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How can we strengthen cooperation and networking on urgent marine biodiversity challenges across Europe? Bringing people together, facilitating exchange, developing visions - these were the goals for the #kexMarineCluster event held in Brussels in March. 30 Horizon Europe-funded projects from the “Restoration & protection for marine biodiversity” cluster and the “Reducing bycatch” cluster as well as representatives of the three European Commission departments for environment, for maritime affairs and fisheries and for research and innovation followed the invitation. One aim of the event was to co-develop a vision for the cluster, exploring added-value (building on existing initiatives), needs and opportunities for the long-term. Another objective was to promote exchange between the projects and open up a space to share approaches and best practices/lessons learned not only during the event itself, but also beyond. Hugh Possingham, a global leader in biodiversity conservation, shared insights on science, policy, and marine conservation in his keynote speech. Also worth mentioning is the fantastic graphic recording by Charlotte Hintzmann, who brought the results of the presentations, discussions and group works creatively and impressively to the point. See for yourself! 🐳 🐙 🪸 🐚 🐟 Eklipse BioAgora Project B-USEFUL Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Ivan Conesa Alcolea Sofie Vandewoestijne Marie Vandewalle Juliette Young Nils Bunnefeld Gilles Doignon Maddalena Visser Ruth Krause Nathalie Morata Constance Laureau, PhD Ute Jacob Josie Antonucci di Carvalho

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Time for good news? More than ever! We keep asking our colleagues about discoveries and developments that give them a positive outlook for the future. Dr. Jan-Claas Dajka works in the Transfer Office for Marine Biodiversity Change to promote dialog between science and politics. He is encouraged by the fact that policy makers have shown themselves to be very open to discussion and criticism.   “Over the last few months, I have spoken to a number of political decision-makers at EU, national and federal state level. We discussed quite conceptual criticism of very established environmental management tools such as thresholds and marine protected areas. To my surprise, the overwhelming majority of policy makers I've talked to were very open to hearing this criticism and actually actively helped taking my ideas for alternative management approaches to the next level. They gave tips, suggested windows for opportunity in the political process and referred me to colleagues. I'm quite new to the science-policy interface, but going into it, I did not expect my work to be met with this much openness - this is super uplifting and fuels me with hope for the future.”   #marinebiodiversity #sciencepolicydialogue #goodnews

We had a fantastic #anvio workshop here at the HIFMB thanks to Florian Trigodet and Iva Veseli and all the attendees that came to Oldenburg for an entire week to learn about anvi'o and microbial 'omics. I wrote a blog post to share some photos from the workshop along with the summaries of the attendee survey results: https://lnkd.in/e6zkSCmG

Hard to believe that it's already been a month since our opening ceremony. The colorful spotlights have been taken down, the confetti snippets are all swept up, but what remains is the fantastic atmosphere. A great place to work! Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur

🌊 One Week to Go! Counting Down to the #MarineBiodiversityCluster Event in Brussels!  🌊 We’re excited to announce the Marine Biodiversity Cluster Event, a key gathering of EU-funded projects working on: ✅ Restoring & Protecting Marine Biodiversity 🐠🪼 ✅ Reducing Bycatch 🎣 📅 Date: 13 & 14 March 2025 This event, co-organized by the BioAgora Project, B-USEFUL, the European Commission (DG RTD, DG MARE, DG ENV & REA), Eklipse, and HIFMB, will bring together #Researchers, #PolicyMakers, and #KeyStakeholders to: 🔍 Explore synergies between marine conservation projects. 📢 Engage with policy-makers to strengthen the science-policy interface. 💡 Shape future actions to maximize impact on EU biodiversity policies. 🚀 Stay tuned for more updates! We’ll be sharing key highlights and outcomes in the coming weeks. #kexMarineCluster #MarineBiodiversity #MarineRestoration #EUProjects #HorizonEurope #ESA #BycatchReduction #BiodiversityConservation #SciencePolicy #BRACENET

Heute ist der internationale Tag des #Artenschutzes! 🪸 #Biodiversität und #Artenvielfalt finden sich überall auf unserer Erde: auch auf dem Meeresboden der #Antarktis. Trotz der extremen Bedingungen gibt es eine erstaunliche Vielfalt an Lebewesen, die in den kalten, dunklen Gewässern leben. Von leuchtenden Tiefsee-Kreaturen bis hin zu Eisfischen und Schwämmen. Doch der Klimawandel und menschliche Eingriffe bedrohen diese einzigartigen Ökosysteme. Eine wichtige Entscheidung für den globalen Artenschutz haben Expert:innen aus fast 200 Ländern in der letzten Woche auf dem Weltnaturgipfel in Rom getroffen: Sie einigten sich auf einen Finanzierungsplan, um die bis 2030 gesteckten Artenschutzziele umzusetzen. Dieser Plan sieht vor, die jährlichen Ausgaben für die Biodiversität bis 2030 auf 200 Milliarden US-Dollar zu steigern. Fotos: Julian Gutt

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