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After a successful 2024 edition with 10 classes taking part across Europe, Marine SABRES launches a new online Serious Game School Competition to help students explore the links between human activities, changes in marine ecosystems and impacts on our well-being. Registration is now open for teachers.
The 2025 edition will take place on World Fisheries Day, Friday 21 November 2025, from 09:00 to 17:00 CET.
More info: https://www.lifewatch.eu/2025/09/25/marine-sabres-launches-the-2nd-serious-game-school-competition
The two programmes are tailored respectively for researchers and wetlands and restoration managers (as early users of the toolbox), and for experts involved in decision-making processes concerning coastal wetlands and protected areas:
RESTORE4Cs Autumn School 2025 for the Scientific Community: November 3-6, 20 participants
RESTORE4Cs Training for Policy Makers: November 5-6, 10-15 participants
For more and upcoming details on the detailed programme, travel conditions and applications, follow up on the RESTORE4Cs website: https://www.restore4cs.eu/restore4cs-autumn-series-2025-save-the-date
The Horizon Europe AQUARIUS project has launched the second of two funding calls to support marine and freshwater research and innovation projects to access a diverse array of world-class research infrastructure services.
Deadline: 28 October 2025
More info: https://aquarius-ri.eu/access/
Great news! 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.
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 page:Â https://www.lifewatch.eu/marbefes-autumn-school-2025!
28 May 2025 – 14:00-15:00 CEST
Supporting biodiversity conservation: OpenBioMaps – a tool that integrates practical data management, decision support and research collaboration
https://www.egi.eu/event/webinar-supporting-biodiversity-conservation-openbiomaps
From May 27–29, 2025, BioDT partners Senckenberg – Society for Nature Research (SGN), GBIF, and the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo will host the AgroClim / EUMETSAT Demonstration Workshop and Stakeholder Meeting in Rabat, Morocco, in collaboration with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). This international workshop is designed to showcase the Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) use case developed within the BioDT project and its integration into the Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative. The programme includes live demonstrations of how to access climate data via EUMETSAT and DestinE, as well as a hands-on session allowing participants to explore the CWR digital twin resources in action. Read more.
Marine SABRES 2nd Serious Game School Competition
After a successful 2024 edition with 10 classes taking part across Europe, Marine SABRES launches a new online Serious Game School Competition to help students explore the links between human activities, changes in marine ecosystems and impacts on our well-being. Registration is now open for teachers.
The 2025 edition will take place on World Fisheries Day, Friday 21 November 2025, from 09:00 to 17:00 CET.
More info: https://www.lifewatch.eu/2025/09/25/marine-sabres-launches-the-2nd-serious-game-school-competition
RESTORE4Cs Autumn Series: training for scientists and policy makers
The two programmes are tailored respectively for researchers and wetlands and restoration managers (as early users of the toolbox), and for experts involved in decision-making processes concerning coastal wetlands and protected areas:
RESTORE4Cs Autumn School 2025 for the Scientific Community: November 3-6, 20 participants
RESTORE4Cs Training for Policy Makers: November 5-6, 10-15 participants
For more and upcoming details on the detailed programme, travel conditions and applications, follow up on the RESTORE4Cs website: https://www.restore4cs.eu/restore4cs-autumn-series-2025-save-the-date
AQUARIUS Transnational Funding Call Open Now
The Horizon Europe AQUARIUS project has launched the second of two funding calls to support marine and freshwater research and innovation projects to access a diverse array of world-class research infrastructure services.
Deadline: 28 October 2025
More info: https://aquarius-ri.eu/access/
MARBEFES Autumn School 2025: Call for Applications now open!
Great news! 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.
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 page:Â https://www.lifewatch.eu/marbefes-autumn-school-2025!
WEBINAR Supporting biodiversity conservation: OpenBioMaps
28 May 2025 – 14:00-15:00 CEST
Supporting biodiversity conservation: OpenBioMaps – a tool that integrates practical data management, decision support and research collaboration
https://www.egi.eu/event/webinar-supporting-biodiversity-conservation-openbiomaps
AgroClim/EUMETSAT Demonstration Workshop and Stakeholder Meeting in Rabat
From May 27–29, 2025, BioDT partners Senckenberg – Society for Nature Research (SGN), GBIF, and the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo will host the AgroClim / EUMETSAT Demonstration Workshop and Stakeholder Meeting in Rabat, Morocco, in collaboration with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). This international workshop is designed to showcase the Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) use case developed within the BioDT project and its integration into the Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative. The programme includes live demonstrations of how to access climate data via EUMETSAT and DestinE, as well as a hands-on session allowing participants to explore the CWR digital twin resources in action. Read more.