Future-Obs

FuturObs is funded by the French Governments PPR Ocean & Climate Call and coordinated by the OSU Stamar. 

The key-goal of FUTURE-OBS is to develop systems-thinking based targeted strategies for multi-scale and multidisciplinary observation of coastal socio-ecosystems. Work will focus first on environmentally sensitive areas, such as vulnerable maritime coastlines (English Channel and north-western Mediterranean), marine protected areas and aquaculture zones, which will act as demonstrators and use cases. 

The holistic approach driven by FUTURE-OBS will bring together scientific experts from distinct fields such as oceanography, ecology, economics and social sciences, along with public and private sector stakeholders, decision-makers and bodies representing citizens, to identify priorities and ensure a broader uptake of the solutions produced. 

FUTURE-OBS will include an in-depth strategic reflection on how best to structure, make accessible, and maintain new and existing data in-line with the FAIR principles. This conceptual design phase is essential to guarantee the optimal exploitation of multi-scale and multi-source marine data and will serve as a basis for selecting new thematic and integrated indicators. The routine use of interoperable, data intensive approaches will enable the introduction of new artificial intelligence tools and machine learning capabilities in this field.  

SBR scientists co-coordinate this project and are co-leaders of 3 WPs  :

• Coordination,
• Innovative approaches for biodiversity
• and FAIR data management