Use Cases

Venice Lagoon Plastic Free (VLPF) is a non-profit organization based in Venice (Italy), listed on the National Single Third Sector Registry (RUNTS), the EMODnet data providers list, supporter of the WWF Plastic Smart City Initiative and signatory of the EU Charter Restore our Ocean and Water mission. The VLPF team is the co-designer of the REMEDIES Shoreline ML App together with Infordata Sistemi (Italy), developed under the Horizon Europe REMEDIES project. EMODnet was used to retrieve relevant historical marine litter data in order to plan and enrich our work on the pan European marine litter database. In addition, downloaded data are used for advanced statistics and data comparison during the development of the Beach Litter Monitoring App. EMODnet also provided valuable services such as the beach litter format validator, which assisted in generating correct datasets that then were submitted to the EMODnet ingestion portal.

UNESCO and IUCN used EMODnet Biology data to compile an assessment on the status and trends of species within UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

University of Girona used EMODnet datasets in the Horizon EU project Blue-Paths, to develop a dashboard demonstrator with the goal to inform the wider audience about the geographic and social, ecological and economic characteristics of the high-potential areas for offshore wind energy in the Spanish sea space in a dynamic manner.

The in situ data and wave nowcast products provided by EMODnet Physics and Data ingestion are useful tools for Outdoor Portofino, a company that promotes sport tourism and environmental education, to safely plan activities and promote sustainability for eco-friendly tourism. The company offers a wide package of lessons, tour guides and renting for outdoor activities and promotes marine conservation projects.

Wildsea Europe Route offers tourists access to routes connecting European coastal destinations that allow them to learn about marine wildlife and participate actively in conservation efforts; including the collection and propagation of marine biodiversity data. “Citizen science” activities such as these are increasingly being recognised as an important source of information with the potential to contribute to our knowledge of the sea and increase participants’ sense of responsibility and ownership of the marine environment.