Prevention of Environmental Risks

Security - published 14 October 2010

Security and safety of the maritime environment

Global climatic change, natural and biological risks and a rise in human activities endanger maritime environments and justify a more global approach to prevention. 

Multiple areas of operation

Approaches taken for prevention of maritime environmental risks vary according to their origin.

• Risks related to human activity involve different kinds of pollution, floating devices drifting, the evolution of the coast line, and the shoreline hardening.
• Risks related to climate change mainly involve a rise in the water level and its impact on the coast.
• Natural risks concern storms, hurricanes and cyclones, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and their maritime impacts.
• Biological risks concern toxic proliferations and induced change for eco-systems and bio-diversity.

Multiple options for local synergies

The PACA and Languedoc-Roussillon regions regroup various international actors in the area of management and prevention of maritime environmental risks: specialised research laboratories (Ifremer, Oceanologic Centre of Marseille, Inéris, Oceanographic Observatory of Villefranche-sur-Mer…), suppliers of measurement technologies, complex information systems (Thales, EADS) and crisis management tools (Véolia).

Among end-users, Pôle Mer PACA pools together all expertise of the actors present in its region of influence.

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