Reports from Eur-Ocean 2000 now on-line

Daily reports on the recent discussions at Eur-Ocean 2000, the European conference on marine science and ocean technology, in Hamburg, Germany, have been made available on the Research Directorate-General's website. The event, organised as part of the European Union's contrib...

Daily reports on the recent discussions at Eur-Ocean 2000, the European conference on marine science and ocean technology, in Hamburg, Germany, have been made available on the Research Directorate-General's website.

The event, organised as part of the European Union's contribution to EXPO 2000, aims to promote current key issues in European marine research and in particular, to foster the exchange of ideas. Reports are available from a number of the conference sessions on topics including:

- pollutants, nutrients and harmful algae in the sea: origin, economic implications and European policy;

- GLOBEC related studies in the North Atlantic: a perspective for European and North American research cooperation;

- final recommendations of the session 'how can marine research and industry work together in the future to realise sustainable development?'

- European marine research facilities: improving the fabric of European research facilities;

- global coastal zone management: what has the Fourth Framework programme delivered?

- marine biotechnology;

- technology and management approaches for European seas.
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