This workshop took place in Athens from 22nd to 24th February 2016 and it was the first meeting of the Activity 1 of the ACTIONMED project, with the title “Identify gaps and setting targets for biodiversity indicators in the Mediterranean Sea”. The workshop gave the opportunity to discuss between the people involved with different roles in the MSFD reporting chain (experts on scientific level) around setting further indicators for biodiversity, together with coordinated assessment and monitoring for biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea.
The main aim was to identify the gaps and needs for which targeted actions should be taken in order to enable a systematic solution of them at the Mediterranean regional level, in relation to articles 8 (IAs), 9 (GES), and 10 (Targets) with a special focus on issues and open questions concerning the biodiversity descriptors and hydrographical conditions (in particular D1, D4, D6 and D7) and building on ongoing regional level (Barcelona Convention, UNEP-MAP monitoring expert groups, so-called CORMONs) and EU level work (especially on work ongoing in the GES and Targets EU Working Group).
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