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On the 17th of June 2021 (11.00-13.15), the Plastic Busters MPAs project will organize a capitalization event entitled “Consolidating the collective fight against marine litter in Mediterranean MPAs”,...

07/06/2021

• Join the first marine litter monitoring campaign streamed online and follow the team at sea, on the coast and in the laboratory. • The 3-day-long activities will be conducted in the recently...

27/05/2021

Even though the Mediterranean is one of the seas most affected by marine litter worldwide, knowledge gaps still exist concerning the amounts, types, sources, impacts and distribution patterns of...

06/05/2021

International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8 March, a key day in the calendar for many women worldwide and especially important for women in science. Carme’s passion for the sea dates back to her...

06/05/2021

06/05/2021

The Plastic Busters MPAs transfer phase, led by the Croatian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development in cooperation with UNISI and MIO-ECSDE, includes activities linked to the design and...

06/05/2021

Some 400 stakeholders have been engaged in marine plastic pollution mitigation actions at Strunjan Landscape Park, located in coastal Slovenia. At its northernmost point, the Slovenian Park’s short...

06/05/2021

Over the last two years, 34 researchers from 8 European institutions, aboard dedicated research vessels, monitored more than 2,230 nautical miles. They collected 141 samples of surface microplastics,...

05/02/2021

Marine litter in the Mediterranean Sea is a growing environmental threat, particularly within pristine Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) such as the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park...

05/02/2021

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is the most endangered seal species in the world, with a subpopulation of ~350 animals dwelling in Greek and Turkish waters. The main threats it faces...

05/02/2021