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  1. Challenges to achieve UN Ocean Decade goals
  2. Marine biodiversity: it’s all about the baselines and trends
  3. Building e-oceans to help us filling our knowledge gaps
  4. Marine biodiversity enthusiasts for the future: who are they, where do they come from and what drives them?
  5. Challenges and opportunities in marine taxonomic research: from specimens to genes
  6. Science that makes a difference: supporting knowledge-based policies
  7. Taking the pulse of the ocean: measuring the current marine biodiversity state and how it impacts us 

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