Flanders supported research data infrastructures played key role in UN Ocean report

On 21 April 2021, the United Nations launched the Second World Ocean Assessment on the state of the world’s ocean, covering environmental, economic and social aspects. OBIS, WoRMS and MarineRegions were among the key databases used to develop statistics on the trends in marine biota (chapter 6) as well as the state of biodiversity in marine habitats (chapter 7).