VECTORS: Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors
| Type of Entry: | Project | |
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| Website: | http://www.marine-vectors.eu | |
| Duration: | 01/02/2011 - 01/02/2015 | |
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| Description: | VECTORS is a multidisciplinary large-scale integrated FP7 project which is coordinated by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). It aims at improving our understanding of how environmental and man-made factors are impacting marine ecosystems now and how they will do so in the future. In addition, it will be examined 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 reduce or adapt to these changes. The project is focused on the Ecosystem Approach in the strictest sense in which humans are perceived as an integral part of the ecosystem. In the understanding of the project, the overall aim of marine management is to deliver economic goods and services for the benefit of society while at the same time maintaining, enhancing and protecting ecological goods and services. VECTORS will address a complex array of interests such as areas of concern for marine life, sectoral interests and academic disciplines as well as the interests of stakeholders. The project will also ensure that the links and interactions between these areas of interest are explored, explained, modelled and communicated effectively to the relevant stakeholders. | |
| Contact: | VECTORS Project Office, Plymouth Marine Laboratory Prospect Place PL1 3DH Plymouth UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 (0) 1752 633100 Fax: +44 (0) 1752 633101 |
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| Partner: | The University Court of the University of St Andrews Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare Johann Heinrich von Thuenen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut fuer Landliche Raume, Wald und Fischerei University College Dublin Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Tartu ülikool Wageningen Universiteit Stichting Deltares The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs University of Hull Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Limited Institut Francais de Recherche pour l Aalborg Universitet Universita di Pisa Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Universitaet Hamburg Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Gollasch Stephan - Gollasch Consult Universite de Bretagne Occidentale Bangor University Klaipedos Universitetas Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Instytut Oceanologii - Polskiej Akademii Nauk Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen – KNAW Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science Universita Degli Studi di Pavia Institut Superieur des Science Agronomiques, A, horticoles et du Paysage Universite de Rouen Community of European Shipyards Associations Univerza v Ljubljani Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale Institut Fuer Ostseeforschung Warnemuende an der Universitaet Rostock Aarhus Universitet |
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| Budget: | 16.330.000 | |
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