Partners
Working together to strengthen post-incident environmental monitoring
Effective environmental monitoring following a marine pollution incident requires collaboration across organisations, disciplines and areas of expertise.
PREMIAM brings together government organisations and the wider scientific, environmental and emergency response communities to strengthen the UK's preparedness and capability for post-incident environmental monitoring and impact assessment.
The programme provides a forum for sharing knowledge, developing and promoting best practice, identifying evidence and capability gaps, and improving the coordination and integration of environmental monitoring following marine pollution incidents.
A collaborative approach
Through this collaborative network, PREMIAM supports:
- Preparedness: maintaining relationships, expertise and arrangements that can be drawn upon when an incident occurs.
- Coordination and integration: supporting a coherent approach to environmental monitoring and reducing unnecessary duplication of effort.
- Scientific expertise: bringing together appropriate technical and environmental expertise to support monitoring and impact assessment.
- Best practice: sharing knowledge, experience and lessons learned from incidents, exercises, research and monitoring programmes.
- Evidence and capability development – identifying gaps and opportunities to continually improve post-incident environmental monitoring.
- Knowledge sharing – strengthening links between government, the scientific community and organisations involved in marine pollution preparedness, response and recovery.
The PREMIAM network
The strength of PREMIAM lies in the expertise and experience contributed by its partners.
By working together before, during and after marine pollution incidents, the PREMIAM network helps maintain the capability needed to deliver timely, proportionate, coordinated and scientifically robust environmental monitoring and impact assessment.
This collaborative approach also ensures that the PREMIAM Guidelines and associated resources continue to evolve, reflecting advances in science, operational experience and lessons learned from real incidents and exercises.
