OBSERVING AND MAPPING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS – NEXT GENERATION TOOLS (OBAMA-NEXT)

OBAMA-NEXT旨在开发一个工具箱，用于生成准确、精确和相关的海洋生态系统及其生物多样性特征信息。这将通过将包括遥感、eDNA、光学仪器和公民科学在内的新兴技术与现有海洋监测技术相结合来实现，以提高我们以更高的空间和时间分辨率描述生态系统功能和生物多样性的能力。该项目将有助于制定下一代监测计划和定义基本海洋/生物多样性变量（EOVs/ ebv）。涉众将从项目开始就参与进来，以确定迭代共同创建和规范过程中所需的产品。这些规范将指导算法的应用，包括先进的统计分析和人工智能，这些算法将不同的数据源组合并转化为信息产品（即地图和指标），以满足利益攸关方的需求。可视化例程和不确定度评估方法也是工具箱开发的重要组成部分。该工具箱将根据12个选定的学习地点（LS）进行评估和改进，这些地点代表了欧洲四个区域海域内不同的生态系统和数据源。将评价利用生物多样性数据工具箱编制的信息产品的适用性，作为预测生物多样性模型的输入，并作为环境和生物多样性政策的支持。该项目还将评估这些产品在欧盟指定一个生态一致的海洋保护区网络的目标方面的实用性，以及被子植物栖息地中碳埋藏率在碳抵消和国家自主贡献方面的适用性。“OBAMA-NEXT”将通过强有力的公众宣传和积极的利益相关者沟通，加强欧洲获取和利用海洋生物观测资料以更好地管理海洋资源的能力。

OBAMA-NEXT aims to develop a toolbox for generating accurate, precise and relevant information characterising marine ecosystems and their biodiversity. This will be achieved by integrating new/emerging technologies, including remote sensing, eDNA, optical instruments and citizen science, with existing marine monitoring techniques for improving our capacity to describe ecosystem function and biodiversity with higher spatial and temporal resolution. The project will contribute to shaping next generation monitoring programs and defining Essential Ocean/Biodiversity Variables(EOVs/EBVs). Stakeholders will be involved from the onset of the project to identify products needed in an iterative co-creating and specification process. These specifications will guide the application of algorithms, including advanced statistical analyses and artificial intelligence, which combine and translate different data sources into information products (i.e., maps and indicators) to fulfil stakeholders’ needs. Routines for visualisation and methods for uncertainty assessment are also important components of the toolbox development. The toolbox will be evaluated and improved based on 12 selected Learning Sites (LS), representing diverse ecosystems and data sources within the four European regional seas. The applicability of the information products, compiled with the toolbox on LS data, will be evaluated as input to models for predicting biodiversity and as support for environmental and biodiversity policies. The project will also assess the usefulness of the products with respect to the EU objective of designating an ecologically coherent MPA network and the applicability of C-burial ratesin angiosperm habitatsfor carbon offsetting and Nationally Determined Contributions. OBAMA-NEXT will strengthen Europe’s capability in acquiring and utilising biological ocean observations for better management of marine resources through strong public outreach and active stakeholder communication.