Coast in Melanesia | Photo: Sebastian Ferse
Coast in Melanesia | Photo: Sebastian Ferse

12.01.18  | At the end of February, the German Marine Research Consortium is organising the 2nd Symposium "Coastal Marine Research" in Berlin as part of the "MARE: N - Coastal Regions" agenda process initiated by the BMBF. Under the heading "Coast in Transition", the symposium will take place from February 28 to March 2 2018 at the Umweltforum. ZMT and other marine research institutions participating in the symposium.

The event provides a forum for German coastal marine research to present research progress and future research needs on the research fields defined in the "Altona Declaration" and MARE: N and to further develop the strategic orientation of coastal marine research.

The event focuses on three topics:

  1. Current and future expected environmental and usage changes on coasts
  2. future research needs for the protection and sustainable use of coastal waters
  3. social and scientific constraints and challenges for coastal marine research

Registration (until 31.01.2018) as well as the preliminary programme can be found under: 2nd Coastal Symposium