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On the 27th of June 2015 MIO-ECSDE participated in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) stakeholders conference entitled “Towards a Roadmap for Blue Investment and Jobs in the Mediterranean” held in Athens.
Due to the basin shape and the high demographic pressure of the surrounding countries, the Adriatic Sea can be considered at risk for the amount of marine litter that enters the marine waters both from land and sea activities. For this reason, and within the framework of the IPA Adriatic funded DeFishGear project, MIO-ECSDE and the Accademia del Leviatano have undertaken a year-long monitoring action on the abundance, composition and distribution of marine macrolitter (items greater than 20cm) that floats in high sea waters between the Adriatic and the Ionian sea.
The Act4Drin project brought to the town of Lin, Albania, on the shore of Lake Ohrid, some 28 representatives from 18 environmental NGOs active in the SW Balkans (28-29 April 2015). Everyone engaged in a collective and collaborative learning process on integrated water resources management and freshwater biodiversity conservation in transboundary settings.
As part of the international campaign “Let’s do it” cleanup activities were organized in Thesprotia jointly by the municipality of Igoumenitsa, the Management Body of the Straits and Estuaries of Kalama and Acherontas rivers, the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and NGO Pelorus.
Act4Drin launched today the “Echoes from the Drin” short films triplet jointly developed by MIO-ECSDE & KAWKA PRODUCTION. The core message that the Act4Drin short films seek to bring forward is all about “Living in harmony with the Drin”.