BioProtect Project

🪸 BioProtect’s Azores 🇵🇹 team brought 3 talks and 2 posters to the 9th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals in Barcelona!

🏆 Special congratulations to Beatriz Arzeni: best presentation in the Conservation Session! 👏

#BioProtect #DeepSeaCorals #MissionOcean 🌊

🗺️ BioProtect maps are contributing to official ICES advice! 🙌

↪️ They feature in the updated Icelandic Waters Ecosystem Overview, connecting project research with evidence for marine management.
📖 bit.ly/4stIxBP

#BioProtect #Biodiversity #MissionOcean #HorizonEurope

📣 Deadline extended to 22 November 2026!

🏝️ Bring your island solutions to Rio: submit a session proposal for “Islands in the Ocean Decade” at the 2027 UN Ocean Decade Conference.

👉 bit.ly/4eeuev3

#OceanDecade #Islands #Rio27 #BioProtect

🎓🪸 Big congratulations to Lara Morgenthaler for earning an outstanding 19/20 on her Master's thesis! 👏

ℹ️ Conducted within #BioProtect, her research explores how climate change and fishing damage affect vulnerable deep-sea corals. 🌊

#MissionOcean #MarineBiodiversity

🤖 Can underwater robots transform marine biodiversity monitoring?
👉 In Iceland, #BioProtect researchers from @CiimarUp & @INESCTEC tested autonomous #eDNA sampling with the IRIS underwater robot, comparing it with traditional methods.
😉 Smarter tools for ocean protection! 🌊