Enhancing R+D+i capacities in the fields of climatology, meteorology and operational oceanography, through the components of modelling, monitoring and dissemination of information in a timely manner and in a scale that is appropriate to the sectors on which they depend on. Network integration participating, from its privileged position in the Atlantic, in the aims of the EU of creating the European Observation and Information Network (EMODNet). This will be achieved through the consolidation and development of devices and existing capabilities. The project proposes incorporating innovation, supported by the business sector, in the development of devices (models, platforms and sensors), contributing to promote the European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research, in accordance with the Galway and Aberdeen priorities. The results and products will be available in real and delayed time, providing a better organization with the scientific-enterprise system, in specific fields such as security, maritime and port management, transport, fisheries, tourism, resource protection and coastal areas management.
La Exposición Itinerante “El Océano y la Química de la Vida” es una iniciativa de la Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) y el Grupo de Calidad Medioambiental de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).
Enmarcado en el Año Internacional de la Química, y financiado por la FECYT, el proyecto “El Océano, la Química de la Vida” busca exponer, de manera didáctica y amena, utilizando un amplio espectro de recursos didácticos, el papel que las Ciencias Químicas han jugado en el conocimiento que tenemos hoy del océano y la vida marina. Así mismo, enfatizar su vital importancia –tanto hoy como en el futuro- para realizar la labor de seguimiento de la salud de nuestros mares, nuestra atmósfera y de la vida en nuestro planeta.
Con esta visión, la exposición dirigida a estudiantes de la ESO, bachillerato, universitarios y público en general, es completa en lo conceptual permitiendo al visitante comprender, en un lenguaje sencillo, los procesos químicos y fenómenos principales que ocurren en el océano, su relación con el origen de la vida y con el equilibrio ambiental del planeta.
The objective of the project is to promote marine and maritime R&D of the European and African Macaronesian regions so that their approaches and results are addressed to contribute to the best articulation of the scientific - technical - company system, in fields such as security and sustainability in transport, maritime tourism and ports, increasing the protection of coastal areas, resources and marine biodiversity and the forecasting and management of natural risks. This is a way to contribute to promote the socio-economic development of these regions, in keeping with international goals.
This objective is a specific contribution to improve the insufficient R&D system, in a specific area, i.e. the marine and maritime sectors, where the Macaronesian regions have conditions and own potentialities that if exploited will provide significant value to its development. The previous experience and the agreements between the partners and other agents of the sector will guarantee a further strengthening of a solid foundation of cooperation and financial sustainability.
