Athanasios Nikolaou
@thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
PhD Student at the Department of Marine Sciences @uaegean, Greece | Passionate about advancing #EcosystemBasedManagement (EBM) for improved #MarineConservation
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What Do We Know About the Environmental Status of European Seas?
The European Union (EU) established the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) to achieve good environmental status (GES) in European seas through an ecosystem-based approach to management. EU Me....
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August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Our study highlights the urgent need to fill these gaps and strengthen marine #conservation. This requires action both at the #European level and at the regional level through reinforced international cooperation and agreements
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Our study highlights the urgent need to fill these gaps and strengthen marine #conservation. This requires action both at the #European level and at the regional level through reinforced international cooperation and agreements
Intense pressures can cause structural changes in ecosystems, leading to degraded and less productive ecosystems. In regions with limited data and assessments, such changes may go unnoticed and unaddressed, resulting in serious impacts and loss of vital #ecosystem services. #tippingpoint
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Intense pressures can cause structural changes in ecosystems, leading to degraded and less productive ecosystems. In regions with limited data and assessments, such changes may go unnoticed and unaddressed, resulting in serious impacts and loss of vital #ecosystem services. #tippingpoint
Importantly, the level of knowledge is uneven across regions. In the Eastern Mediterranean, for example, there are important knowledge gaps. In contrast, areas with strong international cooperation—like the Baltic and North Seas—have comprehensive data across species groups and pressures.
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Importantly, the level of knowledge is uneven across regions. In the Eastern Mediterranean, for example, there are important knowledge gaps. In contrast, areas with strong international cooperation—like the Baltic and North Seas—have comprehensive data across species groups and pressures.
Most species groups are not in Good Environmental Status in any region. At the same time, intense pressures and impacts are recorded almost everywhere, though a few exceptions exist for certain pressures in specific regional seas. #GES
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Most species groups are not in Good Environmental Status in any region. At the same time, intense pressures and impacts are recorded almost everywhere, though a few exceptions exist for certain pressures in specific regional seas. #GES
We developed indices to quantify the #state of #marine #biodiversity, pressures, and their impacts across European Seas. The results show a deteriorated state of marine biodiversity across all European seas.
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We developed indices to quantify the #state of #marine #biodiversity, pressures, and their impacts across European Seas. The results show a deteriorated state of marine biodiversity across all European seas.