Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund: Marine Environment Protection Fund

Notice of Research Requirements Document – June 2004

A Research Requirements Document for R&D programmes within the Marine Environment Protection Fund element of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund is available on the following website:

www.alsf-mepf.org.uk

The website gives details on the Fund, Research Requirements and how to submit Tenders and Expressions of Interest. Enquiries to enquiries@alsf-mepf.org.uk.

CLOSING DATE: 26 JULY 2004 Tenders are invited for potential R&D funding from 2004/05:
MEPF 04/01	Eastern English Channel Large-scale seabed habitat mapping.
MEPF 04/02	Recoverability of affected ecosystems after cessation of marine aggregate extraction.
MEPF 04/03	Development of a risk assessment framework.
MEPF 04/04	Improvements to predictive modelling.
MEPF 04/05	Marine ALSF Science Co-ordinator
MPEF 04/06	Marine ALSF Annual Conference
MEPF 04/07	Marine ALSF Offshore Geographical Information System
Expressions of Interest are invited for potential R&D funding from 2005/06:
MEPF 04/08	Impacts of marine aggregate extraction operations.
MEPF 04/09	The significance of change in relation to natural variability.
MEPF 04/10	Increasing biodiversity and achieving environmental enhancement through appropriate uses of marine aggregates in coastal protection schemes.
MEPF 04/11	Research into the utility of output from the Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) for assessing the environmental impacts of extraction.
MEPF 04/12	Improved information on the location of aggregate resources in relation to planning constraints.
MEPF 04/13	Guidelines on technological advances in monitoring and assessment.