The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is pleased to announce the release of the Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Synthesis Report. The report is the result of a three-day workshop held at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership to plan for the implementation of a sustainable marine Biodiversity Observing Network (BON). Currently, there is no standardized, coordinated approach to monitoring marine biodiversity, the degree of variation in marine life forms. The report provides a set of recommendations and case studies for implementing a national and global marine BON.
In other news, five NOPP projects were funded on Marine Mammal Detection and Monitoring for fiscal year 2011. The funding partners include the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF).
The Interagency Working Group on Facilities and Infrastructure (IWG-FI) Task Force on Unmanned Systems (TFUS) held a workshop on Unmanned Systems Common Lifecycle Infrastructure at Stennis Space Center, MS from March 29-31, 2011. More than 35 federal employees from seven different agencies attended the workshop to discuss potential joint unmanned systems facilities as well as to tour the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) Glider Operation Center and NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center.
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