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Marine Board respond to the Marine Knowledge 2020 Consultation

The European Marine Board submitted its response to the European Commission consultation, Marine Knowledge 2020: From seabed mapping to ocean forecasting.

The Marine Board supports the efforts of the European Commission to achieve a seamless multi‐resolution digital seabed map of European waters by 2020 which will have far‐reaching benefits across the wider marine and maritime community and society at large. There are key ways that the research community can contribute to achieve this flagship project through innovative application of science and developing state‐of‐the‐art technology for data collection and management. However, mobilization of multi‐stakeholder efforts is crucial so that the cost of this exercise does not compromize existing budgets for competitive innovative research (e.g. The Framework Programme funding mechanism). Coordination at a pan‐European scale is vital to ensure a standardized, high quality approach, and to ensure further cost savings by reducing duplication of effort... more here