The Gulf Research Program
Subtitle: a strategic vision
By: advisory group, Gulf Research Program
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9780309313063
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Environmental monitoring; Environmental impact analysis; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010; Environmental aspects; Environmental conditions
Description: "The Gulf Research Program: A Strategic Vision establishes the Program's foundation and introduces its mission, goals, and objectives. It describes some initial activities and sets out the Program's vision for contributing lasting benefit to the Gulf region and the nation. The Program is an extraordinary opportunity to foster science on a regional scale and over the long term. In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, resulting in significant impacts on the region's environment and residents. Legal settlements with the companies held responsible led the federal government to ask the National Academy of Sciences to form and administer a 30-year program to enhance oil system safety, human health, and environmental resources in the Gulf of Mexico and other U.S. continental shelf areas where offshore oil and gas exploration and production occur or are under consideration. The new Gulf Research Program will receive $500 million to support activities using three broad approaches: research and development, education and training, and environmental monitoring."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56).

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Table of contents: title: Program foundation; title: Program mission, goals, and objectives; title: Strategies for lasting benefit; title: Initial and future activities; title: Program operations; title: References; title: Appendix A: advisory group biographies; title: Appendix B: charge to the advisory group; title: Appendix C: outreach activities; title: Appendix D: other funding programs.