“The Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative (GOI) is a five-year program of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation that started in 2013 with a vision of protection, conservation and good management of the oceans and of marine ecosystems. Its main mission is to support the economic valuation of marine ecosystem services. The overall goal of the Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative is to increase public and political understanding of marine ecosystem services as strategic assets for sustainable economic development and for human well-being. For that, it will promote activities in three domains – research, public understanding and policy action.”

http://www.gulbenkian.pt/Institucional/en/Activities/ProgrammesAndProjects/GulbenkianOceansInitiative

More about Marine CoLABoration: http://fo.am/marine-colaboration/

• workshop 201501
• workshop 201503

• http://ecosystemcommons.org/
• http://marineecosystemservices.org

• the “Marine Ecosystem Service Valuation” reports from the Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research at Plymouth University, the Gulbenkian Ocean Initiative, the “Valuing the Oceans Framework Strategy”
• http://mesp2.env.duke.edu/resources/papers
• http://marineecosystemservices.org/mesp-valuation-studies
• http://www.communicationsinc.co.uk/ocean-communication-and-campaigning/