WU is part of Wageningen University and Research (WUR), which is a leading international knowledge institute in the fields of nutrition health, sustainable agricultural systems and environmental quality. The Environmental Policy Group (ENP) and the Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group (ENR) of WU are both part of the Social Science group (SSG). ENP is international leading in the field of environmental social science and policy research and has organized its international research program around five core research innovation themes: sustainable urban infrastructures, marine governance, sustainable food transformations, governing environmental mobilities and governing climate futures. ENR has years of experience in education and research in environmental and natural resource economics. The group has ample experience in the economics of coastal and marine ecosystems through participation in projects and networks such as MARBEF, VECTORS, and BESTTuna.