Project description
Evidence-based guidance for marine policy formulation
As the most complex feature of our planet, biodiversity provides us with a range of ecosystem services upon which we depend, such as food, freshwater, pollination and protection against floods. But it’s also in crisis. Knowledge on interrelations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services is key to preserving ecosystems and fully integrating environmental requirements into policymaking. Considering marine coastal ecosystems (MCEs), which are European priority habitats, the EU-funded MaCoBioS project will investigate the impact of climate change on the most important MCEs, such as seagrass beds and kelp forests. It will develop empirical models on interactions between climate change, biodiversity and functions and services of marine coastal ecosystems. MaCoBioS will also work to establish a framework to assess vulnerabilities and it will evaluate the effectiveness of nature-based solutions. The findings will assist in EU strategies on MCEs, biodiversity and climate change.
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Call for proposal
H2020-LC-CLA-2019-2
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
PO1 2UP Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Participants (16)
97233 Schoelcher
83140 Six Fours Les Plages
9500 321 Ponta Delgada
W23 Maynooth
6708 PB Wageningen
28006 Madrid
34090 Montpellier
73100 Lecce
75352 Paris
14195 Berlin
22100 Lund
Participation ended
YO10 5DD York North Yorkshire
7 Kingston
0313 Oslo
97212 Saint Joseph
EX4 4QJ Exeter
