Conferences archive

Presenting the Sustainable index to sea urchin fishing in Galicia
The index was showed at the final event of the project to sea urching fishers and policy makers
20/10/2023 - Last Wednesday, a conference was organised at the Federación Galega de Cofradía de Pescadores to deepen the knowledge of sea urchin fishing. That day, the OURIXEN project led by the University of Santiago de Compostela and the SOST-Erizo project of FOL-CIM of the University of Vigo were presented. Both projects are funded by the REDEMAR […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Dissemination, Research, Results, SOST-Erizo
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Dissemination, Research, Results, SOST-Erizo

FOL participated in the Fourth ICES PICES Early Career Scientist Conference
FOL members Xochitl Elías and Francesca Barazzetta presented their work on climate change vulnerability and adaptations of coastal social-ecological systems to climate change
27/07/2022 - The fourth ICES PICES ECS conference was held last 18th – 21st July 2022 in St. John’s, Canada and aimed at improving the involvement of young scientists in international scientific investigations, management, and stewardship of the marine environment, in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay

Assessing climate change vulnerability in Mediterranean MPAs”, a second MPA-ENGAGE webinar series
FRANCESCA BARAZZETTA AND JUAN BUENO PARDO PRESENTED HOW TO ASSESS CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY IN MEDITERRANEAN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
30/03/2022 - Last week, on the 24th and 25th of March, Francesca Barazzetta and Juan Bueno Pardo hosted a follow up to the first webinar series organized in the framework of the MPA-Engage project. The two webinars focused on the development and implementation Social-Ecological Vulnerability Assessment in Marine Protected Area focusing in the Mediterranean Sea. The two […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Vulnerability Tool, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Vulnerability Tool, Workshop

FOL presents its scientific dissemination book “Goiz bat Tuni-Ontzin” in a literature congress
FOL attends the 1st Congress on Children's and Young People's Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country
27/10/2021 - Last week, from October 20 to 22, the 1st International Congress on Children’s and Young People’s Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) was held online. A discussion forum was created on the combination of Children’s and Young People’s Literature and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Children’s and Young People’s Literature and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach

FOL participates in the International Conference for Young Marine Researchers 2021
Phd students of Future Oceans Lab take part of ICYMARE 2021
29/09/2021 - Xochitl, Diego and Alba attended this year’s ICYMARE as session hosts and presenters. The International Conference for yound marine researchers, organized by the Bremen Society for Natural Science took place from the 21st to the 24th of September. Xochitl, together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl, were host of session 13 (Tropical marine ecosystems in […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Research, Results, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay

FOL attends the ICES Annual Conference 2021
Iratxe presents her research on adaptation of large-scale fisheries to climate change
16/09/2021 - FOL member Iratxe is attending the ICES Annual Science Conference that is being held online from 6 to 10 September. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization, a network of scientists who advance and share scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems and their services in order to generate advice for meeting conservation, management, and sustainability goals. ICES […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research

MPA Engage Capitalization Event
Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change
04/06/2021 - Members of the MPA Engage Capitalisation Boards is organising the first MPA Engage Capitalisation event entitled “Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change“. The event will take place online on the 18th June 2021, 11.30-14.00 CET. The event aims to: Showcase the MPA Engage collective response to mitigate and adapt to Climate […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Workshop

Second ICYMARE forum edition
Xochitl Elias co-hosts the ICYMARE online forum on social-ecological research
12/01/2021 - After the successful session held on the past 26th and 27th of August in the first online edition of the ICYMARE conference, Xochitl and the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl are hosting the second online forum edition focused on social-ecological systems and interdisciplinarity on January 13th at 10 am CET. In the forum, five highly talented […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay

EfD’s annual meeting
A network of environmental economists meet to contribute to sustainable development in the Global South
26/11/2020 - Smit Vasquez Caballero attended the Environment for Development Initiative 14th annual virtual meeting, November 16-20, 2020. The Environment for Development (EfD) is a global network of economists and natural resources scientists providing empirical and theoretical evidence promoting sustainable environmental policy. The conference was organised around sessions related to agriculture and climate change, behavioural and experimental […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Smit V. Caballero

First Iberian conference on climate change adaptation took place virtually
A broad array of adaptation perspectives were put in common last week during the ADAPTES conference
24/11/2020 - Future Oceans Lab PhD student Diego Salgueiro Otero has attended Adaptes: I Iberian Conference on Climate Change Adaptation. The conference, framed in the European project LIFE SHARA, has illustrated and discussed the effect of climate change and adaptation on the Iberian peninsula through 10 thematic sessions focused on: Cities, Agricultural sector, Water, Coastal areas, Health, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Research

The first and special edition of ICYMARE conference
Xochitl was participating at this year’s ICYMARE 2020 as a session host
28/08/2020 - Xochitl together with the Ph.D. student Michael Kriegl is hosting Session 9: “Understanding social-ecological systems: Towards sustainable management of marine resources” at this year’s ICYMARE on the 26th and 27th of August. The main goal of the conference is to give room to young marine researchers to present their work and to generate a network of young […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay

FOL attends the ICES Annual Science Conference 2019
Iratxe presents her research on large-scale fisheries as social-ecological systems facing climate change
18/09/2019 - Last week, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) organized its Annual Science Conference, which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. ICES is an intergovernmental marine science organization, a network of scientists who advance and share scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems and their services in order to generate advice for meeting conservation, management, […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio

Adapting Mediterranean MPAs to the challenges of Climate Change
Marine Protected Areas need to keep up with their objectives
21/06/2019 - The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change inn their waters. Water temperatures have risen close to 2ºC on the last decades, and warming is projected to continue to increase drastically. Warming takes place in surface and deeper waters and species composition is already changing due to invasive species, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Projects, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Projects, Results, Workshop

FOL is back to the World Maritime Week
The Eurofishing Congress organizes a session on tuna freezer ships at Bilbao Exhibition Centre
20/02/2019 - Iratxe Rubio attended last week the International Eurofishing Congress in Bilbao, which included a thematic session on tuna freezer ships. The session took place on the 12th February 2019, in the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, and was hosted within the World Maritime Week, where the naval, fisheries, energy and port sectors are gathered together for a […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Research

Jorge García Molinos talks about marine biodiversity challenges under climate change in Vigo
Jorge visits us from Japan to give a Campus do Mar seminar on February 26th
13/02/2019 - In two weeks , Professor Jorge Garcia Molinos from the University of Hokkaido (Japan) will be presenting his work on climate change and marine biodiversity to the Campus do Mar community at the University of Vigo. Jorge’s seminar: “Reorganization of marine biodiversity under climate change: new challenges and opportunities”, will cover how climate change […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Research

A week in Durban for the first IPCC LAM
The 6th Assessment Report starts and Lead Authors meet for the first time
31/01/2019 - Elena Ojea is back from Durban (South Africa) where she attended the first Lead Author Meeting (LAM) for the next IPCC Assessment Report (AR6). The week was intense but very exciting and Elena got to know the IPCC process first hand and started the work with the colleagues from the Working Group on Impacts and […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, IPCC, Research

Future Oceans Lab invited to share its scientific knowledge on board of INTERMARES
Diego Salgueiro Otero, talks in the INTERMARES about Climate change, impacts and adaptations of fisheries around the world
08/11/2018 - The INTERMARES ship keeps its goal of teaching along the coastal countries about the importance and consequences of sustainable fishing. The cooperative mission of this vessel reached many countries around world before arriving Vigo last week, and it will keeping travelling along Spanish and African coast until the end of the year. In every port […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Workshop

FOL awarded for Alba´s Pecha Kucha presentation at the International Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
Pecha kucha is an innovative format in which researchers present 20 slides, each for 20 seconds
02/11/2018 - Last week, FOL PhD candidates Diego Salgueiro and Alba Aguión have attented the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. During the gathering, researchers, ONGs, fishers and policy-makers have discussed the future challenges of Small-scale Fisheries with the aim to formulate action plans to facilitate the implementation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines from […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Percebes, PhD, Research

Future Oceans Lab attends the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Thailand
Diego Salgueiro Otero presents his research outcomes on Small-Scale Fisheries Adaptation to Climate Change in Chiang Mai
31/10/2018 - The 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC), an international event that aims for transdisciplinarity, transformation and the future of small-scale fisheries was placed in Chiang Mai (Thailand) during October 22nd-26th. As five main pillars of this worldwide meeting, five different themes where developed each day (Science, Communities, Policy, Field and Actions) by several communicating sessions (plenary, science […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop

FOL will be at the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress
PhD candidates Diego and Alba will present their ongoing work at the conference held this October in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
26/07/2018 - The World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (WSFC) placed this year 2018 at Chinag Mai (Thailand) from October 22nd to 26th, is an annual forum to discuss about the implementation of small-scale fisheries (SSF) guidelines to achieve sustainable development goals. This year, the congress will be focus on efforts that help to enhance our understanding about transformation in fisheries […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Projects, Research

In Rome for the COFI side event on the new FAO Atlas of fishing effort
Elena Ojea participates in the Panel that discusses Global Fishing Footprint
17/07/2018 - The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) celebrated last week its 33rd session at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Delegates from most countries in the world participate in the COFI intergovernmental forum that discusses the main issues and problems in fisheries and aquaculture, with the aim of proposing recommendations to governments and regional fishing organizations, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea

Returning from the 6th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE)
Sissi presented her work on coastal mixed fisheries in the 6th WCERE
10/07/2018 - The 6 th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE) was held in Gothenburg in Sweden during June 25-29, 2018. Over 1400 environmental and resource economists attended the Congress, and about 1000 articles were presented. Sissi Liu from Future Oceans Lab presented her work on “Price expectations and supply response of coastal mixed fisheries”, Professor […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach

“Climate risk and the future of international climate policy”
FOLab attends one more year the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on Climate Change
06/07/2018 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is organizing this year the 9th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Climate risk and the future of international climate policy “. This-three day course is being held in Bilbao from the 4th to the […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio

Showing the vulnerability of Galician TURFs
Raquel Ruiz Díaz presents her internship work at the EMBRC-IMBRSea Symposium
04/07/2018 - Raquel Ruiz Díaz, student of the International Master in Marine Biological Resources IMBRSea presented last week the work developed for her professional practice at Future Oceans Lab. During 2 months, Raquel assessed the vulnerability of Galician goose barnacle fishery to climate impacts with the collaboration of Elena Ojea, Xiaozi Liu and Alba Aguión. The study […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Projects, Research, Results, Team

FOL presents at the VI International Symposium on Marine Science
Elena Fontán presented the new Fisheries Resilience Index at the ISMS conference
26/06/2018 - Last week Vigo became the world capital of Marine Science as all oceanographers and marine scientist gathered in the city for the 6th International Symposium on Marine Science. Elena Fontán attended and represented FOL, presenting the new Fisheries Resilience Index and the first results of the CLOCK project. This Fisheries Resilience Index is a novel […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach

FOL presenting at the 4th climate change and fisheries international symposium
Results of the clock project have been presented at ECWOO
07/06/2018 - Washington DC is living this week an international appointment for scientists working on climate change in the oceans. Future Oceans Lab is attending the 4th international symposium of ICES/PICES and presenting the first results of the Clock project. Iratxe Rubio is presenting her PhD work on shifts in distribution in tropical tuna fisheries in the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results

Elena Ojea will be Lead Author on the 6th IPCC Report
Elena joins the team of 15 world–renowned experts working on the Report's Oceans Chapter
09/04/2018 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) through the Spanish Office of Climate Change (OECC) has named Elena Ojea Lead Author in Working Group II Chapter 3 of the upcoming 6th IPCC Assessment Report. In this chapter, she will be working on synthesizing the best available science on the impacts of climate change on ocean […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes

CLOCK research will be represented in Washington DC at ECCWO18
4th Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans
19/02/2018 - Climate change and fisheries research community gets together every 3 years on the International Symposium on the at the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO). The event is organized jointly by ICES and PICES, the regional fisheries councils that provide scientific advice for management in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop

Mikko Heino, Ph.D. presents at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series this week
The second talk of the new seminar series will cover how to reconcile stakeholder conflicts in Norwegian fisheries
11/12/2017 - This Wednesday, December 13, 1pm, Visiting Professor Mikko Heino from the University of Bergen and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) will be presenting his work on reconciling stakeholder conflicts at the Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar Series (IFS). IFS is the new seminar series at the University of Vigo presented by Campus do Mar […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu

Reaching out to the Game Theory Community
"A good model in game [and economic ] theory is like a good fable, which is only loosely connected to reality but something significant remains."
15/11/2017 - Lisbon, less than 500 km south of Vigo, appears to be a hot spot for game theorists. During November 9-11, 2017, FOL’s postdoctoral researcher, Xiaozi, attended the 9th edition of the Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications . The Lisbon Meetings, hosted by UECE at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management, are an […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Seminars, Sissi Xiaozi Liu, Workshop

The Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminar program starts this week
Eduardo Sánchez opens the series on November 16th talking about stock assessment methods
13/11/2017 - On November 16th, at 14:30, Eduardo Sánchez from the University of Alicante (Spain) will present the results of his Master thesis, directed by José Mª da Rocha, professor at the University of Vigo. Eduardo holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Fisheries Management and will be the first speaker in the new series of seminars between […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars

A new Series of Fisheries Seminars at the University of Vigo
The INterdisciplinary Fisheries Seminars is a new open forum for discussing research findings in fisheries
10/11/2017 - This Interdisciplinary Fisheries Seminars programme will allow different research groups working on fisheries to have a fruitful exchange in order to learn from others how common question are being solved from diverse perspectives such as economics, ecology and management. All students and researchers interested in the field are welcomed, both from the University and abroad, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Seminars, Team

FOL in CETMAR for climate change outreach events
this week we contribute to SAF-21 Workshop and to Galician Climathon
27/10/2017 - Future Oceans lab participated this week in two events held for advancing on solutions for climate change in fisheries. Elena Ojea gave an overview on the challenges of fisheries governance, in a one-day session that also involved Juan Carlos Surís (UVigo), Antonio García Allut (University of Coruña), Françoise Bretton (UAB) and Jose Luís Satiago (CETMAR). This […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, PhD, Workshop

We present our work in CIRED-Paris
The research centre on environment and development focuses on climate change
16/10/2017 - Last week Elena Ojea gave a seminar at the Centre International de Reserche sur l’Environment at Dévelopment (CIRED) in Paris (France). CIRED is a world class research center where multi-disciplinar researchers work in climate change and energy research, with special focus in policy. The center holds a weekly seminar program where they open presentations to […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars

Future Oceans Lab participation in ICES ASC 2017
Diego and Alba attented the conference in Florida to present their ongoing work about climate change adaptation in fisheries
03/10/2017 - Future Oceans Lab has taken part in the ICES Annual Science Conference 2017 held at Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) last week. This year the congress consisted in 19 theme sessions that comprise oral and poster presentations from researchers from all over the world. PhD students Diego Salguiero and Alba Aguión attented the event to present […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Research, Results

YOUMARES 8 Conference for young marine researchers in Kiel, Germany
FOL member Iratxe Rubio gives a talk in the YOUMARES 8 Conference
19/09/2017 - Last week the YOUMARES 8 Conference for young marine researchers took place at Kiel University, in Germany. YOUMARES is an interdisciplinary scientific conference for Bachelor, Master, and PhD students, that gathers a wide range of topics related to the marine environment. The bottom-up organization by young researchers is one of the most characteristic aspects of […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Projects, Research, Results

Five days in Chile diving in Global Marine Protected Areas
The international marine protected areas congress IMPAC4 ends with important news on conservation
08/09/2017 - e Today is the closure of the International Marine Protected Area Congress in La Serena, Chile. Five days of discussions on marine conservation and management where participants from around the world, including NGOs, managers of protected areas, governments and scientist shared their experience in marine protection. The congress has also been the platform for exciting […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop

Eréndira Aceves Seminar this Tuesday
The visiting researcher from UCSB will give a seminar at 11am in Campus do Mar
31/07/2017 - Our visiting researcher Eréndira Aceves Bueno will give a seminar tomorrow in campus do Mar on her recent PhD work. Ere has recently defended her PhD research in marine spatial management of benthic resources, with applications in Chilean TURFs. She wil be presenting her work tomorrow August 1st in Edificio Miralles, University of Vigo at […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars

In Copenhagen for a Vulnerability workshop
FOL goes to ICES to participate on a climate change vulnerability meeting
19/07/2017 - Vulnerability assessments in fisheries allow for the prioritization of policy action towards climate change in fisheries, and is receiving increasing attention from scientists and policy makers. Vulnerability to climate change includes fish species exposure and sensitivity to climate change impacts, together with social sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Global studies are looking at large marine areas […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results

Climate Change in an Era of Uncertainty
FOLab goes to BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School
13/07/2017 - The Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) in collaboration with the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has organized this year the 8th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on climate change: “Climate Change in an Era of Uncertainty”. This-three day course was held in Donostia-San Sebastian from the 5th to the 7th of July. […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team

FOL at the ICES working Group on Resilience and Marine ecosystem services
The Working Group celebrates its third annual meeting in Vigo this week
12/07/2017 - The ICES Working Group on Resilience and Marine Ecosystem Services (WGRMES) is now celebrating its third annual meeting in Vigo at the Marine Institute (IIM, CSIC). Researchers and practitioners working around marine ecosystem services from different European countries meet during two days to discuss over some of the most important questions around resilience and marine […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research

Science and Storytelling: Alba´s participation in Science Stars in Kazaksthan
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión explained her master research in an event organized in Nazarbayev University
04/07/2017 - There is an Indian proverb that says “Tell a good story… and the whole world will listen”. The night of June 27th Science Stars proved that to be right, at least when it comes to talking about science. The event consisted in 9 young researchers from different fields explaining scientific concepts in an entertaining way to the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach

Future Oceans Lab learning about complex systems in Stockholm
Diego Salgueiro is just back from a 2-week stay at the Stockholm Resilience Centre
28/06/2017 - The Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), established in 2007, holds a vision of a world where Social-Ecological Systems are understood, governed and managed, to enhance human well-being and the capacity to deal with complexity and change, for the sustainable co-evolution of human civilizations and the biosphere, with special emphasis on resilience. Last month, thanks to the […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Projects, Seminars

Launching the ECOMAR network in Vigo
Scientist from Latin America, Spain and Portugal meet in Vigo for two days
22/06/2017 - ECOMAR is a new network of researchers funded by CYTED that puts together people from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal to work on the role of marine protected areas in ecosystem services. The first annual meeting of this 4-year project is now taking place in Universidade de Vigo and hosted by Sebastian […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects

FOL going to ICES Annual Science Conference 2017
Alba and Diego will go to Florida this September to present their work
20/06/2017 - The International Council for the Exploration of the SEA (ICES) will hold its Annual Science Conference (ASC) in Florida. ICES event will take place from 18-21 September in the Broward County Convention Center where all the conference-goers, including scientist, policy makers, organization representatives, and students deal with the latest in marine science and research. The […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Results, Team

KLIMAGUNE Workshop 2017 on climate change and public engagement
Irtaxe attends the KLIMAGUNE Workshop in Bilbao
02/06/2017 - The Klimagune Workshop 2017, held on May 31st in Bilbao, was organized by the Basque Centre of Climate Change (BC3) as part of its initiatives of sharing and spreading knowledge on climate change. This seventh edition of Klimagune was a meeting forum that gathered different profiles related to climate change, including scientists, managers at different […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Research, Seminars, Team

Seminar at ECIMAT to talk about shifting stocks
Eena Ojea presented in the "Café con Sal" program
29/05/2017 - Last Thursday June 1st at 11am, Elena Ojea has been presenting the research project CLOCK at ECIMAT. As part of the series of seminars “Café con Sal“. Elena took the chance to give an introduction to her on going work on climate change and spatial management. As climate change is impacting the Oceans, resource management needs to adapt […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects, Research

Global Fishing Watch Research Workshop
We go to Madrid to explore GFW research potential in the EU
15/05/2017 - Global Fishing Watch is a new initiative to put together real time satellite data from global vessels navigating the oceans. As part of their research program, a series of workshops have been held in London, Rome and Spain this week with invited researchers and policy makers. Future Oceans Lab participated last Tuesday in Madrid in […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars

In Brussels for the 10th Anniversary of the European Research Council
Elena goes to Brussels to an ERC climate change workshop to present CLOCK
04/04/2017 - The European Research Council (ERC) has promoted cutting edge science in Europe for already 10 years. As one of the events of the 10th anniversary, the ERC organized an expert workshop on climate change research, including projects lead by starting, consolidating and advanced grantees. The Workshop on Climate Change took place in March 31st, and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Projects

FOLab attends the World Maritime Week
The Eurofishing Congress was held during the World Maritime Week in the Basque Country
01/04/2017 - Iratxe Rubio attended last week the International Eurofishing Congress in Bilbao, which dealt with the most relevant topics for tuna fisheries around the world, including a thematic session on tuna Tuna Freezing Vessels. The Congress was held from 27th to 31st March 2017, in Bilbao Exhibition Centre, and was hosted within the World Maritime Week, […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Team
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Team