Start/End: January 2010 to December 2014
Project Leader: Professor Nicolas Polunin
Contact: nick.polunin@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsors: EU Framework Programme 7
Partners: University of Exeter, Amsterdam, Wageningen and Bremen Universities, University
of the West Indies, University of Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Centro Marino, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur and University of
Queensland
Homepage: http://www.force-project.eu
The FORCE project is an integrated research project which takes an ecosystem approach, linking social and ecological aspects towards managing Caribbean coral reefs in the face of climate change. The overall scientific objective of FORCE is to identify the most appropriate management interventions for coral reefs and the governance structures needed for their implementation. The FORCE team comprises leading scientists from Europe and the Caribbean region contributing a diverse range of expertise to the project. Combining researchers from the social and natural sciences, the FORCE project aims to understand how people affect reefs and how reef health affects people.
Professor Nick Polunin
Professor of Marine Environmental Science
Professor Selina Stead
Professor of Marine Governance and Environmental Science
Dr Claire Fitzsimmons
Teaching Fellow
Dr Steven Newman
Research Associate
Dr Johanna Forster
Research Associate