News

More than 80 representatives from Greece of the academic and research community, international organizations, national and local authorities, management bodies of coastal and marine protected areas,...

25/11/2019

During the period 8-23 July 2019, five project partners – the University of Siena, ISPRA, National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago, IFREMER and the Corsican Agency for the Environment– joined forces...

30/10/2019

Interview with Salud Deudero, researcher from the Balearic Centre of Oceanography (COB)

30/10/2019

A team of HCMR scientists involved in the Plastic Busters MPAs project completed two sampling cruises at the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (ZNMP) and the coastal areas of Zakynthos island (East...

30/10/2019

From 30 May to 5 June, and again from 16 to 21 June, the Plastic Busters MPAs team from the University of Siena undertook two sampling campaigns within the remit of the Pelagos Sanctuary SPAMI area,...

30/10/2019

Partners & associated partners of the Plastic Busters MPAs project sign a new paper on "Assessing and mitigating the harmful effects of plastic pollution: the collective multi-stakeholder driven...

17/10/2019

On the 8th of June, the Plastic Busters MPAs team celebrated the World Oceans Day and reminded everyone of the major role the oceans have in everyday life.

24/07/2019

On the 29th of June 2019, a team of some 50 volunteers including scientists, citizens and scuba divers came together at the National Marine Park of Zakynthos for a challenging task: to cleanup the...

19/07/2019

To-date significant progress has been achieved within the Plastic Busters MPAs project, with the studying phase – aiming to define the key elements of the harmonized marine litter monitoring and...

01/07/2019

The Plastic Busters MPAs sampling and monitoring activities symbolically kicked-off in the newly established MPA of Capo Milazzo in the beginning of May 2019.

01/06/2019