Global learning for local solutions: Reducing vulnerability of marine-dependent coastal communities

GULLS

Call

  • Coastal

Project Website

http://www.marinehotspots.org/index.php/featured-projects/gulls

Principal Investigator

Kevern Laurence Cochrane, Rhodes University, South Africa

Partners

Alistair Hobday, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia Gonuguntla Syda Rao, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India Maria Gasalla, University of São Paulo, Brazil Ekaterina Popova, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Adina Paytan, University of California Santa Cruz , United States Hajanirina Razafindrainibe, Service D’Appui La Gestion De L’Environnement* Candida Savage, University of Otago* , Canada Grant Murray, University of Victoria*, Canada Almeida Tomas Guissamulo, Eduardo Mondlane University*, Mozambique Paul Shaw, Aberystwyth University*, Wales Chris Hill, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Craig Hutton, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Philip Dearden, University of Victoria, Canada *partners bringing their own funding/in-kind support

Funders

  • CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), MoES (Ministry of Earth Sciences), NERC (Natural Environment Research Council), NRF (National Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

This project will contribute to improving community adaptation efforts by characterizing, assessing and predicting the future of coastal-marine food resources through the provision and sharing of knowledge across regional 'hotspots,' defined here as fast-warming marine areas and areas experiencing social tensions as a result of change.

Call Objective

The purpose of this call was to promote the development, comparison and transfer of coastal scientific approaches. The focus was on the vulnerability, resilience and adaptation options of coastal societal, managed and natural systems to multiple drivers.

Region

  • Arctic, Asia

Country

  • Japan, Jordan

Duration

36 months

Call Date

2012

Project Award Date

2012