MPA Europe Annual Meeting 2024

Last week, MPA Europe project team held its annual meeting in Olhão, Portugal.

MPA Europe at the EU–Caribbean Workshop on Marine Scientific Cooperation

The MPA Europe project goals, approaches, and activities were presented to the various stakeholders present at the EU–Caribbean Workshop on Marine Scientific Cooperation held in Bridgetown, Barbados.

MPA Europe at the Natura 2000 Baltic marine region seminar

MPA Europe’s goals and approaches were presented to national representatives of several European countries gathered in Riga for the 3rd Natura 2000 Biogeographical Seminar for the Baltic marine region.

MPA Europe Project at ECOMONDO 2023

The MPA Europe project attended ECOMONDO 2023 last week, the premier event in Europe for green and circular economy technologies and services.

MPA Europe coordinator presents to Irish parliament group

Mark Costello, MPA Europe Coordinator, was one of three scientists invited to present to a “Marine Protected Areas briefing” to the Irish parliament group “Oireachtas Friends of Science & Technology”.

MPA Europe at Natura 2000 Atlantic and Macaronesian marine regions seminar

The goals, approaches, and activities of the MPA Europe project were presented to a plethora of national representatives from several European countries gathered in Dublin for the 3rd Natura 2000 Biogeographical Seminar for the Atlantic and Macaronesian marine regions…

MPA Europe Project Presented at the WCPA Europe Webinar on Marine Biodiversity Protection

MPA Europe project was recently present at the WCPA Europe webinar titled “The CBD target 3 (30×30) in the marine environment: priorities for marine protected areas in Europe.”

THE EURO BLUE CARBON DATABASE AT FIRST GLANCE

From April to September this year, the MPA Europe Blue Carbon team has gathered 33.650 data entries that are now being curated for use in the project’s database. This is the first glance at the magnitude and distribution of the contributed datasets.

MPA Europe first six months progress

Progress to date includes: compiling a compendium of environmental and habitat data, (2) adding over 3 million species records into OBIS, engaging with stakeholders in the Baltic, Black Sea…

MPA Europe Stakeholder FAQs

We compiled the topics covered in the MPA Europe stakeholder engagement summer workshops in a useful FAQs document to be shared across all stakeholders and interested parties.