Programme news | 26 July 2021

Blue Communities researchers have been successful in securing a share of £9.2 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to investigate how to safeguard the future of the UK’s marine and coastal economy whilst also protecting marine...

Programme news | 17 March 2021

Blue Communities is pleased to announce the launch of the first updatable, interrogable and comprehensive systematic evidence map on the interaction between marine conservation management and the health and well-being of coastal communities in...

Programme news | 10 March 2021

Associate Professor Dr Goh Hong Ching was recently featured as part of the British High Commissioner to Malaysia's Commonwealth Day speech, alongside two other Malaysian women scientists highlighting their contributions to science and ocean...

Programme news | 23 December 2020

The latest Blue Communities newsletter is now available with updates from the projects since the Annual Science Meeting in July 2020.

Newsletter article | 21 December 2020

By Dr Matt Fortnam, University of Exeter   Hard choices often need to be made when conducting marine planning. Choices between which sectors can operate where or when on the ocean, choices between benefiting one stakeholder group or...

Newsletter article | 21 December 2020

By Dr Matt Fortnam, University of Exeter   Co-writing a journal article that draws from several datasets across four countries with over twenty co-authors can be challenging at the best of times.

Newsletter article | 18 December 2020

By Carya Maharja and Dr Jito Sugardjito, Universitas Nasional (Indonesia)   At the beginning of the pandemic, with plenty of uncertainties surrounding how Indonesia would respond to the situation, our team felt a degree of trepidation...

Newsletter article | 18 December 2020

By Prof. Melanie Austen, University of Plymouth   Blue Communities focuses on building research capacity towards improving the health, well-being, livelihoods and environmental outcomes of the interactions between people and their marine...

Newsletter article | 18 December 2020

By Wan Nur Syazana Wan Mohamad Ariffin & Nurul Kamila Mohd Yusof, University of Malaya   The first quarter of 2020 for the Malaysian Case Study had progressed smoothly, with continuous stakeholder engagement at different levels as well as...

Newsletter article | 18 December 2020

By Dr Susan Kay and Dr Sevrine Sailley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory   ​Project 10 has produced model outputs showing how the marine environment and fishing potential could change in the coming decades as climate change takes effect.