1、Navigating the Future VIPlacing the Ocean withinthe wider Earth system2EMB NAVIGATING THE FUTURE VI2The European Marine Board provides a pan-European platform for its Member organisations to develop common priorities,advance marine research,and to bridge the gap between science and policy in order t

2、o meet future marine science challenges and opportunities.The European Marine Board(EMB)is an independent and self-sustaining science policy interface organisation that currently represents 38 Member organisations from 19 European countries.It was established in 1995 to facilitate enhanced cooperati

3、on between European marine science organisations towards the development of a common vision on the strategic research priorities for marine science in Europe.The EMB promotes and supports knowledge transfer for improved leadership in European marine research.Its membership includes major national ma

4、rine or oceanographic institutes,research funding agencies and national consortia of universities with a strong marine research focus.Adopting a strategic role,the European Marine Board serves its Member organisations by providing a forum within which marine research policy advice is developed and c

5、onveyed to national agencies and to the European Commission,with the objective of promoting the need for,and quality of,European marine research.www.marineboard.euEuropean Marine Board Member OrganisationsEuropean Marine Board IVZWNational Research Council of ItalyUNIVERSITS MARINESIrish Marine Univ

6、ersities Consortium 3POSITION PAPER 283This Position Paper is the result of the work of the European Marine Board Working Group on Navigating the Future VI.See Annex 1 for the list of Working Group Members and affiliations.Working Group ChairsGilles Lericolais,Sheila J.J.HeymansContributing Authors&