OBAMA-NEXT featured in new CORDIS Results in Brief article
OBAMA-NEXT has been featured in a new Results in Brief article published by CORDIS, the European Commission’s primary platform for EU-funded research results. The article, titled Making sense of ocean observations, presents the project’s work on integrating emerging technologies with established marine observation methods to deliver practical information products for biodiversity monitoring and marine management.
The article highlights OBAMA-NEXT’s approach to turning complex and often large-scale observation data into accessible outputs for stakeholders, including maps, models and indicators. It describes how the project combines tools such as satellite observations, drones, in situ monitoring, environmental DNA, machine learning and statistical modelling to support a better understanding of marine ecosystems.
A central focus of the feature is the project’s information product approach, through which outputs are co-designed with policymakers, conservation managers and other practitioners. This helps ensure that the results respond to real policy and management needs, including those linked to European marine biodiversity frameworks.
The CORDIS article also underlines the role of OBAMA-NEXT’s 12 learning sites, which cover the Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. These sites provide the basis for testing and demonstrating how next-generation observation tools can be applied across a wide range of European marine environments.
OBAMA-NEXT is also included in the CORDIS Results Pack Genomics and other new approaches for cost-effective biodiversity monitoring, which showcases EU research developing innovative methods to improve biodiversity observation.
We are pleased to see the project highlighted at EU level and thank the CORDIS editorial team for featuring OBAMA-NEXT and its contribution to more effective marine biodiversity monitoring.
The full Results Pack can be fond here: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/464158-genomics-and-other-new-approaches-for-cost-effective-biodiversity-monitoring?WT.mc_id=exp
