MARBEFES
@marbefes.bsky.social
🐠🌊MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services | 🇪🇺Horizon Europe project 2022-2026 | https://www.marbefes.eu
⿻Marine conservation designations often overlap and duplicate efforts due to similar criteria.
✅A new study highlights the need to streamline and better integrate these designations for more effective marine management.
➡️ shorturl.at/FYQCR
#MarinePlan #GES4SEAS @marinesabres.bsky.social
✅A new study highlights the need to streamline and better integrate these designations for more effective marine management.
➡️ shorturl.at/FYQCR
#MarinePlan #GES4SEAS @marinesabres.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
⿻Marine conservation designations often overlap and duplicate efforts due to similar criteria.
✅A new study highlights the need to streamline and better integrate these designations for more effective marine management.
➡️ shorturl.at/FYQCR
#MarinePlan #GES4SEAS @marinesabres.bsky.social
✅A new study highlights the need to streamline and better integrate these designations for more effective marine management.
➡️ shorturl.at/FYQCR
#MarinePlan #GES4SEAS @marinesabres.bsky.social
🔑Communication is key!
Jan Marcin Węsławski from #IOPAN has been recently interviewed on NCBR channel, where he talked about his experience as MARBEFES General Project Coordinator - watch below [🇵🇱interview in Polish]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXV1...
Jan Marcin Węsławski from #IOPAN has been recently interviewed on NCBR channel, where he talked about his experience as MARBEFES General Project Coordinator - watch below [🇵🇱interview in Polish]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXV1...
Liderzy w Horyzoncie | prof. Marcin Węsławski
YouTube video by NCBR
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January 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
🔑Communication is key!
Jan Marcin Węsławski from #IOPAN has been recently interviewed on NCBR channel, where he talked about his experience as MARBEFES General Project Coordinator - watch below [🇵🇱interview in Polish]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXV1...
Jan Marcin Węsławski from #IOPAN has been recently interviewed on NCBR channel, where he talked about his experience as MARBEFES General Project Coordinator - watch below [🇵🇱interview in Polish]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXV1...
🎨How does art support wellbeing, sense of place, and care for coastal environments?
🌅The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing Powers of #MorecambeBay, highlights artworks that strengthen place connection across the Bay: shorturl.at/FJZeA
💻Developed by Ashley Cahillane (UEA, UCD).
🌅The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing Powers of #MorecambeBay, highlights artworks that strengthen place connection across the Bay: shorturl.at/FJZeA
💻Developed by Ashley Cahillane (UEA, UCD).
Story Map: Art and the Healing Powers of Morecambe Bay
How does art support wellbeing, sense of place, and care for coastal environments? The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing ...
shorturl.at
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎨How does art support wellbeing, sense of place, and care for coastal environments?
🌅The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing Powers of #MorecambeBay, highlights artworks that strengthen place connection across the Bay: shorturl.at/FJZeA
💻Developed by Ashley Cahillane (UEA, UCD).
🌅The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing Powers of #MorecambeBay, highlights artworks that strengthen place connection across the Bay: shorturl.at/FJZeA
💻Developed by Ashley Cahillane (UEA, UCD).
Throwback to November 2025, when MARBEFES was present at the interdisciplinary conference ‘Humans and the European Marine Environment – Adaptation to Climate and Biodiversity Change’ in Sopot🇵🇱
📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN
📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Throwback to November 2025, when MARBEFES was present at the interdisciplinary conference ‘Humans and the European Marine Environment – Adaptation to Climate and Biodiversity Change’ in Sopot🇵🇱
📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN
📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN
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Today we celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay and recognize the importance of sustainable fisheries in maintaining the livelihoods of communities and in ensuring healthy ocean ecosystems. 🐟
Find out more with this IPBES infographic.
Find out more with this IPBES infographic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Today we celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay and recognize the importance of sustainable fisheries in maintaining the livelihoods of communities and in ensuring healthy ocean ecosystems. 🐟
Find out more with this IPBES infographic.
Find out more with this IPBES infographic.
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Today we are attending the @marbefes.bsky.social conference on climate change, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and the marine environment, where our presentation is focused on the Mediterranean Sea.
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today we are attending the @marbefes.bsky.social conference on climate change, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and the marine environment, where our presentation is focused on the Mediterranean Sea.
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇
🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE
🌐What can you learn from 40 years of environmental data?
📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.
🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.
shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)
📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.
🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.
shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)
Frontiers | Environmental change between 1980 and 2020 followed by societal change in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic, a review
The Gulf of Gdańsk belongs to the best-known marine areas in the Baltic, with regular environmental observations since mid-20th century. It covers the widest...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌐What can you learn from 40 years of environmental data?
📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.
🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.
shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)
📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.
🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.
shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)
MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.
Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃
🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.
🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
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🍂 Enjoy a few pictures from @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School "Protecting marine biodiversity for nature & humans", co-located with the project's General Assembly in Seville.
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🍂 Enjoy a few pictures from @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School "Protecting marine biodiversity for nature & humans", co-located with the project's General Assembly in Seville.
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social
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We are all set! 🙌 The @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School 2025 starts today and our selected students are ready to learn about biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement, and tools for ecological, social and economic evaluation!
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We are all set! 🙌 The @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School 2025 starts today and our selected students are ready to learn about biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement, and tools for ecological, social and economic evaluation!
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.
@lifewatcheric.bsky.social
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These days at @marbefes.bsky.social annual meeting, as advisory board member, and building bridges with other projects, such as #GES4SEAS
Looking for the legacy of our projects
#research
#MarineEcology
Looking for the legacy of our projects
#research
#MarineEcology
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
These days at @marbefes.bsky.social annual meeting, as advisory board member, and building bridges with other projects, such as #GES4SEAS
Looking for the legacy of our projects
#research
#MarineEcology
Looking for the legacy of our projects
#research
#MarineEcology
We’ve recently supported #SopotScienceDay, an open event for science-enthusiasts and science-curious.
Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.
👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...
Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.
👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...
Sopot Science Day 2025 - Ocean of Changes (EN)
Sopot Science Picnic ! Visit us on Saturday, September 20. We’re preparing a program full of inspiring attractions there will be plenty to discover, experiment with, and admire. 📅 Save the date and se...
oceanofchanges.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We’ve recently supported #SopotScienceDay, an open event for science-enthusiasts and science-curious.
Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.
👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...
Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.
👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...
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Past year we had @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS summer school with 6 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects, today, we have a paper published on the topic of science-policy #communication.
#Research
@marinesabres.bsky.social @marbefes.bsky.social
Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#Research
@marinesabres.bsky.social @marbefes.bsky.social
Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Past year we had @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS summer school with 6 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects, today, we have a paper published on the topic of science-policy #communication.
#Research
@marinesabres.bsky.social @marbefes.bsky.social
Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#Research
@marinesabres.bsky.social @marbefes.bsky.social
Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
A snapshot from #ICESASC2025, where MARBEFES team showcased their research📑
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A snapshot from #ICESASC2025, where MARBEFES team showcased their research📑
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
🛜 Read more here: shorturl.at/CYuVY
@icesmarine.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social
MARBEFES tools in practice🔨
🎀Bow-tie analysis includes mapping the main activities and pressures contributing to #BiodiversityLoss in 3 case studies.
🦭Next step is analysing the consequences of losing important species and habitats, and suggesting appropriate control measures: shorturl.at/5fFtD
🎀Bow-tie analysis includes mapping the main activities and pressures contributing to #BiodiversityLoss in 3 case studies.
🦭Next step is analysing the consequences of losing important species and habitats, and suggesting appropriate control measures: shorturl.at/5fFtD
📢 First #scientific contributions from the @horizoneu.bsky.social project: @marbefes.bsky.social now out!
🔎 In the project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio...., outcomes like the grant proposal and policy briefs will explore the implications of #biodiversity changes for the #European #seas.
🔎 In the project collection: doi.org/10.3897/rio...., outcomes like the grant proposal and policy briefs will explore the implications of #biodiversity changes for the #European #seas.
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
MARBEFES tools in practice🔨
🎀Bow-tie analysis includes mapping the main activities and pressures contributing to #BiodiversityLoss in 3 case studies.
🦭Next step is analysing the consequences of losing important species and habitats, and suggesting appropriate control measures: shorturl.at/5fFtD
🎀Bow-tie analysis includes mapping the main activities and pressures contributing to #BiodiversityLoss in 3 case studies.
🦭Next step is analysing the consequences of losing important species and habitats, and suggesting appropriate control measures: shorturl.at/5fFtD
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At the core of yesterday's #marineSABRES session at @icesmarine.bsky.social 2025 was the big Q -'How can we protect & maintain marine ecosystems so they continue to deliver societal goods & benefits sustainably?' Thanks to partners from @maremadeira.bsky.social @DTU @MaREI @Klaipeda Uni! #icesasc25
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
At the core of yesterday's #marineSABRES session at @icesmarine.bsky.social 2025 was the big Q -'How can we protect & maintain marine ecosystems so they continue to deliver societal goods & benefits sustainably?' Thanks to partners from @maremadeira.bsky.social @DTU @MaREI @Klaipeda Uni! #icesasc25
#ICESASC2025 session Q on ecosystem services continues today, with a talk on the MARBEFES toolbox by Cristina Huertas-Olivares.
September 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#ICESASC2025 session Q on ecosystem services continues today, with a talk on the MARBEFES toolbox by Cristina Huertas-Olivares.
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If you are following #ICESASC25 from afar, you can now watch our opening keynote from Mike Elliott.
Check out his talk on Emerald Growth on our YouTube channel now ▶️ youtu.be/KHA3vePtLA0?...
#ICESASC25 @uniofhull.bsky.social
Check out his talk on Emerald Growth on our YouTube channel now ▶️ youtu.be/KHA3vePtLA0?...
#ICESASC25 @uniofhull.bsky.social
ICES ASC 2025 Opening Keynote Mike Elliott
YouTube video by ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If you are following #ICESASC25 from afar, you can now watch our opening keynote from Mike Elliott.
Check out his talk on Emerald Growth on our YouTube channel now ▶️ youtu.be/KHA3vePtLA0?...
#ICESASC25 @uniofhull.bsky.social
Check out his talk on Emerald Growth on our YouTube channel now ▶️ youtu.be/KHA3vePtLA0?...
#ICESASC25 @uniofhull.bsky.social
Come visit MARBEFES posters today in the section of in the #ICESASC2025 poster area! Themes: Ecological Value Assessment in two case studies + Biological Trait Analysis.
September 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Come visit MARBEFES posters today in the section of in the #ICESASC2025 poster area! Themes: Ecological Value Assessment in two case studies + Biological Trait Analysis.
Insightful discussions during session Q at #ICESASC2025. And some big questions from the audience about nature restoration, ecosystem functioning, climate change, and more!
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Insightful discussions during session Q at #ICESASC2025. And some big questions from the audience about nature restoration, ecosystem functioning, climate change, and more!
Mike Elliott (University of Hull; IECS Ltd.) giving a keynote talk on #EmeraldGrowth at #ICESASC2025.
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Mike Elliott (University of Hull; IECS Ltd.) giving a keynote talk on #EmeraldGrowth at #ICESASC2025.