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With support from the EU-funded project MarinePlan, Ecopath International Initiative is modernizing the OceanViz 3D underwater visualization engine by transferring it to Unity.

In this OCTO (Open Communications for The Ocean) webinar, Ibon Galparsoro of the AZTI explains and demonstrates the EB-MSP assessment tool and its role as a comprehensive Decision Support System (DSS) in the EB-MSP implementation process.

Researchers led by the AZTI technology centre (within the framework of the EU Horizon Europe project MarinePlan) have developed an innovative tool to assist marine planning practitioners and competent authorities in incorporating ecosystem-based approach principles into the marine spatial planning…

In a current study by the EU Horizon Europe project MarinePlan, which is coordinated by the Thünen Institute for Marine Fisheries, the scientists emphasize that systematic conservation planning (SCP) in particular can stop the loss of biological diversity. 

Under the framework of the MarinePlan project, innovative tool sets for systematic conservation planning have been developed as R Packages.

Deep-sea scientific research paved the way for expanding the largest network of marine protected areas in the North Atlantic and achieving the 30% target in the Azores

Produced in the framework of the MarinePlan project, a tool has been developed to assess the alignment of planning processes with ecosystem-based management principles: the EB-MSP Assessment tool. The tool aims to promote the capacity building of competent authorities, scientists and consultants,…