OBIS

Happy MPA Day!
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are vital for conserving Ocean biodiversity. Expanding & managing MPAs effectively requires robust science & reliable data: discover how OBIS can support planning, monitoring & adapting MPAs worldwide.

➡️ obis.org/2025/08/01/m...
👋 @mpaeurope.bsky.social

💫 Deadline extended! ✅ Contribute to the future of the UNESCO Biosphere Observatories for Ocean Ecosystem Sustainability project.

📅 Send your application before 15 August 2025
➡️ Read more and apply obis.org/2025/07/12/c...

Still a few days to answer this 5-month remote consultancy offer: Contribute to the future of the UNESCO Biosphere Observatories for Ocean Ecosystem Sustainability project.

Send your application before 23 July 2025.
Read more ⤵️

Join the team! We are hiring a Consultant for a 5-month feasibility study on the future UNESCO Biosphere Observatories (BiOES) project.

🐬 Marine biodiversity expertise required
📅 Fully remote, from Aug 15–Jan 15
🗓 Apply by 23 July: obis.org/2025/07/12/c...

Join us for the first episode of the #GOOS BioEco EOVs webinar series on:

✅ The GOOS Biology & BioEco EOVs
✅ FAIR data & management practices
✅ ... And more!

Session 1
10 July 25 / 11 pm UTC
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Session 2
11 July 25 / 1 pm UTC
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We are proud to join our MPA Europe project partners at the "Marine Protected Areas in Marine Spatial Planning" conference in Bodø to:

🥳 Celebrate our common achievements
🌐 Show how data-driven tools support marine spatial planning in 🇪🇺 and beyond

mpa-europe.eu/project/
With @mpaeurope.bsky.social

Last day to benefit from the early bird registration fees for #LivingData2025! Get a discounted seat and join the global biodiversity data community in Bogotá 🇨🇴 on 21-24 October 2025.

Register now! livingdata2025.com/registration... #DatosVivos2025

With @tdwg.org @gbif.org @geobon.org

At the Offshore Wind & Grid Workshop in Brussels on 2-3.7.25, OBIS will show how tools like our Species Distribution Maps, developed for the MPA Europe project, provide critical insights for the implementation of offshore wind projects

More on this: obis.org/2025/01/23/s...

Have you registered for #LivingData2025 yet?
⏰ 1 week left to grab the early-bird 🐣 discounted registration fee.

Connect with the global biodiversity data community at one of the most important events of the year.

Register now! ➡️ www.livingdata2025.com/registration...

Check out the OBIS Network for Latin America & the Caribbean, the first regional support initiative from the OBIS Community!

Discover how solving mutual challenges led to the establishment of this new alliance for the #LAC region 👉 obis.org/2025/06/30/o...

🎉 OBIS just hit 141 million occurrence records!

Thanks to the relentless work of the 6,000+ contributors of the OBIS Community, we can power marine science and support conservation.

The best part?
All this data is fully accessible to all.
obis.org

Living Data 2025 Early Bird registration deadline has just been extended to 8 July 2025! Join us in-person or online in Bogotá, Colombia, from 21 to 24 October 2025.

Check the sessions 👀
www.livingdata2025.com/sessions.html

Register now ⤵️
www.livingdata2025.com/registration...

Join OceanExpert to boost your marine and freshwater network and gain visibility!

How will the eDNA Expeditions generate impact? Thanks to its efficiency, eDNA helps us:

📡 Track rapid changes in ecosystems
🔎 Detect invasive species early
📈 Monitor biodiversity shifts

Read how eDNA helped Fiji fight marine invasive species obis.org/2025/02/14/m...

Why #eDNA is such a powerful tool for marine biodiversity observation? Because it uses tiny traces of genetic material left by species in water.

No capture.
No disturbance.

eDNA is fast, non-invasive & suited for remote/hard-to-access areas.

Read more obis.org/2025/06/12/e...

Start with a bucket of seawater 🪣 ,
end up protecting the Ocean 💙

--> eDNA Expeditions Phase II obis.org/2025/06/12/e...

With the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO @unesco.org, supported by Minderoo Foundation in collaboration with Wilderlab, powered by OBIS @obis.org .

The secret ingredient of eDNA Expeditions Phase II?

People.

Beyond cutting-edge monitoring tools, this global effort is powered by communities. From classrooms to coastlines, people are the first link turning observations into action for the Ocean.

➡️ Read more: obis.org/2025/06/12/e...

Phase II of the eDNA Expeditions has launched! 🧬

The initiative will monitor biodiversity at 25 marine protected areas, aiming to collect 2,500 eDNA samples, supporting the detection of marine ecosystem changes and community empowerment.

⚓️Read more: obis.org/2025/06/12/e...

Our 3 takeaway messages for UNOC3 to support ocean action:

📊 Providing trusted, open marine biodiversity data
🌏 Turning local data holders into global contributors
🧬 Mobilizing cutting-edge tech like eDNA & models

Read more obis.org/2025/06/11/o...

#UNOC2025

Happy #WorldOceanDay! Understanding the ocean is crucial to protecting it.

A community of 6,000+ data contributors worldwide enable OBIS to power science & evidence-based conservation action, adding 1M records each month, making marine life accessible on obis.org

Are you heading to One Ocean Science 2025 in Nice? 🌊
Discover how OBIS is contributing to global ocean science, policy, and conservation. From biodiversity data to cutting-edge tools, there’s a lot to explore.

📍 Check out our full programme: obis.org/2025/06/03/o...

✨Last day to submit your abstract for #LivingData2025!
🕐 Deadline: Today, 25 May 2025, 23:59 (UTC-5)

📍Choose your session
📋 Write a 300-word abstract in English or Spanish
🌟 Submit and join the global biodiversity data community!

➡️ www.livingdata2025.com/sessions.html

🗣️You have two days left to submit your 300-word abstract in English or Spanish and participate in #LivingData2025!

🫨 Abstract submission deadline: 25 May 2025 23:59 (UTC-5) ⏰

🎉 OBIS turns 25!

From a bold pilot to becoming UNESCO-IOC’s global marine biodiversity data platform, OBIS has grown to host 136M+ records, thanks to a fantastic Community of Nodes and contributors.

🎂 Read the stories celebrating this birthday obis.org/2025/05/21/o...

🚨 Few days left! Submit your abstract for Living Data 2025 in Bogotá on 21-24.10.25. 🌍 Make your voice count & share your work.

💫 Pick a session, write a 300-word text (English or Spanish) and submit! Present online or in person.

📍It all starts here www.livingdata2025.com/sessions.html

Just on for the weekend: you have until 25.5 to submit an abstract for Living Data 2025! 💫

✅ Pick your session
✅ Draft a 300-word text in English or Spanish
✅ Submit!

Take part online / in person in Bogotá 🇨🇴 on 21-24.10.25!

▶️ All the sessions: www.livingdata2025.com/sessions.html

🧬 We are seeking an eDNA consultant! Join the OBIS team for an exciting 6-month remote mission supporting @marco-bolo.bsky.social and @ednaquaplan.bsky.social, two flagship European marine biodiversity projects!

📩 Apply by 23 .5.2025, 17:00 CEST
👉 Read more: obis.org/2025/05/14/e...

Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to developing draft specification sheets for Biology and Ecosystems EOVs!

Join this series of #GlobalOceanObservingSystem surveys and bring your voice to advancing global ocean biology and ecosystem observations!

goosocean.org/news/call-fo...

Be part of the conversation at Living Data 2025, submit your abstract now! Join OBIS and @gbif.org @tdwg.org @geobon.org on 21-24.10 in Bogotá 🇨🇴 and online.

⏰ Submission deadline: 20.5!

✅ Pick a session
✅ Propose a 300-word abstract
✅ Drop it!
➡️ livingdata2025.com/sessions.html

How can we double deep-ocean biodiversity data reaching OBIS by 2030?

Join us for the session "Deepening Ocean Information in the Decade" at the DOOS Annual Meeting!

📅 28.5.25, 13:00–14:00 UTC
🌍 Open to all
🔗 More info: oceanexpert.org/event/4767