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Every year on May 20, European Maritime Day is celebrated across the European Union to showcase the importance of the sea and oceans for our everyday life. This year, Gdańsk (Poland) is hosting the 4th edition of the European Maritime Day Conference and around 1000 participants have gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges currently facing maritime regions and sectors across Europe
MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES participated in the 18th “Mer en Fête” event, organized by MIO-ECSDE member organization U-Marinu, on a boat travelling between Marseille and Corsica with stops at Bastia and Ajaccio. More than 5.000 kindergarten and primary school students attended the 3-day event from 8 to 13 May 2011.
Three-year research has confirmed that Drini Bay, on the northern coast of Albania, is a regionally and nationally important habitat for sea turtles in the Mediterranean. Turtles use the Bay for for aging, as a refuge and as part of a key migratory corridor between the Ionian and Adriatic Seas.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently published a guidance document for assessing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain.
The third meeting of the Drin Core Group took place in Tirana, Albania, on April 6 2011, as part of the Drin Dialogue activities towards the establishment of a shared vision for the management of the extended Drin Basin.
Representatives of national, regional and local authorities, water users associations, academia, members from the private sector, NGOs as well as representatives of international organizations and donor countries met on 5 April 2011, in Tirana, Albania to