Work Packages

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Marine coastal ecosystems biodiversity, functions and services in a changing environment

to improve the scientific knowledge of the inter-relations between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services subjected to environmental gradients, and anthropogenic and climate change forcing, in the key marine coastal ecosystems of the targeted marine regions through the review of existing knowledge and the identification of knowledge gaps to be filled by the acquisition of new data through experimental approaches and the use of new methodologies.

Risk and adaptation of marine coastal socio-ecological systems

To reinforce the ecosystem risk concept to efficiently implement ecosystem-based assessment and management measures allowing to better face cumulative impacts arising from the complex interplay between climate change and human-induced pressures.

Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation

To compare and validate existing long-term solutions supported or inspired by nature to cope with climate change threats on relevant marine coastal ecosystems, from a local to a broader marine ecoregion scale covering multiple governance systems.

Policy formulation

To implement a strong Science-Society-Policy framework and provide guidelines to policymakers to make nature-based solutions effective.

Cooperation and communication

To foster cross-project collaboration and intergovernmental organisations cooperation and disseminate MaCoBioS outcomes to different target audiences, through the implementation of a toolbox for scientists and policymakers to ensure exploitation of the work accomplished in MaCoBioS, and through the diffusion of short videos, reports of events, results, etc. to a broader public on various media supports.

Project coordination and management

To ensure effective coordination and management of the project and its activities in order to meet its objectives in time and in a cost-effective manner.