Plastic Busters Cap project took part at the United Nations Climate Change Conference ‘COP28’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a side event “The Mediterranean leading the way for a cleaner sea: our biggest ally in the fight against climate change”, organized on 5 December … Read More
Plastic Busters CAP project concluded its ambitious mission to address marine litter by successfully organizing a final hybrid conference on 8th November in Aqaba Jordan (Intercontinental Hotel) and in University of Siena – Italy. The event, organized by the University … Read More
On the occasion of the Day of Italian Research across the World, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents the videos of “Ritratti di donne – Scienza” (“Portraits of Women – Science”). The project provides an opportunity to … Read More
On 24 February 2023, the final event of the Mo.Ri.net “Monitoring, census, removal and recycling of ghost nets” project was held in Italy at Porto Torres. During the conference, the documentary “Pescatori di Reti” (Fishermen of Nets) was presented. The … Read More
Successful conclusion of the Mo.Ri.net Project: ghost nets monitored, surveyed, collected and sent for recycling. Trawls, lost or abandoned fishing gear, fishing lines, trammel nets, creels. This is, in part, the the sad booty that the sea, in about a … Read More
The prestigious Motomundi award was conferred to the Professor Fossi on 30 December for her activities in defence of the environment, for having provided the world’s first evidence of the effects of microplastics on whales in 2012, and for the … Read More
The Lectio Magistralis given by Professor Maria Cristina Fossi, Professor of Ecology and Ecotoxicology at the University of Siena, as part of the Motumundi 2022 award, will take place on Friday 17 February at 11 a.m. at the Santa Chiara … Read More
Some 256 participants came together online at the ENI CBC Plastic Busters CAP e-course on marine litter monitoring and mitigation, held on the 17th and 19th of January 2023. The e-course, organized by MIO-ECSDE and Univerty of Siena with the support of the … Read More
Plastic Busters CAP National Training on marine litter monitoring and mitigation measures in Bizerte, Tunisia on 2/3 Novembre 2022. If we join forces from the south to the north of the Mediterranean and we share common solutions for the marine litter … Read More
The spirit of cooperation of Plastic Busters Cap project inspires Ali Badreddine of Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, taking part in the training session in Manfredonia “Monitoring Marine Litter in Environment and Biodiversity”, lead by University of Siena. He is so happy … Read More