MPA-Engage archive
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
New webinar series of MPA-Engage project
Learning how to face climate change in Marine protected areas
15/03/2022 - MPA-ENGAGE consortia is announcing the second series of webinars to help stakeholders of MPAs to develop a climate change adaptation and mitigation action plan. Participants will learn on how to track climate change impacts in MPAs, assess their ecological and socio-economic vulnerability and engage local communities in participatory actions. These webinar series are carried out within […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Seminars, Training, Vulnerability Tool
MPA-Engage: Final Vulnerability Assessments results for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
APPLYING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS TO IMPLEMENT CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN MPAs
30/07/2021 - On April 22, Francesca Barazzetta, Elena Ojea, Smit Caballero and Juan Bueno Pardo presented to the managers of seven Mediterranean marine protected areas the methodology applied to calculate the final results for the Climate Vulnerability Assessment implemented in these areas within the framework of MPA-Engage project. The results focus on the MPAs socio-ecological and ecological, […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Juan Bueno, MPA-Engage, Research, Smit V. Caballero, Vulnerability Tool
MPA Engage project organises its First capitalization conference
Mediterranean MPAs join forces to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change
18/06/2021 - The MPA EngageMED project, funded under the Interred Med Programme, is organising its first capitalisation conference tomorrow. The meeting (entirely on-line) will represent an occasion to showcasing the MPA Engage collective response to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. The involvement of local communities, socio-economic operators and managers of Marine […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, 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
A year of lonely remote working with a warm team
More than ever, this year we faced big ups and downs at home and with our work
24/12/2020 - This is a difficult year to balance and we are happy we made it through. We are really looking forward to experience nature, friends and in person relationships in 2021, experiences we missed so much this year. As for everybody, 2020 has been a challenging year to keep up with research, but we were still […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Iratxe Rubio, Juan Bueno, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Smit V. Caballero, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Alex Tidd, Clock, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, FutureMARES, Iratxe Rubio, Juan Bueno, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Smit V. Caballero, Team, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
Presenting MPA Engage activities in a capacity building event in Montenegro
Our approach to climate vulnerability assessments can help in the design of new protected areas in the Adriatic
03/12/2020 - Montenegro is currently planning the implementation of new marine protected areas in the Adriatic, and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism has organized a capacity building event where partners from different EU projects presented. As part of the team of the MPA Engage project, Elena briefly introduced the work developed by the Future Oceans […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Vulnerability Tool
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Raquel Ruiz Diaz, Research, Results, Vulnerability Tool
4Pictures4Mediterranean
Instagram photo contest to showcase the beauty and the fragility of Marine Protected Areas
09/10/2020 - The MPA Engage international project has launched the first edition of ‘4 Pictures 4 Mediterranean’, a photo competition hosted by Instagram that offers participants prestigious prizes and the opportunity to show their work in exhibitions focused on the impacts of climate change. All sea photographers are encouraged, from now till December 31st to participate. “We […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, MPA-Engage, Research
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a second MPA-ENGAGE training
Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia for a second training with Mediterranean MPAs on Vulnerability Assessment
13/08/2020 - On the last week of July, from the 27th to the 30th, Francesca Barazzetta travelled to Sardinia, (Italy), to join the rest of the MPA-Engage team to provide a second training on the Vulnerability Assessment to some of the MPAs involved in the project. The meeting hosted by the MPA of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo […]
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research, Training, Workshop
“Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change” a first MPA-ENGAGE webinar series
Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta presented how to assess climate change vulnerability in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
05/06/2020 - Last week, from the 25th to the 29th of May, Elena Ojea and Francesca Barazzetta hosted 3 on-line lectures about the development of a Social-Ecological Vulnerability Assessment in Marine Protected Areas. The lectures were organised within the framework of the MPA-Engage project and the Vulnerability Assessment lectures represented a section of a three weeks webinar […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Research
First series of webinars within MPA-Engage project start next week
The goal of these webinars series is to learn how to face climate change in Marine Protected Areas
13/05/2020 - MPA-ENGAGE consortia is announcing a series of webinars to help stakeholders of MPAs to develop a climate change adaptation and mitigation action plan. Participants will be trained on how to track climate change impacts in MPAs, assess their ecological and socio-economic vulnerability and engage local communities in participatory actions. These webinar series are carried out […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Seminars
FOL welcomes Francesca to the team; more women in the climate vulnerability research
Francesca joins FOL to work on the MPA-Engage project
05/03/2020 - After a competitive selection process for the position as Project researcher on the MPA Engage project, Francesca Barazzetta has succeeded and has joined the Future Ocean Lab team this March 2020. Francesca has successfully completed her Master in Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen. She conducted her master thesis in collaboration with FOL, during […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Francesca Barazzetta, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Research
Launching MPA-ENGAGE to face Climate Change in the Mediterranean
We went to the Kick off Meeting of the new Interreg-MED project at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona
17/01/2020 - In January 14 and 15th, Elena Ojea and Julia Ameneiro traveled to the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Barcelona to attend the Kick-Off-Meeting of the project “MPA Engage: Engaging Mediterranean key players in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate” funded by the Interreg MED program with a budget of […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Julia Ameneiro, MPA-Engage, Research
New job offer for one Project researcher on MPAs climate vulnerability assessments
FOL of CIM of the University of Vigo offers a temporary position to manage and develop the tasks of an Interreg-Med project
16/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab of Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO) is exited to publish a new position for a project researcher holding a Master’s degree with a background in Marine Ecosystems, management and stakeholder engagement. Full job details can be found in the EURAXESS and in this PDF file. The successful applicant will be in charge […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, MPA-Engage, Research
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Job Offer, MPA-Engage, Research
Ready to start the Interreg MPA-Engage project in the Mediterranean Sea
FOL will coordinate vulnerability assessments to adapt MPAs to climate change
08/11/2019 - MPA-Engage is one of the recently approved projects by the Interreg MED programme, in which researchers from 15 institutions of 8 different countries will work together to enhance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to adapt to climate change. Climate change represents a seriously threat for the marine ecosystems and its dependent livelihoods around […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, MPA-Engage, Projects, Research