Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project

Marine Spatial Planning in the Aegean Sea Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) needs to answer a fundamental question: where should protection and restoration happen so that biodiversity goals are met while coastal communities remain economically vi...

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aims to protect and restore biodiversity whilst ensuring coastal communities remain economically viable. Read our latest post from the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE Greece-Aegean Sea case study to find out more about our approach. 🐟🌊

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04.11.2025 14:01 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

This graphical abstract shows three marine Mediterranean habitats (sandy bottoms, rocky reefs and Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Each of them has a different fish community. We also mention the functional trait metrics we used to assess the functional diversity of the fish community in the 3 different habitats; these metrics are: Functional Richness, Rao's quadratic entropy, functional divergence, functional b-diversity

Our study investigated the functional diversity of coastal fish communities across habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. It demonstrates that sandy habitats contribute disproportionately to functional beta diversity in Mediterranean infralittoral ecosystems authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

15.10.2025 07:58 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Why is modelling land-cover changes over time so important and challenging? It is now widely known that climate is expected to change over the coming decades causing dramatic impacts on biodiversity and modifying...

Why is modelling land-cover changes over time so important and challenging? Read our latest blog post from our #Tagus case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/why-is-...

15.10.2025 07:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

El valor ecológico de la cuenca del Río Tajo “El río Tajo fue así dicho por un rey de las Españas; tiene su nacimiento en tal lugar y muere en el mar Océano, besando los muros de la famosa ciudad de Lisboa, y es opinión que tiene las arenas de o...

Hola! Acabamos de publicar en castellano la entrada del blog de @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social sobre el valor ecológico de la cuenca fluvial del Río Tajo, por si le queréis echar un ojo!
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03.10.2025 09:06 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The ecological value of the Tajo River basin “The Tajo River received its name from a king of all the Spain’s; it is born in that place and dies in the Ocean Sea, kissing the walls of the famous city of Lisbon, and it is thought that its sands a...

Take a look at our latest blog article on 'The ecological value of the Tajo River basin'. Born in the Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel, Spain), the Tajo flows westwards meeting the Atlantic in the Portuguese capital of Lisboa. #Spain #Portugal #Tajo
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01.10.2025 09:23 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Blog | Inspire

Hola! En INSPIRE @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social tenemos un blog donde iremos compartiendo novedades. De momento podéis echar un vistazo a algunas entradas de nuestros colegas del Mar Egeo, próximamente publicaremos algo sobre el Tajo!
Enlace: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/es/blog

29.09.2025 13:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Economic Valuation and Spatial Mapping of Coastal Ecosystem Services in the Aegean Quantifying the economic value of ecosystem services is essential for making evidence-based decisions in conservation and marine spatial planning. In the case study of the Aegean Sea, a comprehensive ...

Quantifying the economic value of #ecosystemservices is essential for making evidence-based decisions in #conservation and marine spatial planning. Read our latest blog post from our #Aegean Sea case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/economi... 🌍🐟🌊

24.09.2025 07:33 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Stakeholder Perspectives in Spatial Planning: Aegean Sea Case Study Effective conservation planning depends not only on scientific data but also on engaging stakeholders and integrating their perceptions in the planning process. In the Aegean Sea, stakeholder engageme...

This weeks blog post gives an insight of stakeholder perspectives in spatial planning at our Aegean Sea case study:

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17.09.2025 07:05 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Cross-Realm Ecological Connections for Spatial Conservation in the Aegean Sea Conservation in the Aegean Sea demands a comprehensive understanding of how ecosystems interact across both marine and freshwater realms. A recent case study conducted under the INSPIRE integrated pla...

Take a look at our first of a new series of blog posts from INSPIRE. This weeks edition comes from the Aegean team on "Cross-Realm Ecological Connections for Spatial Conservation in the Aegean Sea".

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11.09.2025 08:52 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1