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Join the Marine Litter Watch Month!
The European Environment Agency, over 20 NGOs, among which MIO-ECSDE, and research institutes have joined forces to launch the first ever Marine Litter Watch Month, expected to take place on more than 75 of Europe’s most beautiful beaches from 17 September to 16...
The International Summer University of Samothrace: a great success
Some 70 post graduate students from 21 countries had the opportunity to participate in the Summer University of Samothrace 2016 that was successfully organized on the island of Samothrace in Greece from 9-22 July 2016. The summer university consisted of two parallel...
Joint UNEP/MAP & DeFishGear workshop for a marine litter-free Mediterranean Sea
Some 85 participants from 20 Mediterranean countries and Belgium and Ireland, were brought together in Tirana, Albania, from 19 to 20 July 2016, to further advance the implementation of the Regional Plan for the Management of Marine Litter in the Mediterranean. The...
DeFishGear launches a network for a litter free Adriatic and Ionian coast and sea
On the occasion of its final event on further advancing the implementation of the Regional Plan for the Management of Marine Litter in the Mediterranean, the IPA Adriatic funded DeFishGear project launched a network for a litter free Adriatic and Ionian coast and sea....
The ActDrin project ends leaving a rich and lasting legacy …
The two-year-long journey of the Act4Drin project aiming at raising public awareness, enhancing knowledge and empowering NGOs to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems in the Drin River Basin came to its end, leaving behind a rich and lasting legacy of high...
The ActDrin travelogue ‘Living well in harmony with the Drin’ launched today!
We are very excited to launch today, the Act4Drin documentary "Living well in harmony with the Drin" which immerses us in a fact-filled yet emotional travelogue along the Drin River Basin, the connecting body of five Riparian countries. It captures the outstanding...