The MARBEFES Autumn School 2025 has now opened its call for applications, giving 20 participants the possibility to book one of the limited places by 31 August. MARBEFES (MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services) is a EU-funded project aiming to evaluate and characterize the links between marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services and the resulting societal goods and benefits in coastal communities. The Autumn School “Protecting marine biodiversity for nature and humans” will take place in Seville (Spain) from 8 to 10 October 2025. It will offer participants travel, accommodation and lunch (see terms and conditions), for the duration of the program, and has the objective of presenting one of the main project’s results: a set of easy-to-use tools to help practitioners and policy makers maximize the ecological value and optimize a sustainable socio-economic use of the marine system for current and future generations. If you are a student, early career scientist, young researcher or early career practitioner interested in biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement, and ecological, social and economic evaluation, apply from this website.