Natural Resources
Coastal and marine ecosystems provide a
variety of ecological functions that directly or indirectly
translate to economic services and values to humans. Sustainable
management of these marine natural resources presents particular
challenges to the managers of those resources with overexploitation
and destruction of key marine assets at risk such as concerning
fishing and tourism. If properly managed, marine and coastal
natural resources should provide continuing returns into the future
without diminishing their productivity.
PML Applications Ltd, in collaboration with
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), is at the forefront of developing
tools for integrating the socio-economic dimension with our well
established marine science expertise, to ensure that the value of
biodiversity and ecosystem services is adequately captured in all
types of assessment and evaluation.
Part of the services from marine natural
resources concern opportunities for new product development.
Expertise at PML Applications includes Isolation of novel marine
microbes (from algae, bacteria and viruses) for applications in
drug discovery, biocatalysis, healthcare and bio-energy and a
screening capability for bioactivities and isolation of natural
products and enzymes.
For further detail on our range of services
please refer to the 'Services'
section.
