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UCT JOINS
MISSION ATLANTIC
The global project will shed light on environmental risks posed
and their effects on the Atlantic Ocean ecosystems.
UCT’s Dr Lynne Shannon from the Department
of Biological Sciences will join experts from
Europe, South America and North America to
participate in this global study.
Mission Atlantic is an €11.5 million
initiative funded by one of the European
Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 programmes. It
aims to identify the current and imminent
environmental impacts from climate
change, natural disasters and human
activities on the Atlantic Ocean systems.
The initiative is the first of its kind
to develop and systematically apply
integrated ecosystem assessments (IEAs)
at the Atlantic basin scale. This unique
approach engages scientists, marine
stakeholders and resource managers,
and incorporates all components of the
ecosystem – including human activity – into
the decision-making process.
Through this, project managers and
policymakers will be entirely informed by
science and will be able to balance the need
for environmental protection with secure,
sustainable development.
“We are excited to undertake IEAs that
build upon some of the initial ecological
and climate risk assessments previously
done in the region,” Shannon said.
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