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Lighthouse for Atlantic and Arctic Basin

Project description

Pioneering solutions for ocean health and sustainability

The health of our oceans is increasingly under threat from pollution, habitat degradation, and the urgent need for sustainable economic practices. The EU has set ambitious targets to protect marine ecosystems, reduce pollution, and achieve a carbon-neutral blue economy by 2030. However, bridging the gap between setting these goals and implementing effective solutions remains a challenge. The EU-funded PHAROS project is set to pioneer innovative approaches in ocean management. Specifically, it aims to bridge the crucial phases of development and deployment, leveraging new technologies and partnerships to meet the EU’s Ocean Mission objectives effectively. PHAROS will conduct three demonstrations in the Atlantic using natural-based solutions and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, tailored to specific regional needs.

Objective

The EU has set bold quantified and measurable targets to achieve its Ocean Mission objectives relating to protecting and restoring marine ecosystems and biodiversity (Mission Objective 1); preventing and eliminating pollution of our ocean (Mission Obj. 2); and making the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circular (Mission Obj.3) by 2030. The EU Mission Implementation Plan has two demanding, but necessarily near-term phases: the first ‘development and piloting’ phase by 2025, and the second ‘deployment and upscaling’ phase from 2026-2030. PHAROS will be the logical stepping stone bridging Mission Phase 1 ‘development and piloting’ and the second ‘deployment and upscaling’ phase from 2026-2030.
• PHAROS will have three demos in the Atlantic using a combination of newly developed innovative NBS and IMTA, tailored to the local context, resulting in multiple biodiversity and ecosystem restoration benefits (Mission Phase 1). These demos will also leverage key Mission projects including Ocean Citizen, Climarest, and Ultfarms (Mission phase 2).
• PHAROS will also partner with H2020 ECOTIP to leverage and extend its project in a demo to reduce invasive species in Iceland with eDNA monitoring (Mission phase 1 and 2).
• PHAROS will extending (TRL advancement) and rolling out leading Mission projects across the AA basin including Prep4Blue MPA platform and network, Nettagplus and Remedies Fisher Guardian and Citizen Litter Entrepreneur programs, and Probleu EU Blue School Network platform for education(bridge to phase 2)
PHAROS will establish Living Labs, early in the project in each demo and replication region, securing participation for its co-creation approach, across all relevant and necessary actors including different levels of government, researchers and innovators, education institutions, small and large, businesses, investors and civil society.

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01

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Coordinator

CONSORCIO PARA EL DISENO, CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEANICA DE CANARIAS
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€ 2 783 125,00
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CARRETERA DE TALIARTE
35200 Telde
Spain

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Canarias Canarias Gran Canaria
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Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
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