Targeting European R&D for accidental marine pollution

✍ Scribed by Eva Garnacho; Robin J. Law; Ronny Schallier; Joan Albaiges

• Book ID: 104041800
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 270 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0308-597X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.03.006

✦ Synopsis

Accidental marine pollution can have major ecological and economic consequences at national and trans-national levels, and there is a need to achieve a better integration of science into actual decisionmaking systems to support prevention measures, response systems and management activities.. Effective linking mechanisms between R&D and end-users/policy stakeholders are required to ensure the relevance of R&D, effective uptake of R&D outputs, and suitable policy development. Different issues and barriers to effectively link accidental marine pollution R&D effort to end-users concerns and needs and to develop a trans-national strategic approach are identified, analysed, and further developed into recommendations.