The European Marine Board (EMB) Policy Brief No6 ‘Navigating the Future V: Recommendations for the Ocean Decade’ provides recommendations on the science needed to achieve the societal outcomes of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Recent Publications
Navigating the Future V: Recomendations for the Ocean Decade
Next Generation European Research Vessels: Current Status and Foreseeable Evolution
EMB Position Paper 25 is a comprehensive look at the current research vessel fleet in Europe, updating the findings and recommendations of EMB Position Paper 10 from 2007 on “European Ocean Research Fleets - Towards a Common Strategy and Enhanced Use”. This publication is the result of a collaboration with the European Research Vessel Operators (ERVO) and presents an overview of the current fleet, its capabilities and equipment, and its management. It then looks to the future, highlighting what will be needed to ensure that the European fleet can continue to provide the same high level of support to science, in particular in specialized areas such as the deep-sea and Polar regions. It also goes beyond the fleet itself, to consider the training of fleet personnel, fleet management, and the role of research vessels in the wider context of ocean observations and the European Ocean Observing System (EOOS).
EurOCEAN 2019 conference report
The EurOCEAN 2019 conference is an official contribution to the preparatory phase of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). It is an important initial step from the European marine science community to prepare for the UN Ocean Decade and to ensure that it aligns with the EU Framework Programmes. The EurOCEAN 2019 conference report documents the contributions and discussions that took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France on 11-12 June 2019. It also includes a brief summary with the main messages from the conference.
Navigating the Future V
NFV provides governments with robust, independent scientific advice on future seas and ocean research from now until 2030 and beyond. The future we want requires a healthy ocean and the sustainable use of marine resources. However, the ocean is under threat from multiple interacting stressors. Moreover, we are still developing the scientific knowledge base and technology to fully explore, understand, observe and predict the ocean and the effect of human activities. NFV recommends a solutions-oriented, transdisciplinary marine research agenda, co-designed with all stakeholders and with the governance of sustainability at its core.
Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services – Taking into account the value of ecosystem benefits in the Blue Economy
EMB’s Future Science Brief n°5 calls for a better incorporation of the values stemming from marine ecosystem services and natural capital in marine management and policy decisions. Evaluating the impacts of human activity on ecosystem services and their social and economic consequences can highlight the trade-offs between actions to reverse the declining states of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, and possible competing economic interests. A wide array of methods and techniques for ecosystem valuation already exist, but mainstreaming, understanding and implementation of marine ecosystem valuation approaches and applications should be further developed.
Annual Report 2018
EMB's Annual Report 2018 provides a full overview of our activities and events in 2018, bridging the gap between research, policy, industry and society.
News
EMB kick-off work on marine geohazards
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
On 10-11 February 2020, the EMB Working Group on marine geohazards and the blue economy held its kick-off meeting in Rome. The group will deliver a Future Science Brief highlighting the importance on increasing our knowledge on marine geohazards and the risks they can pose to current and future activities at sea and the population at the coast.
CETMAR, MATES and EMB hold event on research vessels
Monday, 27 January 2020
On 23 January 2020, CETMAR, the MATES project and EMB co-organized a stakeholder event on research vessels in Vigo, Spain.
7th EMB Forum - Big Data in Marine Science
Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Marine science has arrived in the digital age with a constant flood of data providing opportunities to transform the way we study critical changes in the ocean and novel approaches for the management of its resources. This increasing flow of data demands higher integration of diverse types of data from different sources as well as larger and more complex analyses. The 7th EMB Forum will enable dialogue between diverse stakeholders to work towards the implementation of Big Data to support marine science.
EMB involved in major ocean observation project
Thursday, 28 November 2019
This week, the H2020 EuroSea project, coordinated at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, will kick-off in Brussels. EuroSea will count on an international consortium of 55 partners and with a EU funding of 12.6 million euros. EMB leads the foresight on ocean observations.
'Navigating the Future V: Recommendations for the Ocean Decade' policy brief launched at European Parliament
Friday, 15 November 2019
The European Marine Board (EMB) launches Policy Brief ‘Navigating the Future V: Recommendations for the Ocean Decade’ providing recommendations on the science needed to achieve the societal outcomes of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The Policy Brief was launched today at European Parliament during a multi-stakeholder event on ‘Key environmental challenges and the role of the sustainable development goals’ co-organized with the European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD).
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Upcoming Events
People, Health and the Ocean Conference
30 March 2020
The final conference of the SOPHIE Project will present the findings of the project and will also launch the Strategic Research Agenda for Oceans and Human Health Research in Europe. Full details for this event are available here.
More information about the project is available on the website, and our input can be found here.
EMB 7th Forum: Big Data in Marine Science
29 April 2020
The 7th EMB Forum will discuss Big Data in Marine Science, and will be linked to the work of the ongoing EMB working group on Big Data.