Supporting Organisations
![Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias](images/logos/CAC.jpg)
![Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Foundation](images/logos/fundacion2.jpg)
![Directorate General of Research of the European Commission](images/logos/eu.gif)
![Conseil International pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mediterrannée CIESM](images/logos/ciesm_int.gif)
![DIVERSITAS](images/logos/Diversitas_logo_small.jpg)
![European Environment Agency](images/logos/LogoEEA.gif)
![European Network of Marine Research Stations MARS](images/logos/MARS_logo.jpg)
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Aims
- To review the current understanding of marine biodiversity, its role in marine ecosystem functioning and its socio-economic context
- To assess current and future threats and potential mitigation strategies for conservation and regulation of marine resources
- To identify future research priorities
News
The Valencia Declaration (2008-11-15)
The Valencia Declaration - a plea for the protection of Marine Biodiversity - is now available. You can download it here.
Chairs of the Conference
Carlo Heip
NIOO and NIOZ, The Netherlands
Carlos M. Duarte
IMEDEA (CSIC- University of the Balearic Islands), Mallorca, Spain
Organizing institutions:
![](images/csic.jpg) ![](images/uib.jpg) ![](images/uvalencia.jpg)
![](images/logos/nioo.jpg) ![](images/logos/vliz.jpg) ![](images/logos/ecoserve.jpg)
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![](images/logos/wcmblogo.jpg)
![The Census of Marine Life](images/logos/coml.jpg)
![The European Census of Marine Life](images/logos/EuroCoML.jpg)
![The Marine Board of the European Science Foundation](images/logos/ESF_MB_2006.jpg)
![Ecosystem functioning and biodiversity in the deep sea (EuroDEEP)](images/logos/logoeurodeep.jpg)
![UNESCO](images/logos/unesco_un.gif) ![Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission](images/logos/ioc_un.gif)
![UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme](images/logos/mab_logo.jpg)
![Scientific Council for Oceanic Research SCOR](images/logos/scor.jpg)
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