Marine Biodiversity : A science Roadmap for Europe

1. Marine Biodiversity: A science Roadmap for Europe Yves-Marie PAULET IUEM LabexMER Marine Boarddelegate – French university network

2. Marine board 34 memberorganizationsfrom 20 countries Major national marine or oceanographic institutes Researchfundingagencies National consortia of universities Developing marine policyadvices to national agencies and to the european commission Promoting the establishment of the European Marine Research Area

3. What do wealready know about Marine Biodiversity ? The highestdiversity on the earth 70% of marine eukaryoticspecies are yet to bedescribed (excluding the Bacteria and Archaeaenormousdiversity, wichcovers about 90% of the living biomass in the ocean) A better knowledge allowed by new tools and methods : biomarkers, stable isotopes, mathematical models, sequencing and molecular technologies. New exploration tools as ROVsand drilling A progressivelyemergingknowledge of the beneficialgoods and services provided by biodiversity Brest 14th november 2012

4. What are the gaps in ourknowledge of Marine Biodiversity ? (1/2) • We are very far from a completeknowledge of biodiversity, the vastmajority have to bediscovered and described • Moreover, for the majority of the knownspeciesthereis a completelack of scientificknowledgeconcerning : • The full life-cycle • Ecological niche and role • Population structure and status • Pathogens, symbionts and more globally all interactions withother components of the ecosystem Taxonomy, one of the core disciplines for the study of biodiversityis in seriousdecline. For entire animal groups thereis not a single expert alive Microbial-Classicalbiodiversity interactions, land-ocean interactions, poorlyunderstood Brest 14th november 2012

5. What are the gaps in ourknowledge of Marine Biodiversity ? (2/2) Global climate change impact : Ecologicalmechanisms and adaptation processesintricated / a pluridisciplinary science to develop Link biodiversity information withregional and global ecosystememodels, and biogeochemicalones Importance of biodiversity to humanwell-beingpoorlyunderstood. Need a much-impoved collaboration betweennaturalscientists, social scientists and economists Brest 14th november 2012

6. Whattools do weneed to support Marine Biodiversity Science ? To trackMarine Biodiversity changes effectively, a major effort isrequired to deliver a coherent network of biologicalobservatories (selectedlocations, commonprotocols, qualitycontrol, free access to data) Combine the improvement of molecular techniques with a strong effort in traditional taxonomy, phenotypical and ecological approaches Enhanceexperimentalcapacities in marine ecology Associateeuropeancoastal marine laboratories and stations in an unified network of Marine Biodiversity observation Brest 14th november 2012

7. Science-Policy interface weneed CBD – Conference of the parties 2002 Ecosystem approach by 2010 MPA network by 2012 Maintainproductivity and biodiversity EU commission 2011 in line with Nagoya 2010 halting loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosysteme services by 2020 restoring ecosystem in so far as possible Firstlyweneed to continue to support Marine Bo­diversityscience in Europe Secondly, weneed to use, more actively and effectively, the knowledgeal­readyavailable to guide our management decisionsrelated to activitieswhich im­pact on the marine environment Brest 14th november 2012

8. A roadmap for European Marine Biodiversity Science Tenresearchpriorities Improvingbaselineknowledge Developedelectronicmonographs Understandfactorsthatgenerate, maintain and deplet Marine Biodiversity Marine Biodiverstrole in ecosystemefunctioning and biogeochemical cycles Processes of adaptation of marine populations Developinginterdisciplinary scenarios for biodiversity changes Understandinglinkbetween marine biodiversity and ecosystem services Supportingpolicy design and implementation Creating an effective valuation system Developingeconomicopportunities Brest 14th november 2012

9. A roadmap for European Marine Biodiversity Science Six strategicrecommendations Marine Biodiversity Science Plan Adressingcritical gaps : Observation, experimentalplatforms, taxoniomic expertise EuropeanBiodiversityObserving system a coordinated and sustained system of biodiversityobservatories (linked to EMODNET, LifeWatch and GEO-BON / EOOS) Data management and e-science development Humancapacitydevelopment; Phenotypic-Genotypicapproaches / contribution of non scientific public Marine biodiversity Science-Policy platform / European contribution to IPBES Marine biodiversityconference, Early in the Horizon 2020 fundingperiod Brest 14th november 2012

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