National and Regional Implementation Committees (NRICs)
One of the global goals of the Census of Marine Life was strengthening support for marine biodiversity research at the national or regional level that will continue after the CoML has concluded. Following in the footsteps of other successful global research programs, several nations and groups of nations brought together regional CoML stakeholders, such as researchers, government and non-government agencies, and resource managers, to assess the status of knowledge of marine biodiversity in their waters. These assessments led to the organization of National or Regional Implementation Committees (NRICs) to implement more local programs and improve the geographic scope of CoML and its projects. By engaging scientists, funding agencies, policy-makers and the broad user community, these national and regional committees identified their research and data priorities for marine biodiversity and find ways to make them happen by building partnerships, exploring funding opportunities for local science, and promoting CoML to local audiences. The committees worked under the umbrella of the CoML.
Areas of the globe represented by an NRIC include:
- Australia
- Canada
- Caribbean
- China
- Europe
- Japan
- Indian Ocean
- Indonesia
- Republic of Korea
- South America
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- USA
- Arabian Sea
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