The Starfish Barometer's team extend their sincere thanks to those whose vision and commitment inspired its creation.
Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
French Ambassador for the Ocean and the Poles, and the French President’s Special Envoy for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), whose leadership and advocacy for the Ocean have been instrumental in shaping this initiative.
Françoise Gaill
Vice-President in charge of science of the Ocean & Climate Platform, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS, and Co-Lead of the IPOS Platform, for sowing the first seeds of the concept.
Inspired by the EU Mission “Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030”, we also warmly thank Pascal Lamy, Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Institutes and Geneviève Pons, Director General and Vice President, Institut Jacques Delors. Their cross-cutting vision of the Ocean’s complexity has been a true inspiration.
The authors also gratefully acknowledge the international scientific committee of the One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC,
Nice June 3–6 2025) who oversaw the Starfish Barometer scientific report : Janine Adams, TamatoaBambridge, SanaeChiba, Jorge Cortés-Núñez, Carlos Duarte, Stefan Gelcich, Jessica Gephart, Kristina Gjerde, Deborah Greaves, Peter Haugan, François Houllier, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, DaojiLi, Mere Takoko, Arthur Tuda, Diva Amon.
And they warmly thank the Copernicus Ocean State Report team for their essential role in the publication of the Starfish Barometer article. The Copernicus Ocean State Report, launched in 2015 and coordinated by Mercator Ocean International, is an authoritative annual publication providing a comprehensive and scientifically assured overview of the global Ocean state. Their expertise and data underpin the scientific rigor of our report.
