SEALINK Land, sea, and society: a multidisciplinary approach
Tierra, mar y sociedad
Brief Description:
The SEALINK Program will create the first comprehensive understanding of ocean pollution and coral reef health in the Dutch Caribbean. We will follow water and pollutants (including sewage, fertilizer, and human pathogens) from land to sea, and track how water motion and marine organisms move and change these substances. It will also measure coral reef growth in 3D. This information will be used in computer simulations to create new conservation scenarios with community input. The project will also study how community members use scientific information, which will help improve coral reef education and conservation globally
El programa SEALINK creará una comprensión integral de la contaminación del océano y la salud de los arrecifes de coral en el Caribe holandés. Se monitoreara el agua y los contaminantes (incluyendo aguas residuales, fertilizantes y patógenos humanos) de la tierra al mar, y y se rastreará cómo el movimiento del agua y los organismos marinos se mueven y estas sustancias cambian. También medirá el crecimiento de los arrecifes de coral en 3D. Esta información se utilizará en simulaciones por computadora para crear nuevos escenarios de conservación con aportes de la comunidad. El proyecto también estudiará cómo los miembros de la comunidad utilizan la información científica, lo que ayudará a mejorar la educación y conservación de los arrecifes de coral a nivel mundial.
Lead Organization : Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Donor: Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science
Project Profile Manager: Mark Vermeij
Contact Email: m.j.a.vermeij@uva.nl Contact Phone:
Partners: University of Amsterdam, CARMABI Curaçao, Caribean Netherlands Science Institute, Nethelands Institute for Sea Researc, Technical University Delft, Wageningen University, Utrech University, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Insitute for Sea Research
Grant (USD):
$3,730,300.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$0.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
ArubaCuraçaoSaint Maarten
Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)
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1. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment
1.6. Enhance the capacity within and among arrangements to undertake and mainstream lessons learned and findings from monitoring,science and research in regional, sub-regional and national decision-making
2. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for sustainable fisheries
3. Establish and operationalise a regional policy coordination mechanismfor ocean governance, with initial focus on shared Living Marine Resources
4. Enhance the governance arrangements for ecosystem-based management for reefs and associated ecosystems
4.4. Coordinate and enhance (sub-)regional and national efforts for the conservation of the biodiversity of reef and associated habitats, including through the strengthening of networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), and initiatives for sustainable reef fisheries* such as programmes dealing with alien invasive species
4A. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for spiny lobster fisheries
4B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for queen conch fisheries
5. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing an ecosystem approach for pelagic fisheries
5A. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing the ecosystem approach for flyingfish fisheries
5B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for large pelagics fisheries
6. Implement EBM/EAF of the Guianas-Brazil continental shelf with special reference to the shrimp and groundfish fishery
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Other Regional and Global Commitments
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