the GOOS Regional Alliances. GOOS Africa aims to (1) effective manage coastal environments – controlling pollution […]
Global Omics Observatory Network
Founded in early 2018 through a collaboration between the EU Horizon 2020 AtlantOS project and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Global Omics Observatory Network (GLOMICON) is federating long-term ecological observatories employing “omic” (e.g. metagenomcis, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics) techniques to assess biodiversity across scales. GLOMICON is the consolidation of a series of meetings and ad hoc efforts […]
German-Brasilian Aquaculture network
BluEco Net is a bilateral bioeconomy research network with a thematic focus on the entire aquaculture value chain. Together incentives and projects are initiated with the focus to develop new technologies and processes with clear economic and ecological benefits for both sides along the thematic areas. BluEco Net is a network with its own identity, […]
Global Alliance of Continuos Plankton recorder surveys
The general goal of the Global Alliance of Continuos Plankton recorder surveys (GACS) is to understand changes in plankton biodiversity at ocean basin scales through a global alliance of CPR surveys. By ‘understand’ we mean characterise, analyse and interpret. GACS has a number of specific aims which include: (1) development of a global CPR database; […]
Global Environment Facility’s International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network
IW:LEARN is the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) International Waters Learning Exchange and Resource Network. The IW:LEARN project was established to strengthen transboundary water management around the globe by collecting and sharing best practices, lessons learned, and innovative solutions to common problems across the GEF International Waters portfolio. It promotes learning among project managers, country official, […]
Global MTTC Network – A global network for energy-efficient shipping
Funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Global MTTC Network (GMN) – formally titled “Capacity Building for Climate Mitigation in the Maritime Shipping Industry ” – initiative unites technology centres – Maritime Technologies Cooperation Centres (MTCCs) – in targeted regions into a global network. Together, they are […]
Fixed Point Open Ocean Observatories Network
The Fixed point Open Ocean Observatory network (FixO3) seeks to integrate European open ocean fixed point observatories and to improve access to these key installations for the broader community. These will provide multidisciplinary observations in all parts of the oceans from the air-sea interface to the deep seafloor. Coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre, UK, […]
Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas
The IASON Project has the ultimate goal to establish a permanent and sustainable Network of scientific and non-scientific institutions, stakeholders and private sector enterprises belonging in the EU and third countries located in two significant areas: The Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. The main focal points of the project will be the usage and […]
Framework for Ocean Observing
The Framework for Ocean Observation (FOO) (Lindstrom et al., 2012) defines a set of key processes to guide the ocean observing community toward the establishment of an integrated, sustained ocean observing system with fit-for-purpose data/information streams for societal and scientific benefit. It provides a set of overarching principles and conceptual structures useful in guiding the […]
European Meteorological Services Network
The European Meteorological Services Network (EUMETNET) is a grouping of 31 European National Meteorological Services that provides a framework to organise co-operative programmes between its Members in the various fields of basic meteorological activities. These activities include observing systems, data processing, basic forecasting products, research and development and training. EUMETNET’s mission statement is: “To help […]
European Research Vessels Operators
The European Research Vessels Operators (ERVO) is a group of research vessels operators that promote the co-ordination of small to medium sized research vessels in Europe. ERVO meetings address common issues/problems that affect research vessel operators for the purpose of identifying solutions for improving services to the scientific community and developing best practice in the […]
Evaluation and monitoring of coastal and marine ecosystem services
ECOMAR stands for Valuation and Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services in Iberoamerican countries. ECOMAR will take a transdisciplinary, internationally comparative approach to help improve management and monitoring of protected areas through supporting scientific, technical and governance knowledge base. The project will enable the development of new frameworks and tools to better understand the […]
Everyone’s Gliding Observatories
The Everyone’s Gliding Observatories (EGO) initiative was launched by several teams of oceanographers, interested in developing the use of gliders for ocean observations and helped to set up a strong glider community. Experiments with international fleets of gliders have been carried out and EGO Workshops (including “Glider Schools”) are organized every year or so to […]
European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology
The European Centre for information on Marine Science and Technology (EurOcean), established in 2002, is an independent scientific non-governmental organisation whose membership comprises leading European marine research, funding and outreach organisations. Its aim is to facilitate information exchange and generate value-added products in the field of marine sciences and technologies between a wide range of […]
Directorate Natural Environment
The Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature) envisages being a “centre of excellence in fundamental and applied research of biodiversity and ecosystems in support of the protection and sustainable management of the natural environment.” To realise this vision, we have a fourfold mission: (1) The study of the biotic and abiotic components of the natural environment […]
Dynamic impact of ice mass loss in the Andes on terrestrial, limnic and marine ecosystems
Within the infrastructure project DynAMo (BMBF funded; ID: LAT16STRUC-039) scientists and marine engineers from Germany, Argentina, Chile and the USA are collaborating to develop a concept for a marine-terrestrial observation network within and along the Beagle Channel and its adjacent regions of the Andes mountain chain (Cordillera Darwin). Due to rapid climate changes in southern […]
Cross-Atlantic Network of Excellence in Marine Science
The Cross-Atlantic Network of Excellence in Marine Science (CANEMS) is an initiative developed by the TRIATLAS project. This network combines summer schools, student exchange programmes, sea-going training and academic teaching in a highly interdisciplinary and sustainable context. CANEMS is intended to support young researchers not only during one certain period but to serve as network […]
