Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) is a pan- European intergovernmental key platform aiming to increase efficiency and impact of research and innovation for sustainably healthy and productive seas and oceans. National ministries and funders value the efficient and agile mechanisms it provides to identify and implement the research needed to address shared challenges in the safe and sustainable use of ocean space and resources. This poster will present the main scientific achievements of a call where 14 European countries and Brazil work closely together. The funded projects seek to identify sources of microplastics, to advance analytical methods for identifying smaller micro- and nanoplastics, to monitor their distribution and abundance in marine ecosystems, and understand their effects thereon. The expected results will bring forth information on marine microplastic degradation and help developing concepts to reduce inputs of plastics into the marine environment. An uptake of the results by relevant user groups and decision-makers in politics, business, science and society is foreseen as a long-term goal. Their results are considered as an impetus for global action as such science can provide the knowledge basis that enables policymakers to agree on joint actions. Highlights of the international collaboration by exchanging research experts, conducting joint sampling campaigns and overcoming obstacles due to the pandemic as well as ongoing joint knowledge transfer activities will be presented.
Primary Presenter: Jella Kandziora, JPI Oceans (jella.kandziora@jpi-oceans.eu)
Authors:
Careen Krueger, Project Management Juelich (c.kurger@fz-juelich.de)
Willem de Moor, JPI Oceans (willem.demoor@jpi-oceans.eu)
JPI Oceans: pioneer and driver of international research cooperation on microplastics
Category
Education & Policy Abstract > EP005 Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research
Description
Time: 06:30 PM
Date: 7/6/2023
Room: Mezzanine