Plankton science for supporting the implementation of marine ecosystem-based management and conservation

基于生态系统的管理是全面管理海洋的关键。根据这一方法，强有力的科学证据为政策和管理决策提供了重要基础。科学界和政策界必须共同努力，将科学研究纳入决策进程。这种合作可能具有挑战性，因为政策制定者和科学家用自己的行话进行交流;科学家为政策进程提供投入的资金有限;政策制定者的工作时间紧迫，科学家难以做出回应;科学家与决策者接触的途径可能不明确。因此，最终用户可能不知道或不清楚科学如何能够支持和告知管理选择。我的第一个KE奖学金使我能够克服这些挑战，导致英国，欧盟和国际政策义务的生物多样性指标的发展取得了重大进展，英国和OSPAR（东北欧）远洋栖息地的首次连贯评估的生产，以及促进以前不同的英国浮游生物研究界之间的合作。我对政策需求的理解有所扩展，使我能够在知情的情况下应对不断变化的政策挑战，如英国退欧。尽管取得了这些成功，但在英国、欧盟和国际海洋实施基于生态系统的管理方面仍有大量工作要做，例如制定政治上商定的环境目标，实现区域管理的一致性，以及继续制定浮游生物指标。推进英国浮游生物科学和数据融入英国和欧洲的决策过程;促进英国科学研究的解释和翻译成有针对性的政策建议;向科学界通报政策需要，以便利和鼓励对决策的科学投入;并将新兴的海洋政策挑战转化为利用英国浮游生物数据和研究支持现有和新兴立法的机会。我将运用我的科学-通过参与国家和国际远洋专家组，包括在联合王国和OSPAR层面领导执行《海洋生态系统可持续发展框架》的远洋栖息地，将联合王国浮游生物科学纳入联合王国和欧盟政治进程的政策专门知识，以及英国和国际主要政策委员会的成员。英国浮游生物数据和研究也将转化为针对英国，欧盟和国际政策制定者的政策相关的科学建议。将评估政策建议的差距和未来的需求，以引导浮游生物研究界对政策的相关性。英国脱欧和MSFD 2017年修订版的新政治挑战将需要科学家和政策制定者的创新，因为我们寻求在新的和不确定的政治要求下实施基于海洋生态系统的管理。该奖学金将利用我在英国和欧盟科学政策界的影响力，以确保科学证据和数据继续支持海洋政策进程。这些步骤对浮游生物科学的有效应用和发展将导致最好地利用证据，以支持海洋管理和conservation.I在从事和沟通与英国，欧盟和国际政策和决策者，并绘制科学研究和政策需求之间的联系经验。我想继续和发展我开始的工作，直接促进英国和欧盟的海洋政策的实施;建立科学的凝聚力，从而解决政策问题的能力，在英国浮游生物研究界;并作为英国和欧盟科学和政策界之间的渠道，通过服务于证据组，并提供有针对性的和及时的建议。

Ecosystem-based management is key to holistically managing our seas. Under this approach, robust scientific evidence provides the critical foundation upon which to base policy and management decisions. The science and policy communities must work together to integrate scientific research into the decision-making process. Such collaboration can be challenging as policymakers and scientists communicate in their own jargon-centric languages; limited funding is available for scientists to input into the policy process; policy-makers work to tight timescales that can be difficult for scientists to respond to; and the route through which scientists can engage with decision makers may be unclear. Consequently, end users may be left either unaware of or not clearly understanding how science can support and inform management options. My first KE fellowship enabled me to overcome these challenges, resulting in significant progress towards the development of biodiversity indicators for UK, EU and international policy obligations, production of the first ever coherent assessment of UK and OSPAR (Northeast Europe) pelagic habitats, and the fostering of collaboration within the previously-disparate UK plankton research community. My understanding of policy needs has expanded, placing me in an informed position to respond to evolving policy challenges such as Brexit. Despite these successes, substantial work remains towards implementing ecosystem-based management in UK, EU and international seas, such as setting politically-agreed environmental targets, achieving regional coherence for management, and continued development of plankton indicators.This fellowship will build on the achievements of my first NERC KE fellowship to: progress the integration of UK plankton science and data into the UK and European decision-making processes; facilitate the interpretation and translation of UK scientific research into targeted policy advice; communicate policy needs to the scientific community to facilitate and encourage scientific input to decision-making; and turn emerging marine policy challenges into opportunities to use UK plankton data and research to support existing and emerging legislation.I will apply my science-policy expertise to integrate UK plankton science into the UK and EU political processes through involvement in national and international pelagic expert groups, including leadership of the implementation of the MSFD for pelagic habitats at the UK and OSPAR levels, and membership on key UK and international policy boards. UK plankton data and research will also be transformed to targeted policy-relevant scientific advice for UK, EU and international policy-makers. Policy advice gaps and future needs will be assessed in order to steer the plankton research community towards policy relevance. The new political challenges of Brexit and the MSFD's 2017 Revision will require innovation by both scientists and policy-makers as we seek to implement marine ecosystem-based management under new and uncertain political requirements. This fellowship will exploit my position of influence in the UK and EU science-policy communities to ensure that scientific evidence and data continue to underpin the marine policy process. These steps towards the effective application and development of plankton science will result in the best use of evidence to support marine management and conservation.I am experienced in engaging and communicating with UK, EU and international policy and decision makers, and drawing links between scientific research and policy needs. I would like to continue and evolve the work I started, directly contributing to UK and EU marine policy implementation; building scientific cohesion, and therefore the capacity to address policy problems, within the UK plankton research community; and acting as a conduit between the UK and EU science and policy communities by serving on evidence groups and providing targeted and timely advice.