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The NRF has a long-standing joint venture partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) to promote marine and coastal ecosystem research in three coastal provinces (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape). This research programme was previously called ‘Marine and Coastal Management Research Programme’ (MCM) and was later changed to ‘Oceans and Coasts, and Fisheries Research projects’ to accommodate all relevant sectors in the new structure of DAFF.
The joint venture partners have recently renewed their commitment to supporting this research programme and have agreed on a new name: ‘Marine and Coastal Provincial Research Programme (MCPRP) of DAFF and DEA’. The potential benefits of MCPRP include retention of scientific expertise and development of research capacity in the provinces, support to decision-making processes at the level of provincial governments, promotion of transformation, and above all, directly address priority research needs identified through grass-root consultation at provincial levels.
For more information please contact Dr Achuo Enow (Programme Director: Global Change) at a.enow@nrf.ac.za