In September 2017, the international Lagoons Forum was established in Ireland, with representatives from various national institutes and international programmes, initiatives and organisations. Since then, the Lagoons Forum has grown and it now includes the following:

• Future Earth Coasts (FEC)
• German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Sustainable Water Future Programme (SWFP)
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
• Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)
• UK NERC Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
• Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Blue Planet
• US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR)
• UN Environment GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre
• Venice Resilience Lab – Wigwan Local Community
• Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
• National Marine Fisheries Research Institute (NMFRI), Poland
• Universities:
  • Università degli studi di Parma, Italy
  • Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy
  • University of Stirling, United Kingdom
  • University College Cork, Ireland
  • University of Algarve, Portugal
  • Stockholm University, Sweden
  • University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Morgan State University, United States
  • University of Colorado, United States
  • University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • University of Dundee, United Kingdom
• SMEs:
  • Brockmann Consult GbmH, Germany

If you would also like to join the Lagoons Forum, please contact us