🇵🇱We supported a number of different public engagement activities in the Bay of Gdańsk region over the past three months: 🐟 a coastal BioBlitz, 🐛 a sandhopper-focused science & art workshop, 🏫 a summer school for environmental managers. #CoastalWatch #marinebiodiversity shorturl.at/kBUzX

📈The representation of women in marine science in Poland is growing, but not in all areas: 🎤"The striking difference is visible in the outreach activity – mainstream media releases, where men are responsible for nearly 90% of events for adult audience.” 📕Pakszys et al. (2026): shorturl.at/wV0u2

Happy #BiodiversityDay! 🌱💚 This year’s theme, “Acting locally for global impact,” reminds us that actions taken close to home can contribute to global efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Explore ways to take part 👉 www.cbd.int/biodiversity... #IDB2026 #LocalAction

Today, we join the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social in marking #BiodiversityDay. Marine biodiversity is shaped by processes hidden below the surface. Sustained ocean observation makes them legible. Read more: https://bit.ly/4dA25h0 #IDB2026 #OceanObservation #ForNature

New article by Turner et al. demonstrates how Complementary Accounting Network (CAN) framework captures economic, ecological, and socio-cultural dimensions of marine and coastal resources. 🍃 Out now in the #EcosystemServices journal: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Towards a holistic approach to natural capital accounting: The CAN − Complementary Accounting Network- for marine and coastal resources

The System of National Accounts (SNA) and the System of Environmental Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) frameworks have advanced effo…

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🎉The registration is open! 🎉 You can now secure your spot at BEeS 2026 by filling out the form at the link below. 🔥 Note: the deadline applies to: - Call for abstracts - Social dinner - Request for early career researchers reduced-fee accommodation Register here 👉 bit.ly/4bFMUmD

📣Coming up! 🎟️Ocean with David Attenborough (screening + panel session) 📅17th April, 1:30 pm, The New Theatre in Dublin🇮🇪 www.eventbrite.ie/e/ocean-with... @marbefes.bsky.social

'Ocean with David Attenborough' Screening and Panel Discussion

Join us to view the spectacular 'Ocean with David Attenborough' followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion.

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"Seagrass meadows buffer inputs from coastal aquaculture, reducing anthropogenic pressure on more vulnerable systems such as coral reefs”. 🧪 Wang et al., 2026: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Seagrass #EcosystemServices #CoralReefs

Evidencing the role of seagrass meadows on nutrients and POM interception from shrimp ponds in a Mudflat-Seagrass-Coral Reef continuum through stable isotopes

Coastal aquaculture supports livelihoods in tropical developing countries and contributes substantially to regional food security, often in areas wher…

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Better understanding of marine and coastal #EcosystemServices requires integration of scientific assessments and stakeholder perceptions - check out this case study from northern Portugal 🇵🇹, published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social ✅ Cunha et al., 2026: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

In a recent publication in Ocean & Coastal Management, Polette et al. explore how: 🌆urbanisation and industrialisation, 🎣increased use of natural resources &🌡️low resistance and resilience to climate change play out in the coastal area of Balneário Camboriú 🇧🇷 ➡️ shorturl.at/tgK8X #EcosystemServices

”Comprehensive understanding of benthic ecology, essential for robust marine management, reliable numerical analysis, and taxonomic consistency, cannot be achieved without the continuity provided by long-term data”. 🌐 Read more: Birchenough et al., 2026, doi.org/10.1093/ices...

The importance of long-time series of benthic data for science and management

Abstract. Benthic organisms are important ecological receptors, playing fundamental roles across seafloor ecosystems, delivering some of the most important

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What? Oh, just the biggest gathering of ocean scientists in the world… #OSM26 Also, four sessions on Food webs in changing oceans and seas. Four!! @helsinki.fi @marbefes.bsky.social #MarineResearch #OceanSciences #InterEarth

Cultural #EcosystemServices of offshore environments: see this short commentary piece to the article published last year by MARBEFES researchers in @ucdearth.bsky.social blog Earth Comment. 🌊 shorturl.at/Wj0gQ

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"Marine areas, unlike coastal or inland locations, are often seen as uninhabited resource sites and rarely looked at as spaces of lived experience or cultural meaning” - but that means we miss on a wealth of services (and disservices) the open sea brings to people. 🌊 shorturl.at/Wj0gQ

Out now: 🌐A new method combining ecological valuation and EUNIS habitat classification system can help assess marine ecosystem extent and condition. 🗺️Tested on 3 European Atlantic case studies. ➡️Egidazu-de la Parte et al. (2026), doi.org/10.1016/j.in... #ecosystemservices #SEEA-EA

2️⃣weeks until registrations and abstract submissions open for May’s #BioMonWeek2026, the European conference for Biodiversity Monitoring! Choose to apply among the sessions tied to the conference's 9️⃣ themes. ℹ️ www.biodiversa.eu/wp-content/u... 🌐 www.biomonweek.eu #BiodiversityMonitoring

Today is #WorldWetlandsDay under the theme "Wetlands & traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage." For migratory birds, wetlands are critical stopover sites and breeding & wintering habitats. Protecting wetlands means protecting the journeys that connect countries, cultures & wildlife.

⿻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

🔑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...

Liderzy w Horyzoncie | prof. Marcin Węsławski

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🎨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).

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 ...

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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

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.

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 👇 👇 👇

🛳️ 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

🌐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)

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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MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project! @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 💃

🇪🇸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

🍂 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

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

🇪🇸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