We are excited to share the official launch of the Marine Animal Forest (MAF) MANIFESTO, a pivotal document developed by dedicated researchers and collaborators under the COST Action MAF WORLD.
Recently, a public letter circulated by the Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Naturaleza (ATAN) and the platform Salvar Punta Blanca raised concerns about the OCEAN CITIZEN project and its potential links to external initiatives in Tenerife.
As a consortium, we believe it is important to provide clarity and correct some misunderstandings. The following response outlines the OCEAN CITIZEN project objectives and explains why the project should not be confused with other independent initiatives.
When: January 24 2025 02:00 p. m. UTC
We will have a special session on Blue One Health concept. This webinar will explore the critical yet often overlooked role of marine ecosystems in the One Health framework.
We will have a special session on Blue One Health concept. This webinar will explore the critical yet often overlooked role of marine ecosystems in the One Health framework.
Our COST Action CA20102 MAF-WORLD recently held a training workshop on "Changes in the Marine Biota (MAF) of the Black Sea" in partnership with Karadeniz Technical University. The event took place in Trabzon on September 18, 2023, and lasted four days.
Our Action has been selected and invited to this unique event of experts for the UN Science Summit, organised by the European COST Assocaition and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in New York.
It has been a great beginning for our MAF-WORLD COST Action. After a successful year, we are ready for the second, with some exciting COST Action activity set.
Branching MAFs are the key building units in marine ecosystems, including the coral reefs. Branching corals exhibit taxon-specific canopy structures and are crowned by morphometric modifications within their canopies, habitats that are under the control of biological and environmental drivers
Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are built by many organisms that depend either partially or entirely on the heterotrophic uptake of particulate and dissolved nutrients for survival.
Taxonomical knowledge is the basis for many biological and ecological studies. However, even if this is a fact, the reality shows that the number of taxonomists working with megabenthic fauna is decreasingand few young researchers are involved in this fundamental research field.