On Monday 17 June 2024, EMB will host its next Brown Bag Lunch at the DG Environment offices in Brussels. The event will feature the launch of the European Marine Board’s Future Science Brief No. 11 on ‘Marine Habitat Mapping’ and will highlight key scientific and policy recommendations for advancing marine habitat mapping including the latest technology to increase the quality and resolution of maps, how to better represent biology and the complexity of marine ecosystems, prioritisation of key habitats to map and costs involved. The Future Science Brief is written by the EMB Working Group on Marine Habitat Mapping. The Chairs of the Working Group, Prof. Simonetta Fraschetti (University of Naples Federico II & Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Italy) and Dr. James Strong (National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK), will present the key messages from document, with a specific focus on links to the proposed Nature Restoration Law, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Habitats and Birds Directives. The event will end with an interactive discussion with the chance to ask questions to the Chairs of the Working Group.
You can register here.