The following projects are affiliated with Marine Life 2030 and endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Please email marinelife2030@gmail.com if you would like to be connected with the leads of any of these projects.
Above and Beyond – Completing the World Register of Marine Species
Project Lead: Leen Vendepitte, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium
The Cozumel Coral Conservatory
Project Lead: Colleen Flanigan, Living Sea Sculpture, USA
NE Pacific Coastal Biodiversity Action Network
Project Lead: Matt Whalen, Hakai Institute (Tula Foundation), Canada
Somos OceanoS: Ocean Stories for Conservation
Project Lead: Veronica Relano, Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia, Canada
MetaZooGene: Metabarcoding Zooplankton Diversity
Project Lead: Ann Bucklin, University of Connecticut, USA
Ocean Tracking Network
Project Lead: Frederick Whoriskey, Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Canada
MIGRAVIAS: Connecting Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) through ocean swimways to protect migratory routes and critical habitats of endangered species
Project Lead: Rosario Alvarez, MigraMar, USA
Baffin Bay Oceanography and Biodiversity
Project Lead: Kevin Hedges, Fisheries and Ocean Canada, Arctic Aquatic Research Division, Canada
South East Australia – Marine Ecosystem Study
Project Lead: Karen Evans, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Canada’s Coastal Environmental Baseline Program
Project Lead: Britt Dupuis, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada
Monitoring of the deep-sea organisms for MPAs
Project Lead: Akinori Yabuki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan
Submersible Technology to Advance Reef Science
Project Lead: Neil van Niekerk, 2DegreesC, USA
Gain Knowledge to Respond to Multiple Stressors
Project Leads: Alejandro Acosta, Francisco Arias, and Fadilah Ali, Tropical Americas and Caribbean Regional Planning Group, Colombia
TAC Pollutants Observatory
Project Leads: Soraya Silva and Fadilah Ali, Tropical Americas and Caribbean Regional Planning Group, Colombia
Gulf of Naples Integrated Pelagic Observatory
Project Lead: Priscila Licandro, Stazione Zoologica ‘Anton Dohrn’, Italy
Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network
Project Lead: Paola Castellanos, MARE – Marine and Environmental Science Centre, University of Libson, Portugal
Beaufort Ecosystem Biodiversity
Project Lead: Lisa Loseto, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada
