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Thirteen innovative projects for ocean sustainability awarded funding
In 2018, the Belmont Forum, the Joint Programming Initiative on ‘Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans’ and Future Earth joined forces under a Collaborative Research Action on Transdisciplinary Research for Ocean Sustainability. In this frame, a call for joint research proposals was launched by sixteen funding organisations across the globe. The aim was to bring together researchers and other expertise to promote innovative solutions for the sustainable use of ocean resources and climate change mitigation. The results were published recently.
The call resulted in the funding of thirteen international consortia of researchers and stakeholders with a total of over EUR 14 million (plus in-kind contributions) over a period of four years. The projects range from restoring coral reef biodiversity to biochemical cycling and research on extreme events.
More information is available on the JPI Oceans website.