UK-Partnered Decade Actions

UK institutions currently hold partnerships with, and contribute to the work of, 17 endorsed programmes and 17 endorsed projects, led by partner institutions.

Full descriptions of International Decade Partnerships can be found here: UK UN Ocean Decade Actions (.xslx, 86.2KB)

International Decade Programmes

EUROPE
France	The Global Ocean Observing System 'Ocean Observing Co-Design - Evolving ocean observing for a sustainable future'
Germany	GEOMAR Helmholz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel 'Global Ocean Oxygen Decade'; 'Digital Twins of the Ocean'
Italy	University of Bologna 'CoastPredict - Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean'
Monaco	The Nippon Foundation 'The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project'
Sweden	World Maritime University, Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute 'Empowering Women for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development'
Russian Federation	ECOP Working Group 'Early Career Ocean Professionals'
NORTH AMERICA
California	Blue Climate Initiative 'Solutions for People, Ocean, Planet'
New Jersey	SCOR Working Group 'An Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy'
Texas	Deep Ocean Observing Strategy 'DOOS'
Washington	Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, Earthlab University of Washington 'Ocean Voices: Building Transformative pathways to achieve the Decade's outcomes'; Marine Biodiversity Observation Network 'Marine Life 2030: A Global Integrated Marine Biodiversity Information Management and Forecasting System for Sustainable Development and Conservation'
Virginia	OceanPredict 'Foresea - The Ocean Prediction Capacity of the Future'
ASIA
Qingdao, China	First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources 'Ocean to Climate Seamless Forecasting System'
Shanghai, China	State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University 'Deltas associated with large rivers: Seeking solutions to the problem of sustainability'
Hong Kong	State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, City University of Hong Kong 'Global Estuaries Monitoring'

International Decade Projects

EUROPE
Belgium	Flanders Marine Institute 'Over and Beyond - Completing the World Register of Marine Species'; 'Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility'
France	European Marine Biological Resource Centre ''European Omics Biodiversity Observation Network'
Germany	German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research 'IceDivA'
Malta	Heritage Malta 'WreckLife'
Norway	SINTEF Ocean 'Interoperability Architecture for a Digital Ocean'
	Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) 'Trophic cascades in coastal ecosystems (CASCADES)'
Portugal	CIMAR 'Citizens of Surf'
	Hope Zones Foundation 'Nazare Artifical Reefs Seaweed Planting Pilot'
Russia	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) 'Complex multidisciplinary research and monitoring of ecosystems in strategic areas of the South Atlantic (with interested countries)'
Sweden	University of Gothenburg 'Marine Chemical Speciation (MarChemSpec)'
NORTH AMERICA
United States	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 'Better Biomolecular Ocean Practices'
	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 'Ocean Twilight Zone Project'
	Department of Energy 'Powering the Blue Economy - Global'
	NOAA Pacific Marine Environment Lab 'Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Network for GOOS'
	Global Fishing Watch 'Global Fishing Watch Marine Manager'
	The International SeaKeepers Society 'SeaKeepers Seabed Project 2030 (SeaKeepers CSB)'
	University of California 'Developing a conservation plan for Maui's corals'
U.S Virgin Islands	University of the Virgin Islands 'TAC Ocean Observing and Forecasting System'
Jamaica	National Land Agency, Hydrographic Unit 'MACHC-IOCARIBE Seabed 2030 Project'
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil	Federal University of Sao Paulo 'Women in Blue: gender equity for ocean'; 'Mare De Ciencia (Tide of Science)'
ASIA
Japan	Meteorological Research Institute / Japan Meteorological Agency 'Synergistic Observing Network for Ocean Prediction'
South Korea	Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology 'Mesopelagic Ecosystem and Biopump Dynamics and Connectivity in the Pacific (MEBIDyC-P)'
AFRICA
Seychelles	Blue Links Conservation 'Blue Links Conservation'

International Decade Contributions

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) provide a Decade Contribution to the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, in support of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs.

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