An Introduction to the ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ Initiative

Emily A. Smail; Paul M. DiGiacomo; Sophie Seeyave; Samy Djavidnia; Louis Celliers; Pierre-Yves Le Traon; Jeremy Gault; Elva Escobar-Briones; Hans-Peter Plag; Christine Pequignet; Lenore Bajona; Li Zhang; Jay Pearlman; Andy Steven; Jonathan Hodge; Marie-Fanny Racault; Curt Storlazzi; William Skirving; Ron Hoeke; John Marra; Ap van Dongeren; Frank Muller-Karger; Douglas Cripe; Daniel Takaki

doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.1634959

An Introduction to the ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ Initiative

Emily A. Smail, Paul M. DiGiacomo, Sophie Seeyave, Samy Djavidnia, Louis Celliers, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Jeremy Gault, Elva Escobar-Briones, Hans-Peter Plag, Christine Pequignet, Lenore Bajona, Li Zhang, Jay Pearlman, Andy Steven, Jonathan Hodge, Marie-Fanny Racault, Curt Storlazzi, William Skirving, Ron Hoeke, John MarraAp van Dongeren, Frank Muller-Karger, Douglas Cripe, Daniel Takaki

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We live on a blue planet, and Earth’s waters benefit many sectors of society. The future of our blue planet is increasingly reliant on the services delivered by marine, coastal and inland waters and on the advancement of effective, evidence-based decisions on sustainable development. ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ is an initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) that aims to ensure the sustained development and use of ocean and coastal observations for the benefit of society. The initiative works to advance and exploit synergies among the many observational programmes devoted to ocean and coastal waters; to improve engagement with a variety of stakeholders for enhancing the timeliness, quality and range of information delivered; and to raise awareness of the societal benefits of ocean observations at the public and policy levels. This paper summarises the role of the initiative, current activities and considerations for future directions.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Operational Oceanography
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2019.1634959
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Ocean observations
group on earth observations
Oceans and Society: Blue Planet
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
ocean best practices
science for society
user engagement

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Smail, E. A., DiGiacomo, P. M., Seeyave, S., Djavidnia, S., Celliers, L., Traon, P.-Y. L., Gault, J., Escobar-Briones, E., Plag, H.-P., Pequignet, C., Bajona, L., Zhang, L., Pearlman, J., Steven, A., Hodge, J., Racault, M.-F., Storlazzi, C., Skirving, W., Hoeke, R., ... Takaki, D. (2019). An Introduction to the ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ Initiative. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 12. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2019.1634959

Smail, EA, DiGiacomo, PM, Seeyave, S, Djavidnia, S, Celliers, L, Traon, P-YL, Gault, J, Escobar-Briones, E, Plag, H-P, Pequignet, C, Bajona, L, Zhang, L, Pearlman, J, Steven, A, Hodge, J, Racault, M-F, Storlazzi, C, Skirving, W, Hoeke, R, Marra, J, Dongeren, AV, Muller-Karger, F, Cripe, D & Takaki, D 2019, 'An Introduction to the ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ Initiative', Journal of Operational Oceanography, vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2019.1634959

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