UN Decade of Marine Research for sustainable Development

The United Nations has proclaimed an International Decade of Marine Research for Sustainable Development from 2021 to 2030. Politics, society and science are to work together to successfully implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with the focus on Sustainable Development Goal 14 “Life below Water”. The aim of the UN Decade is to implement transformative solutions for the protection and sustainable use of the ocean across disciplines and countries.

DAM’s contributions to the UN Ocean Decade

The DAM has been a network partner of the German ODK Committee since 2021 and actively contributes to the implementation of the goals of the Ocean Decade:

DAM research missions are registered projects of the Ocean Decade:

• CDRmare is officially registered as a project of the Decade Program “Global Ecosystems for Ocean Solutions” (GEOS)
• SustainMare is officially registered as a project of the Decade Program “Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems through global knowledge networks” (SMARTNET)
• MareXtreme is officially registered as a project under the Decadal Programme Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean (CoastPredict).

DAM transfer projects are prepared as decade projects:

The DAM evolved and published transfer projects for the Ocean Decade as part of the “Ocean Literacy with All” (OLWA) decade program, including the “Interactive world ocean” and the digital information portal “Ocean Online”. In addition, the educational project “Future Box Oceans” will be relaunched by the DAM and the Futurium as a registered activity of the UN Decade.

Support of the Ocean Decade Committee (ODK):

The German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) supports the Ocean Decade Committee (ODK) as a registered network partner with various activities and contributions. This partnership includes the technical collaboration of the DAM on the ODK Board as well as in the ODK working groups “Education and Society” and “Communication”.