Environmental Protection and Stewardship

To protect and enhance the socio-ecological systems of the Gulf region, the GRP strengthens connections between science and decision-making to better manage the Gulf watersheds, coastal zones, and deep marine systems. The environment of the Gulf includes terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, and marine systems coupled with social systems that define the daily lives of millions of residents. These systems act and interact across different scales of time and geography, and relate to many of the most urgent problems the region faces. I...