ERI Director Contributes to European Science Foundation Marine Biotechnology Strategy
24.11.2010
The Environmental Research Institute Director, Professor Alan Dobson, is one of the Contributing Authors of the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) recent Position Paper on “Marine Biotechnology: A New Vision and Strategy for Europe”.

The Position Paper was developed by the Marine Board Working Group on Marine Biotechnology of which Professor Dobson was a member.

The report presents a shared vision for European Marine Biotechnology and provides an updated view of Marine Biotechnology to policy makers at both EU and national levels and to EU and national scientific and administrative officers involved in research in marine sciences and their interacting fields in Health, Food, Environment and Energy.

Marine Biotechnology, which involves marine bioresources, either as the source or the target of biotechnology applications, is fast becoming an important component of the global biotechnology sector. The global market for Marine Biotechnology products and processes is currently estimated at €2.8 billion. The position paper illustrates that Marine Biotechnology can make an increasingly important contribution towards meeting societal challenges such as a sustainable supply of food and energy, climate change and environmental degradation, human health and aging populations and can support economic recovery and growth in Europe by delivering new knowledge, products and services. The paper provides a number of recommendations on research priorities in the areas of Food, Energy, Health, Environment, and Industrial Products and Processes.

The Position Paper on Marine Biotechnology can be viewed and downloaded at web-link: http://www.esf.org/publications.html

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