The MARBEFES – MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services MARBEFES project has received funding from the European Union‘s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no 101060937. It involves 23 partners from the four main marine regions of the EU – Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic and Mediterranean.
KU MRI & IOPAN are responsible partners in the implementation of WP2 with following objectives:
Establish Broad Belt Transects across Marine, Coastal and Transitional habitats in regional seas to:
- Test and implement tools for assessing biodiversity, ecological function, ecosystem services and biodiversity valuation;
- -Conduct integrated assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services across four marine regions.
PROJECT STARTING DATE: 1 September 2022
PROJECT END DATE: 31 August 2026
