NOPP Program Update: July 2011
The following NOPP-hosted federal groups met in July at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership… Read more
The following NOPP-hosted federal groups met in July at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership… Read more
Several members from the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships met in June to discuss Public Law 111-11, which calls for the formation of a task force on Ocean Exploration and Undersea Research Technology and Infrastructure. Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) will attend and host an exhibit booth at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress in Victoria, British Columbia from May 14-18. Please stop by our booth and pick up a copy of the report on Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. Read more
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. Read more
The recommendations from the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) breakout session on Attaining an Operational Biodiversity Observing Network: Transforming Recommendations to Action at the January 19-20, 2011 National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) conference are now available. To view these recommendations and recommendations from additional breakout sessions, please visit http://communities.earthportal.org/ncseoceans2011/. Read more
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) remained very busy in 2010. Check out our NOPP 2010 Year in Review. Read more
The Interagency Working Group would like to congratulate Dr. James Kendall on his temporary appointment as Acting Director of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE). Read more
NOPP is pleased to announce the draft report from the Attaining Operational Marine Biodiversity Observations workshop, hosted at Ocean Leadership in May 2010, is available for review and comment on the NOPP website at https://nopp.org/forum. We hope you will provide constructive commentary and suggestions, as appropriate, to strengthen the overall report and/or individual sections and appendices. Read more
The newly-created Ocean Acidification Task Force, stood up by the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) in March, met this week at Ocean Leadership to discuss national ocean acidification priorities, analyze federal plans, and begin to formulate recommendations for ORAP to deliver to the federal agencies. Read more
Under the auspices of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships (IWG-OP), the Biodiversity Ad Hoc Group hosted a workshop on Attaining Operational Marine Biodiversity Observations. Read more