MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations (MARCO-BOLO): Strengthening biodiversity observation in support of decision making.

Funded by the EU Horizon Europe programme (along with UKRI), MARCO-BOLO is a €7.3 million, 4-year project that will strengthen European marine, coastal and freshwater biodiversity observation to understand and restore ocean health.

“We need good data to protect and restore biodiversity effectively. By engaging with policy and decision makers throughout the project, we will ensure that our tools and techniques will support lasting, positive change in how we monitor and protect marine and coastal biodiversity in Europe and internationally.”

– Nicolas Pade, MARCO-BOLO Project Coordinator

The MARCO-BOLO consortium is led by EMBRC-ERIC (France) and brings together 28 organisations from research, industry, government and the not-for-profit sectors across Europe.

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MARCO-BOLO in the Spotlight: Our outreach article in The Marine Biologist, “Strengthening Marine Biodiversity Observations,” explores the pivotal role our project plays in advancing marine biodiversity knowledge.

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Work Packages

Through seven Work Packages, MARCO-BOLO will connect existing initiatives, optimising and improving methods, and further innovating technologies to structure and strengthen European marine, coastal and freshwater biodiversity observation capabilities, linking them to global efforts to understand and restore ocean health.

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