Institution chef de file :
CIMAR - Portugal
Citizens of Surf vise à doter les surfeurs des connaissances, de la compréhension, du soutien et des outils nécessaires pour devenir des scientifiques citoyens actifs et engagés.
35+ million people are known to immerse themselves in breaking waves on a global scale, and Citizens of Surf aims to connect recreational ocean users to ocean science, so they can contribute toward the Ocean Decade and help achieve “The Science We Need for the Ocean We Want”.
This Decade Action focuses on developing and testing the monitoring and data collection methodology to report on environmental indicators within surfing zones, with the three main areas of research, including: climate change indicators, microplastic contamination and biodiversity. This is a truly interdisciplinary and novel project, as not only will we be conducting the sampling in the ocean using surfing citizen scientists, we will also be monitoring the participants levels of Ocean Literacy and engagement.
This Project is hosted by the Ocean Decade Programme Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs)
Date de début : 01/03/2023
Date de fin : 31/12/2029
Contact principal : Natalie Fox(natalie@ecopdecade.org)