OBAMA-NEXT
This Horizon EU project will identify and develop innovative tools to monitor, map and describe marine organisms, from microbes to mammals and coastal vegetation, across different habitat types in European coastal and marine waters. OBAMA-NEXT will support sustainable marine conservation strategies and policies. Existing and emerging technologies are studied, including satellites, drones, ROVs, drop-video, acoustics, eDNA, and Citizen Sciences.
- Project period
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- Funders
- Horizon EU
- External webpages
- obama-next.eu
Hege Gundersen
Jesper Andersen
Kasper Hancke
Ciaran Joseph Murray
Therese Harvey
Christian Lindemann
Kristina Øie Kvile
Line Johanne Barkved
About the project
By combining traditional marine monitoring methods with the latest technologies, OBAMA-NEXT will merge new and preexisting datasets. By applying advanced statistical models and AI the project will consolidate data into knowledge, providing mapping products, trend assessments of marine habitats and biodiversity, among other information products. These will provide a scientific foundation to support decision-makers throughout Europe, streamlining the implementation of European environmental policies.
Learn more on the project's main web site obama-next.eu.