Acronym iMarine
Category
Fisheries
Title Data e-Infrastructure initiative for fisheries management and conservation of marine living resources Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Combination of Collaborative Projects and Coordination and Support Actions (CPCSA)
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
INFRASTRUCTURES – Research Infrastructures
Specific Programme (FP7)
Capacities
Funding source European Coordinator Philippe Rohou Coordinator email philippe.rohou@ercim.eu
Coordinator institution
ERCIM - European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (France)
Institutions involved
NA - Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA (Italy) ,
CRIA - Environmental Information Reference Center (Brazil) ,
CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland) ,
FIN - FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc (Philippines) ,
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) ,
FORTH - Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (Greece) ,
IRD - French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (France) ,
NKUA - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) ,
CNR - National Research Council (Italy) ,
NA - Terradue Srl (Italy) ,
NA - Trust-IT Services Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (France) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 6,322,723 Website http://www.i-marine.eu Summary iMarine aims to establish and operate an e-infrastructure supporting the principles of the Ecosystem Approach to fisheries management and conservation of marine living resources. Over recent years, the marine ecosystem has been affected by many natural and socio-economic phenomena like natural disasters, human interventions (like fisheries) etc., that are making real changes to the original marine ecosystem. These events force policy makers, environmental institutions, operators etc. to establish a dialogue to start formulating strategies aimed at the conservation and sustainability of the whole ecosystem structure and its properties. So far, this interaction has been started, but with poor results: a concrete Ecosystem Approach has not been yet adopted as is documented by the high number of existing Regional Fishery Management Organisations, Regional Seas Programmes, Ocean Biodiversity Initiatives, etc. who still adopt their own policies, terminologies, methodologies, and tools, and rarely cross over interdisciplinary boundaries, limiting the exchange of ideas and results with other communities, fragmenting understanding, reducing policy effectiveness and slowing down learning for adaptive management. iMarine will bridge these gaps through the development of an open and collaborative e-infrastructure, unlocking new knowledge and supporting science-based policy making through a Community of Practice.
Keywords
Sustainability;
Fisheries management;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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