A Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy (2007) / Chapter Skim
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3 Assessment of the Overall Plan
3 Assessment of the Overall Plan
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. There is a need to draw a clearer connection between the problems and opportunities facing society and the specific challenges for ocean science and between these specific challenges and the research priorities identified in the plan.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 30 Joint Ocean Commission Initiative's From Sea to Shining Sea (JOCI, 2006)
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ASSESSMENT OF THE OVERALL PLAN 31 aries that at first glance may appear quite impenetrable. It is critical to recognize that basic and applied science represent a continuum, not discrete entities.
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Enhancing ocean observations is clearly required to address the research priorities identified in the draft plan. If the observing system is explicitly designed, deployed, and operated to benefit both scientific and operational activities, it will be necessary to develop a cost-sharing approach for the operational and research programs.
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[Adapted from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] OCEAN, COASTAL, AND MARINE EDUCATION CAN: • Enhance public awareness of the ocean and increase scientific literacy • Ensure that present and future workforce needs are met • Communicate societal needs to the public; policymakers; decision makers; and to biological, physical, and social scientists • Impart to stakeholders knowledge at the interfaces and fringes of disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary ocean, coastal, and marine sciences • Apply research findings to operational benefits for the global society FIGURE 3-2 Contribution of education to the ORPP.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 34 THEMES The draft plan is organized around six societal themes. The themes successfully capture the main ocean-related issues facing society, have an interdisciplinary focus, and would benefit from a collaborative approach among federal, state, and local agencies to integrate efforts.
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The optimal mix of process, observational, and modeling studies will depend on the specifics of the research project and hence will be determined more effectively by scientists endeavoring to address these research priorities. This priority
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The committee believes that some of the problems identified above could be alleviated by expanding the theme-priority hierarchy through the introduction of an intermediate level that identifies "challenges for science and society." As it stands, the themes refer to societal issues, while the priorities are phrased as broad research goals for addressing these issues. Between these two levels, large-scale scientific challenges could be articulated to assist in the formulation of more tightly focused research priorities.
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Alternatively, the use of cross-cutting themes, similar to the approach in the April 2006 Planning Document for the Ocean Research Priorities Plan (JSOST, 2006a) but placed early in the ORPP, would give these issues greater emphasis and illustrate many of the connections among the themes.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 38 Box 3-2 Potential Outline 1. Vision 2.
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RECOMMENDATION: The plan should identify challenges under each theme that provide a more in spiring rationale for the research priorities. RECOMMENDATION: Carefully formulated and well-justified research priorities should be identified that are clearly connected to scientific challenges.
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REVIEW OF THE OCEAN RESEARCH PRIORITIES PLAN 40 dressed and a set of benchmarks by which progress toward this goal can be assessed.
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