There is no consensus on the financial benefits derived from worldwide sales of biotechnology-related products taken from all types of marineenvironments but these are estimated to represent a multibillion dollar market.
Several projects it is currently involved in are based on protecting coastal and marineenvironments and ecosystems, including the EU Valmer Project and the Marine Conservation Zones that it has established within its borders.
An initiative to assess erosion and sediment transport to marine, lake or reservoir environments aimed at the creation of a holistic approach for the remediation and conservation of surface waters, closely linking science with policy and management needs.