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MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

STAGES-MARINEFRAME - Science and technology advancing governance of good environmental status

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive is designed to deliver Good Environmental Status? (GES) in EU marine waters by 2020. This Directive requires that Member States (MS) with marine territories put in place measures to achieve and maintain GES within a defined timeframe and according to eleven key descriptors of environmental status. However, there is a significant knowledge deficit which may hinder full implementation of the MSFD and the achievement of GES in EU waters.STAGES (Science and Technology A dvancing Governance on Good Environmental Status) project is designed to directly address this knowledge deficit. The project has two overarching goals: i) to synthezise per major MSFD themes the information from research projects and ii) to develop a pla tform to ensure that the knowledge generated through European science and technology can be channeled to a broad range of relevant end users, to inform and facilitate implementation of the MSFD and the achievement of GES. To achieve this, STAGES will targ et a number of critical gaps in the knowledge transfer process. Firstly, STAGES will identify and synthesize relevant existing EU research results and make them available in a usable format for decision and policy making authorities. Through comprehensive scientific foresight targeted at MSFD knowledge gaps, STAGES will identify needs for further research. STAGES will also develop innovative solutions to achieve an effective collaboration between the broad range of stakeholders necessary to support MSDF i mplementation, including policy and governance, science, industry and civil society. The role and input of MSFD stakeholders will be central to the activities of the project and to the proposals for a science policy interface which will be delivered by th e project. The present project will add to STAGES with the aim to produce scientific reviews of the (1)knowledge gaps with respect to challenges of marine ecosystems, and (2) socio-economic needs related to this.

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MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø