A prestigious award for the Plastic Busters project The reason for the award: “Plastic is now present in all of our seas. There is an urgent need to investigate the effect of plastics on marine organisms“
PANEL ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY BUSINESSES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
On September 30 during The BRIGHT event in Siena, the Plastic Busters researchers have promoted an awareness raising event on the issue of marine litter.
Starting test for Operation Pelagos: the “MV Brigitte Bardot”, Sea Shepherd Italy, the Università di Siena and the “Cima Foundation” join their forces for a research campaign in the Pelagos Sanctuary. Sea Shepherd is going to assist the researchers, who will … Read More
On April 14 and 15 the University of Siena, Italy, hosted a meeting of the 15-member Plastic Busters Project consortium to evaluate past success and plan future work. Project highlights to date include receiving financial support from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für … Read More
One Planet – One Ocean: From Science to Solutions is a ten-week course presenting the challenges and opportunities facing oceans today. Led by the teams at GEOMAR, the International Ocean Institute, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, and Future Ocean, the course brings … Read More
The Consortium and Coordination meeting it is started…
The overall goal of the project is to effectively tackle the issue of marine litter in the Mediterranean. The project directly supports the implementation of the UNEP/MAP Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean, linking and contributing also … Read More