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Yellow deep sea sponge
Seabed Mining and Biodiversity Conservation in the Deep Sea: Where Science meets Policy (30.03.2023)
Deep seabed mining is coming closer to a reality, presumably motivated by the need for rare metals. In this lecture Lisa A. Levin, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will highlight the deep-sea ecosystems being targeted for seabed mining, their biodiversity and why it matters, potential threats and management challenges.
A group photo of the participants at the PRIMA Learning Stable Isotope Workshop
"PRIMA Learning" Stable Isotope Workshop in Cape Town in February 2023 (22.03.2023)
Group photo of the nine meeting participators in front of a light blue, wooden building with a lot of windows. Snow on the ground and on the house roof.
Partner Meeting in Hiiumaa (09.03.2023)
After dedicating most of the last six months of the project to conducting interviews, the CULTIVATE project partners finally met in person, this time on the Hiiumaa island in the West Estonian Archipelago – almost exactly a year since the first in-person meeting in Trebon in March 2022.