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Project SOPHIE – SUBMON takes part in new European project linking oceans, tourism and human health

November 9, 2017
By comunicacio
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The European Union is investing €2 million in a new initiative designed to coordinate research into the complex links between the marine environment and human health and wellbeing. Led by the University of Exeter Medical School and funded by Horizon 2020, the Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) project launches in December 2017 and will run for 2.5 years.

SOPHIE will deliver a clear road map for the future direction of Oceans and Human Health research in Europe, and builds on ongoing work at the University of Exeter to improve our understanding of the impacts environments such as ‘blue spaces’ can have on health and wellbeing. It will also develop and foster a network of diverse stakeholders from across Europe involved in Oceans and Human Health, and create a legacy that will advance this field across the world beyond the end of the Project.

Professor Lora Fleming, Director of the European Centre for Environment & Human Health, will lead SOPHIE and believes the project’s launch is timely: “Over the last ten years we’ve contributed to a growing body of evidence which suggests both the marine environment and human health are inextricably linked. Yet we’ve lacked a consistent and coordinated approach to develop these findings further and use them to inform policies. SOPHIE will finally help us to do this, creating a platform for different communities to work together and achieve sustainable interactions with coastal environments.”

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The project will explore the complex interplay between the health of the marine environment and that of humans, and through a series of forums and events, aims to build a community of researchers and practitioners from two traditionally distinct groups; marine and maritime specialists; and the medical and public health sector. SOPHIE includes members from academia, small and medium sized businesses, and government, with the team holding particular expertise in developing and implementing public health and environmental policies.

Dr Paula Kellett, Science Officer at the European Marine Board, explains: “At a time when both our environments and healthcare systems are under renewed pressure, this project presents a fantastic opportunity to build and execute a future vision for ocean and health research across Europe. We are excited by the multidisciplinary team we have assembled and hope that we can push forward the integration of research into policy in ways which have positive outcomes for people’s health and wellbeing, as well as for the health of the ocean.”

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Healthy Coastal Living and Sustainable Blue Tourism will be two key areas of focus for SOPHIE. The project will bring together tourism and other industry stakeholders to create interdisciplinary knowledge in OHH, developing new web-accessible materials to enhance current ocean literacy and citizen science approaches by also including information pertaining to the relationships between seas, oceans and human health and wellbeing. The Wildsea Europe network, through its founding Partners Travelecoology and SUBMON, will engage its community in the development of an innovative, pilot Citizen Science Programme to activate tourism operators and their clients as “citizen sensors” that contribute to build knowledge on OHH.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 774567. Further information will be available when the project begins.

The full list of partners is:
• University of Exeter Medical School
• European Marine Board IVZW
• Deltares
• National University of Ireland, Galway
• Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and Environment
• Seascape
• SUBMON
• Travelecoology

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