Transdisciplinary Research for Ocean Sustainability (Oceans 2018)
This Collaborative Research Action (CRA) aimed to contribute to the overall challenge of ocean sustainability, using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #14 (Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development) as the overall framework. The call encouraged global partnerships of academics and non-academics to address one or more of the following topics:
- Pathways toward a sustainable and equitable use of oceans.
- Accounting for and minimizing impacts of global change.
CSIRO, FAPESP, ANR, BMBF, RANNIS, MoES, JST, RCN, DOST-PCIEERD, RFBR, KAUST, NRF, FORMAS, SIDA, BOEM, and NSF
Thirteen projects were selected:
| ARMSRestore | ARMS to reefs: A new tool to restore coral reef biodiversity, fisheries yields, and human health in Madagascar |
| MULTI-FRAME | Assessment Framework for successful development of viable ocean multi-use systems |
| Salt-Mine | Beyond freshwater generation: Mineral extraction from seawater desalination brine and seawwater greenhouse farming |
| COAST Card | Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation |
| COAST | Coastal OceAn SusTainability in Changing Climate |
| EXEBUS | Ecological and Economic impacts of the intensification of extreme events in the Benguela Upwelling System |
| OA-ME | Evaluation, Mitigation and Adaptation of Impacts of Ocean Acidification to Marine Ecosystems |
| ShipTRASE | Global shipping: Linking policy and economics to biogeochemical cycling and air-sea interaction |
| PolyCone | Integrated and sustainable regulation of cones in Eastern Polynesia |
| OceanFrontCHANGE | Managing Ocean Front Ecosystems for Climate Change |
| MARISCO | Marine Research and Innovation for a Sustainable management of Coasts and Oceans |
| NO CRISES | Negotiating Ocean Conflicts among RIvals for Sustainable and Equitable Solutions |
| OCEANS PACT | OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation |