Papua New Guinea

Bootless Bay

A diverse marine managed area near Port Moresby featuring mangroves, seagrass, fringing reefs and lagoons — where eDNA will provide the first molecular baseline.

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France

Calanques National Park

A Mediterranean marine national park near Marseille, where eDNA will document biodiversity across Posidonia meadows, coralligenous reefs, and no-take zones under varying levels of human pressure.

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Brazil

Cananéia–Iguape–Peruíbe Environmental Protection Area

A vital estuarine-lagoon-coastal system on the southern coast of São Paulo, Brazil, where we will establish the first molecular biodiversity baseline.

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Australia

Christmas Island, Indian Ocean Territories, Australia

A remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, where eDNA will build biodiversity baselines across coral reefs and deep ocean habitats and enable early detection of marine invasive species.

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Ecuador

Galapagos Marine Reserve

One of the world's most iconic marine reserves in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, where eDNA will reveal cryptic species, track biodiversity change, and strengthen biosecurity across this exceptional UNESCO-protected ecosystem.

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Mexico

Huatulco National Park

A mosaic of coral reefs, mangroves, and tropical bays on Mexico's Pacific coast, monitoring biodiversity responses to marine heatwaves.

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Philippines

Iligan Bay and Camiguin Island, Mindanao, Philippines

Diverse coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves off northern Mindanao, Philippines, where citizen science eDNA monitoring will build biodiversity baselines and detect rare and invasive species.

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South Africa

iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area

A UNESCO World Heritage Site on South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal coast, where citizen science eDNA monitoring will track biodiversity across estuaries, beaches, and marine environments linked to Ramsar wetlands.

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Japan

Motobu Reef Watch Site, Okinawa

A subtropical coral reef coast in northern Okinawa, where eDNA fish surveys will track biodiversity change over three years and link ocean warming to shifts in tropical species distributions.

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Argentina

Península Valdés Natural Protected Area

A UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Argentine Patagonia where eDNA will reveal the genetic fingerprint of the ocean to support long-term marine conservation.

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Malaysia

Pulau Bidong and Pulau Yu, Terengganu

Two contrasting tropical reef systems off Malaysia's east coast offering a natural experiment in how MPA protection shapes marine biodiversity.

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Bulgaria

Ropotamo Marine Protected Area

One of Bulgaria's largest Black Sea marine protected areas, where eDNA monitoring will track hidden biodiversity, Mediterranean species colonisation, and climate-driven shifts across rocky reefs, seagrass meadows, and soft-sediment habitats.

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Norway

Saltstraumen

One of the world's strongest tidal currents in Arctic Norway, where eDNA will reveal the remarkable biodiversity thriving in the whirlpools of Saltstraumen.

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Bangladesh

Sundarbans

The world's largest mangrove forest on the Bay of Bengal, where eDNA will track how climate change and salinity shifts are reshaping aquatic biodiversity.

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Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

Wadden Sea

The world's largest tidal flat system spanning Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, where eDNA will close critical gaps in fish monitoring and support detection of red-listed, climate-sensitive, and invasive species.

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