Project Portugal 2020
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and "Good Environmental Status" in the Azores: assisting with the implementation of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MapGES
Project sheet
Name
Mapping deep-sea biodiversity and "Good Environmental Status" in the Azores: assisting with the implementation of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MapGES .Funding amount
129,48 thousand € .Value executed
129,48 thousand € .Operation code
ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000056 .Conclusion date
31.03.2020 .Summary
MapGES will employ different methods ranging from desktop studies to build upon past scientific results, to collection of new imagery data using state-of-the-art technologies, to method to measure Good Environmental Status, to state-of-the-art species distribution models coupled with analysis of North Atlantic circulation to predict changes in biodiversity, and new methods to identify key locations with conservation or blue growth potential.
Funding beneficiaries
Main beneficiary
IMAR-INSTITUTO DO MAR
Geographic distribution of financing
129,48 thousand €
Funding amount
Where was the money spent
By county
1 county financed .
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Horta 129,48 thousand € ,