Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Implementation, based on Modelling & Simulation (M&S), driven by the Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) framework
Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Key Highlights
- The global community, under the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Ocean Commission (IOC), has prioritised the MSP as a critical tool for enhanced water body management.
- The Modelling and simulation (M&S)–based MSP, followed by field experimental validation, will revolutionize how we manage the challenges and opportunities of the new global order.
- The developed nations have developed significant expertise and hardware for the MSP initiative and now pushing the global south to align with the new regulations.
The universe is going through a very critical phase in its entire evolution. On one end, the Science & Technology (S&T) and human understanding of the universe has reached a level where sustainability crisis and climate change risk are clearly visible. On the other hand, the population growth and the demands for a better life drive us towards an irreversible degradation of the surroundings. Often, the bogey of development and good life is becoming a cause for extreme weather events and massive scale pollution across air, water, and food. Serious efforts are required to manage this catastrophic situation.
“Given that 75% (including the freshwater systems) of the earth is water, we need to prioritise the focus on these water bodies. Going further, it may be noted that 90% of the threats and resources reside below the surface, so Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) should be prioritised across the board.”
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Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Director and Founder of MRC, Pune. Dr Das is an ex-Naval officer with 2 decades of active service and a PhD holder from IIT Delhi with a specialization in Underwater Acoustics. He has worked on several projects and has many publications to his credit.