BRIDGES
Research program
Fisheries and Biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean
The south-west Indian Ocean is one of the world’s richest regions in terms of biodiversity, where small-scale fishing is key to the wellbeing and nutrition security of many communities.
But global pressures – climate change, growing global demand for natural resources, intensification of uses – are threatening ecosystems, and the human societies that depend on them.
This is the context for BRIDGES – Fisheries and Biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean Research Program which aims to carry out ambitious collaborative research to bolster social and environmental resilience, and support a future generation of researchers and actors for the region.
Key figures:
10
years
A program from 2023 to 2033
28
M€
budget
6
6 study sites in the South-West Indian Ocean
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