German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Marine Research in Germany
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) coordinates the national marine research program "MARE:N - Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability" under the umbrella of the framework programme “Research for Sustainable Development” (FONA).
Published in 2016, MARE:N serves as the Federal Government‘s funding framework for coastal, marine and polar research in the coming decade. The central objective of MARE:N is to generate knowledge for the future of the seas and oceans and their role in the earth system, to assess human impacts and to develop solutions for their protection and sustainable use.
Germany will host the kick-off Conference for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development taking place from 2021 to 2030.