Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) challenges marine science to better inform and stimulate social and economic development while conserving marine ecosystems. To achieve these objectives, we must make our diverse methodologies more comparable and interoperable...
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Jay Pearlman Pier Luigi Buttigieg Mark Bushnell Mark Bushnell Claudia Delgado Juliet Hermes Emma Heslop Cora Hörstmann Kirsten Isensee Johannes Karstensen Arno Lambert Ana Lara-Lopez Frank Muller-Karger Cristian Munoz Mas Francoise Pearlman Peter Pissierssens Rachel Przeslawski Pauline Simpson Jordan van Stavel Ramasamy Venkatesan Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Frontiers in Marine Science UN Ocean Decade interoperability best practices capacity development methods standards |
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Jay Pearlman Pier Luigi Buttigieg Mark Bushnell Mark Bushnell Claudia Delgado Juliet Hermes Emma Heslop Cora Hörstmann Kirsten Isensee Johannes Karstensen Arno Lambert Ana Lara-Lopez Frank Muller-Karger Cristian Munoz Mas Francoise Pearlman Peter Pissierssens Rachel Przeslawski Pauline Simpson Jordan van Stavel Ramasamy Venkatesan |
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Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
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Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
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Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
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Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
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Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
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evolving and sustaining ocean best practices to enable interoperability in the un decade of ocean science for sustainable development |
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Frontiers in Marine Science |
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The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) challenges marine science to better inform and stimulate social and economic development while conserving marine ecosystems. To achieve these objectives, we must make our diverse methodologies more comparable and interoperable, expanding global participation and foster capacity development in ocean science through a new and coherent approach to best practice development. We present perspectives on this issue gleaned from the ongoing development of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS). The OBPS is collaborating with individuals and programs around the world to transform the way ocean methodologies are managed, in strong alignment with the outcomes envisioned for the Ocean Decade. However, significant challenges remain, including: (1) the haphazard management of methodologies across their lifecycle, (2) the ambiguous endorsement of what is “best” and when and where one method may be applicable vs. another, and (3) the inconsistent access to methodological knowledge across disciplines and cultures. To help address these challenges, we recommend that sponsors and leaders in ocean science and education promote consistent documentation and convergence of methodologies to: create and improve context-dependent best practices; incorporate contextualized best practices into Ocean Decade Actions; clarify who endorses which method and why; create a global network of complementary ocean practices systems; and ensure broader consistency and flexibility in international capacity development. |
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UN Ocean Decade interoperability best practices capacity development methods standards |
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doaj-deb2b5616e254827ba2f06e76493108b2021-05-05T14:46:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452021-05-01810.3389/fmars.2021.619685619685Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices to Enable Interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable DevelopmentJay Pearlman0Pier Luigi Buttigieg1Mark Bushnell2Mark Bushnell3Claudia Delgado4Juliet Hermes5Emma Heslop6Cora Hörstmann7Kirsten Isensee8Johannes Karstensen9Arno Lambert10Ana Lara-Lopez11Frank Muller-Karger12Cristian Munoz Mas13Francoise Pearlman14Peter Pissierssens15Rachel Przeslawski16Pauline Simpson17Jordan van Stavel18Ramasamy Venkatesan19Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Paris, FranceHelmholtz Metadata Collaboration, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Kiel, GermanyIntegrated Systems Solutions, under contract to US IOOS QARTOD Project, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesCoastalObsTechServices, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesInternational Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ostend, BelgiumSouth African Environmental Observation Network, Cape Town, South AfricaGlobal Ocean Observing System, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Paris, FranceAlfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, GermanyIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Paris, France0Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Kiel, GermanyInternational Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ostend, Belgium1European Global Ocean Observing System – EuroGOOS AISBL, Brussels, Belgium2College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, United States3Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, NorwayInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Paris, FranceInternational Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ostend, Belgium4Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaInternational Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ostend, Belgium5Egagasini Node, South African Environmental Observation Network, Cape Town, South Africa6National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, IndiaThe UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) challenges marine science to better inform and stimulate social and economic development while conserving marine ecosystems. To achieve these objectives, we must make our diverse methodologies more comparable and interoperable, expanding global participation and foster capacity development in ocean science through a new and coherent approach to best practice development. We present perspectives on this issue gleaned from the ongoing development of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS). The OBPS is collaborating with individuals and programs around the world to transform the way ocean methodologies are managed, in strong alignment with the outcomes envisioned for the Ocean Decade. However, significant challenges remain, including: (1) the haphazard management of methodologies across their lifecycle, (2) the ambiguous endorsement of what is “best” and when and where one method may be applicable vs. another, and (3) the inconsistent access to methodological knowledge across disciplines and cultures. To help address these challenges, we recommend that sponsors and leaders in ocean science and education promote consistent documentation and convergence of methodologies to: create and improve context-dependent best practices; incorporate contextualized best practices into Ocean Decade Actions; clarify who endorses which method and why; create a global network of complementary ocean practices systems; and ensure broader consistency and flexibility in international capacity development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.619685/fullUN Ocean Decadeinteroperabilitybest practicescapacity developmentmethodsstandards |