BioProtect Project

🗺️ 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! 🌊

📣 Open call for sessions at the @UNOceanDecade 2027 Conference in Rio! 🇧🇷 🏝️ Propose one for "Islands in the Ocean Decade" (Special Event No. 13). We're part of the organising consortium! 🌍 Open worldwide ‼️ Deadline: 8️⃣ November 2026 👉 bit.ly/4eeuev3 #OceanDecade27

🤩 Proud to showcase the BioProtect Marine Planner & Engage apps last week at the #AtlanticSummit in Galway, bringing digital tools for marine planning & stakeholder engagement to life! 🙏 Big thanks to all for their contributions! Get the full story👇 🔗bit.ly/4B2sOh9

🙌 #BioProtect & Marine Guardian shared a booth at VísindaVaka in Reykjavík! 🇮🇸 Children drew creatures to help protect Iceland’s seas for BioProtect’s comic book. 🐟 Their drawings are now on display at @MatisIceland - visit us, pick your favourite & vote! 🗳️ #MissionOcean

🌊 #BioProtect at @ICESmarine in Brest 🇫🇷 💻 BioProtect Marine Planner demos, a pitch at "From Projects to Impact", participatory mapping from 🇮🇪 and lots of great conversations on marine planning! Read the highlights 👇 bit.ly/4xJld47 #ICESASC26 #MissionOcean 🌊

🙌 Our coordinator @SophieJensen79 presenting the project in the “From Projects to Impact” session at the @ICESmarine Annual Science Conference! 📍 Attending #ASC2026? Visit our booth to discover the tools developed to help protect & restore marine ecosystems & #biodiversity 🐳

📍We are at the @ICES_Annual Science Conference 2026 in Brest 🇫🇷! 🤗 Our team is sharing how area-based management can help protect & restore marine #ecosystems and #biodiversity! 🙌 Join us to exchange ideas for healthier seas! 🌊 #ASC2026 #MissionOcean #HorizonEurope

🧐 How does BioProtect’s co-design work? In Ireland 🇮🇪, we’re building the #BioProtectMarinePlanner with stakeholders. After each workshop, we survey feedback, quantify insights, and track feature improvements - ensuring user-centered solutions. 🙌 👉bit.ly/4yPA4fl

🌊 A tool is only as good as the people willing to use it. 📍Across our demo sites, fishers, vessel operators, authorities & researchers have been testing BioProtect's solutions, from Iceland to Porto. 👉Check out the visual for our recent demo site highlights! #MissionOcean

🆕 Our 4th #BioProtect newsletter is out now! ⚡️ 🪸 From marine #biodiversity to community engagement, this issue is packed with updates from across our project. 🔔 Stay in the loop: bit.ly/4oyoP63 📖 Read the newsletter: bit.ly/4xY54ZP #MissionOcean 🐳 🌎

🗞️ Our next newsletter is landing at the end of the month - and you don’t want to miss it! 📍 From 🇮🇪 to 🇧🇷 and 🇵🇹 to 🇨🇾, we’ve been testing tools, sharing results and turning solutions into real-world impact!⚡️ 🤗 Subscribe now to stay up to date 👇 🔗 bit.ly/4oyoP63

📆 On #WorldOceanDay 2026 we’re invited to #REIMAGINE our relationship with the 🌊 🤗 As a lighthouse project, #BioProtect helps turn this relationship into reality. 🙌 Our Azores GA meeting & lighthouse visit were a powerful reminder of why we must protect our ocean heritage!

👏 Day 1️⃣ of #BioProtect GA in Horta ✅ 📍 A full day of talks, ideas & exchanges with partners and invited speakers! 😅 Wrapped up with a whale 🐳 watching tour & dinner in Horta. Not a bad setting to reflect on our work! 💪Day 2️⃣is underway! #MissionOcean #HorizonEurope

We are now live from the Azores 🇵🇹 Join us to learn more about BioProtect! 🔗bit.ly/4tZen8U

👏 The @MatisIceland team is analysing eDNA from 🇮🇸 waters: ~200 samples already processed! 📊 An Icelandic marine 🧬 barcode database to improve #biodiversity monitoring is underway! 🥇 This will become one of Iceland’s most comprehensive marine eDNA biodiversity datasets! 🐠

🤗 Join the Open Session of BioProtect's GA meeting to explore MPA challenges and more & how they’re being addressed in the Azores!🇵🇹 📆 2 June 8.30 am GMT 🔬 Discover the latest 📰 from our demo sites & the ⚒️ shaping marine protection! Join via 🔗bit.ly/4tZen8U