Multidisciplinary collaboration to dive deeper into marine biodiversity
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Our June workshop in Spain brought BIOcean5D WP6 team members together to discuss our progress in understanding the economic and social value of biodiversity.
Introducing the BIOcean5D data hub
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We’ve launched the first iteration of our data hub, the sharing platform to facilitate our collaborative science.
The BIOcean5D Handbook of Protocols
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A BIOcean5D project deliverable: the suite of technologies and protocols we use to measure and understand life in, above and beneath the waves, down to the seafloor.
The BIOcean5D policy strategy plan
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New deliverable: our strategy to create and distribute three policy briefs that will result from BIOcean5D and other EU-funded research projects is out now
The BIOcean5D initial data management plan
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Project deliverable: our initial data management plan, describing the types of data that will be available from BIOcean5D, as well as the data flow between the local hub and international archives
A big step forward for the High Seas Treaty
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The National Assembly has approved France’s ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty, or High Seas Treaty.
Sparking curiosity: the Curiosity microscope
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In March, we ran our first workshop for teachers, helping to bring inland communities closer to marine science and ocean literacy.
Exploring life beneath the waves: BIOcean5D general assembly 2024
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Marking one year of BIOcean5D, the full team convened for our full general assembly at Nantes University, France, from 30 Jan to 1 Feb 2024.
Building a community of seatizens
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In December, we began a series of workshops to equip citizen scientists with the PlanktoScope – and with it, an efficient way to monitor the ocean’s microscopic inhabitants across exceptional ecological scales.
Save the date: 2024 science-to-policy summer school
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Ever wanted to know more about how science can be used to drive policy change? Find out more about our joint summer school in June 2024, San Sebastian, Spain.