ELectronic conference on MARine Biodiversity in Europe
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Supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributing to the implementation of the key action 'Assessing and conserving biodiversity' within 'Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development' This e-conference was intended to inventorise, synthesise and report the opinion of the European community (scientists, science programmers, funding agencies, decision-makers, managers, and the public at large) on three issues that are considered important for the development and application of marine biodiversity research:
- what are the main scientific problems, locally and on the European and global scale, and what is the knowledge required to understand and predict patterns of marine biodiversity in Europe? theme 1
- what is needed for the application of marine biodiversity research in management and protection of the marine environment? theme 2
- how must we organize marine biodiversity research in the changing Europe of tomorrow? theme 3
the organisers
In alphabethical order:Oxford Dictionary: marble: 2. a small ball of coloured glass or similar material used as a toy.
- Pim van Avesaath: overall co-ordination
- Bart Bulckaen: mailing lists
- Mark Costello: chairman theme 2
- Ingrid Dobbelaere: secretarial assistance
- Carlos Duarte: chairman theme 1
- Pieter Dumon: CGI software
- John Gray: provocateur theme 2
- Carlo Heip: overall co-ordination
- Tjess Hernandez: database and CGI software
- Ricardo Santos: chairman theme 3
- Richard Warwick: provocateur theme 1
- Edward Vanden Berghe: web design and CGI software
- Magda Vincx: provocateur theme 3
More marbles at www.marblemuseum.org, where we found the picture of the marble featuring so prominently on these pages.
General coordination: Carlo Heip and Pim van Avesaath
Web site and conference hosted by VLIZ