MBON POLE TO POLE: ROCKYSHORE BIODIVERSITY OF COSTA DAS ALGAS, BRAZIL

The MBON Pole to Pole effort seeks to develop a framework for the collection, use and sharing of marine biodiversity data in a coordinated, standardized manner leveraging on existing infrastructure managed by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS; IOC-UNESCO), the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The MBON Pole to Pole aims to become a key resource for decision-making and management of living resource across countries in the Americas for reporting requirements under the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Aichi Targets of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Long-term Program of Ecological Research Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo (PELD HCES), part of the Brazilian LTER program, is an official collaborator to MBON Pole to Pole, through Dr. Ana Carolina de A. Mazzuco and Prof. Dr. Angelo Fraga Bernardino. The sampling, materials, and personnel were financed by Long-term Program of Ecological Research Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo (PELD HCES) coordinated by Prof. Dr. Angelo Fraga Bernardino (Benthic Ecology Group at the Oceanography Department, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo). PELD HCES is supported by CAPES, CNPq, and FAPES grants (fellowships: 88887.185758/2018-00, 88887.137932/2017-00, 371008/2017-4; grants: 441243/2016-9; 79054684/17). The Pole to Pole project is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant 80NSSC18K0318, ”Laying the foundations of the Pole-to-Pole Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Americas”, and co-sponsored by AmeriGEO.