MARLICE is conceived as a cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder event to advance in the management of marine litter, gathering public authorities, research institutes, private sector and environmental organizations. It is organised by AEBAM (The Spanish Marine Litter Association) in Seville, on the 10-12 April 2019. The Forum will serve as a platform for projects in the Mediterranean and Atlantic area…
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On the 23-25 January, CleanAtlantic participated on the Atlantic from Space Workshop in the NOC premises, in Southampton, UK that was organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The workshop was aimed on identying gaps for the Atlantic region in terms of EO/data repositories, review main requirements from geo-information and identify high-level requirements and associated…
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Desde la década de los 50’, cuando el plástico hizo su aparición en nuestras vidas hasta hoy, se han generado algo más de ocho mil millones de toneladas. Para los amantes de las comparaciones, sería el equivalente a 822.000 torres Eiffel. “Estamos en proceso de plastificar nuestro planeta y resulta muy difícil encontrar un lugar libre…
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The CleanAtlantic consortium met in Brest (France) on the 3rd and 4th of December during the III Coordination Meeting. The meeting consisted of a 2-day event in which partners reviewed and discussed the progress on activities and tasks. The meeting was hosted by CEDRE in their facilitites in Brest. Additionally, three discussion groups were coupled…
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CleanAtlantic is organising a workshop with stakeholders that is taking place today, on the 5th December in Brest, France. The workshop will gather local and regional stakeholders and will be supported by the project partners. Discussions will focus on three main topics: Best practices on waste management in harbours and preventing measures for reducing marine…
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The LitterDrone project will host the coming 11th of December in Madrid (Spain) an International Workshop which will take place in the Ministry for the Ecological Transition’s Assembly Hall. The workshop will count with the participation of the LitterDrone project’s consortium, representatives of its supervisory committee and a group of international experts on marine litter and remote sensing. During the Workshop the…
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The Spanish Institute of Oceanography in collaboration with the University of Vigo has published the scientific paper: Dynamics of floating marine debris in the northern Iberian waters: A model approach In this work, the authors study the distribution of floating debris in the northern Iberian waters. Field data and model results show high concentrations of floating…
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La política europea en materia de plásticos se caracteriza, a día de hoy, principalmente por dos iniciativas: la Estrategia europea para el plástico en una economía circular, y la Propuesta de Directiva relativa a la reducción del impacto ambiental de determinados productos de plástico, publicadas en enero y mayo de este año, respectivamente, por la Comisión…
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Survey closed, thank you very much for your participation In the framework of CleanAtlantic we are conducting a survey to learn about past and present initiatives related to marine litter pollution in Spain, Portugal, France, United Kingdom, and Ireland. The objective of this survey is to identify good practices that can serve as inspiration for…
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The International Conference “MICRO2018 Fate and Impacts of microplastics: knowledge, actions and solutions” is taking place in Lanzarote on the 19th-23rd November. MICRO 2018 provides an opportunity to share available knowledge regarding micoplastics, fill in gaps, identify new questions and research needs, and develop commitments to operationalise solutions; MICRO 2018 will be a chance to…
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