Progress report for
Developing a monitoring and supervising system for the deep sea
Achievement at a glance
Funding has been provided for a total amount of EUR 26,3 million. The projects that received funding are the following:- OBAMA-NEXT OBSERVING AND MAPPING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS – NEXT GENERATION TOOLS (22 partners including UNEP-WCMC / EUR 9,3 million / 4 years from 01/12/2022)
- MARCO-BOLO MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations (28 partners / EUR 7,3 million / 4 years from 01/12/2022)
- DiverSea INTEGRATED OBSERVATION, MONITORING AND PREDICTION ARCHITECTURE FOR FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY OF COASTAL SEAS (19 partners / EUR 9,7 million / 4 years from 01/09/2023)
Next Steps
Benedicte CaremierBeneficiaries
European national agencies, universities and research institutes:
Universitat Wien (Austria), Fundación AZTI (Spain), Suomen ympäristökeskus (Finland), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, National, Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Sorbonne University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Flemish Institute for Technological Research and Flanders Marine Institute Institut Flamand de la Mer (Belgium), Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GMBH and Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung (Germany), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn and Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy), Stichting Deltares (the Netherlands), University of Tartu (Estonia), Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Marina Grigore Antipa Institute of Oceanology and Pentru Geologie si Geoecologie Marina, Universitatea din Bucuresti (Romania), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University (Bulgaria), Aalborg Universitet, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen and Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark), Luonnonvarakeskus (LUKE) and Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland), Scitation, University of Porto and Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (Portugal), Science European Infrastructure got Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (LifeWatch), Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla, Pompeu Fabra University and Tursiops Marine Research (Spain), Goeteborgs Universitet (Sweden), Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigacao Marinha Ambiental ERINN Innovation Ltd (Ireland), the European Marine Biological Resource Centre European
Research Consortium (EMBRC).
Non-EU bodies:
Univesitetet I Tromsoe – Norges Arktiske Universitet Norwegian, National Oceanography Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, VNNOR SME and Institute for Water Research (Norway) The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Marine Scotland, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (UK) United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO, Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea and Institute of Marine Biology of the NAS (Ukraine). University of Economics and Business R Dokuz Eylül University of Izmir and Mediterranean Conservation Society (Turkey), University of California, San Diego (U.S.A), University of Ghana (Ghana), The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association / Women In Marine Science / WIOMSA / WIMS /, and Platform Organization Tanzania.
Actions
- validation of emerging techniques and approaches for new biotic / functional biodiversity traits data collection, by autonomous systems, satellite remote sensing, citizen science, for existing monitoring program, Essential Ocean and Biodiversity Variables EOVs/EBVs, develop high-resolution mapping of marine ecosystems- contribute to the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the Global Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON, MBON, GOOS)