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
Sharing knowledge and learning by doing: two key words for Cynthia Zouein Helou of Human Environmental Association for Development in Lebanon, taking part in the training session in Manfredonia “Monitoring Marine Litter in Environment and Biodiversity”, lead by University of Siena. … Read More
The researchers of the University of Siena, together with ISPRA researchers as part of the Mo.Ri.net project are on board the oceanographic ship Astrea in order to monitor the presence of microplastics both on the sea surface and in the … Read More
Plastic Busters CAP takes part in the “International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea”, organized by the scientific community and stakeholders of the µMED in Naples (NA), Italy, from 25th to 28th September at the Partenope Congress Centre. The µMED Conference … Read More
The XXXI Congress of the Italian Society of Ecology was held in Siena from 13 to 15 September at the Complesso didattico San Francesco, focusing on the adaptations of ecosystems to the pressures of the Anthropocene and on the role of … Read More
On line the training materials (pdf presentation) of the workshop “Monitoring Marine Litter in Environment and biodiversity”, held in Manfredonia on 13-14 July 2022, organized by University of Siena and Legambiente (Italy) to capitalize the methodologies to tackle marine litter, in cooperation … Read More