by thomaisv | Dec 4, 2019 | News
Marine litter in the Mediterranean, in particular marine plastic pollution, and the ongoing concrete efforts to reduce its adverse effects towards good environmental status of the coastal and marine environment were in focus at the Barcelona Convention COP21 side...
by thomaisv | Nov 30, 2019 | News
As set out very clearly and comprehensively in the scientific report prepared by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA), microplastics constitute a serious risk to the environment and a potential risk to human health, a source of exponential pollution that is currently,...
by thomaisv | Nov 10, 2019 | 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, the private sector as well as NGOs, came together at the Plastic...
by thomaisv | Nov 4, 2019 | News
On the 30th of October 2019, MIO-ECSDE joined a meeting at the Greek Parliament aimed to inform MPs on the impacts of plastics and single-use plastics (SUPs) on the marine environment and to advance the discussions towards catalysing Greece’s efforts to implement the...
by thomaisv | Oct 13, 2019 | News
On the 8th of October 2019, MIO-ECSDE joined the ‘G20 Workshop on Scientific Knowledge and Innovative Solutions for Marine Plastic Litter’ held in Tokyo and shared its insights on the scientific advances and challenges on marine litter monitoring and assessment...
by thomaisv | Sep 17, 2019 | News
Each year an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans. That’s the ′equivalent to five grocery bags filled with plastic for every foot of coastline in the world′. Are you concerned with the litter building up in our coasts and seas? Then take...
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