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AquaMAP – with Sudipto Majumdar

AquaMAP - with Sudipto Majumdar

Discover the brilliant minds behind our 2025 winners!

🌿 The Sundarbans, straddling India and Bangladesh, are home to the world’s largest mangrove swamp. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this exceptional area of biodiversity also plays a vital role as a natural shield against storms and rising sea levels.

But today, this bulwark is crumbling. Pollution and climate change are accelerating the erosion of these mangroves, weakening the roots of the mangroves and undermining the local communities that depend directly on this ecosystem.

🛠️ To restore and strengthen these mangroves, Sudipto Majumdar is deploying AquaMAP: a scientific project that combines silvopisciculture (aquaculture in the heart of the mangrove) and bio-inspired sediment capture techniques. The aim: to stabilise the soil, encourage natural regeneration, and strengthen the resilience of the inhabitants in the face of climate disruption.

🌱 In this video, he introduces you to his project!

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Discover our 6 winning projects!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 2025:
Discover our 6 winning projects!

Today is a great day for the ocean and for scientific research! We are delighted to unveil the winning projects from the 2025 Pure Ocean Call for Projects. These innovative initiatives will help protect the ocean, preserve marine biodiversity and build resilience in the face of climate change.

A round of applause for our 6 winners! 📣

👕 ALT-WASTE: map underwater textile pollution to combat it more effectively,

🌱AQUAMAP: develop silvo-fish farming to halt the erosion of mangroves, major reservoirs of blue carbon,

🦤 BIRDS ON STICKS: encourage the return of seabirds to fertilize coral reefs,

🐟 FISH ON THE MOVE: optimize the connection between marine protected areas to

boost biodiversity,

🦐 RIMIOMICS: demonstrate the toxicological impact of mining on abyssal ecosystems,

🪸 SYMBIOSWAP: test the exchange of symbiotic algae to make Mediterranean corals more resistant to climate change.

 

Why are this project important? ✨

These projects pave the way for concrete, ambitious and nature-based solutions to the urgent challenges facing the ocean. Each of them has been selected by our scientific committee for its potential for innovation, its impact on practices and its contribution to ocean science.

Many thanks to our scientific committee Gilles Boeuf, Anna Zivian, Kartik Shanker, Abdelmalek Faraj, Flavia Lucena Fredou 🙏

🔬 Congratulations to the scientific teams and partners for their exceptional commitment. These projects are a big step towards a healthier ocean.

See you soon to find out more about these hopeful projects!

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