The Informe Mar Balear celebrates its fifth anniversary

The Informe Mar Balear celebrates five years of its first publication and it honors it with an event that gathers the scientific community and the public administration of the Balearics.

The encounter, which took place in the auditorium of Colegio de Arquitectos of the Balearic Islands, wants to recognize the altogether work of the 32 entities and over 100 investigators that have made the creation of the reference platform for knowledge conservation of the Balearic marine environment possible. 

Since its creation in 2019 and its first publication in 2020, the Informe Mar Balear has been consolidated as a key tool for the compilation, analysis and diffusion of scientific data about the state of the sea. In these five years, an initial report has developed from a physical format to an alive web with over 180 regularly updated indicators, distributed into ten thematic chapters that cover ecological, economic and social aspects, accessible for all. The last report has incorporated new heat waves indicators and relative to some sharks species. 

During the event, the importance of having solid scientific knowledge that is used as a base for political decision-making has stood out. Equally, the need of having continuing data regarding time and regularly updated has been put into value, since tendencies and evaluating the efficiency of applied measures can only be detected this way. This knowledge is possible thanks to the collaboration between numerous scientific, administrative and social entities, which give and share information to build a global and detailed vision of the sea’s state.