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30 by 30 to regenerate the Mediterranean

After a year off due to the pandemic, the Blue Panda, a WWF sailboat, is ready for a 5-month journey that will take her to cross 6 of the most important Marine ...

46th meeting of the scientific groups of the London Convention and Protocol on the prevention of marine pollution by dumping of wastes and other matters from ships and aircraft

From 13 to 17 March 2023 in Casablanca, hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics of Morocco, delegates from 24 countries and 2 NGOs met for the 46th ...

“GHOSTNETS”: nearly 3 tons of ghost nets removed and 52 thousand square meters of seabed restored in Sicily

The first marine ecosystem restoration operations included by the PNRR MER - Marine Ecosystem Restoration – Intervention A12 “GhostNets” have been completed ...

“Third issue of the SoED report since 2005 and very little has changed in the Mediterranean” the Plan Bleu states

Despite the actions taken by the Barcelona Convention over more than 40 years, the future of the Mediterranean is at a critical point. Damage to ecosystems ...

“Watch Out for the Four!”: Keep Your Eyes Open for Invasive Alien Fish in Italian Waters

Fishermen, divers, and anyone who has observed or caught a lionfish or any of the other three potentially dangerous tropical species—the silver-cheeked ...

A buoy in the framework of the IwaveNET Project has been activated off Marina di Ragusa

In the Interreg Italia Malta   i-WaveNET project framework, ISPRA moored a wave directional buoy at a depth of 50 metres offshore of Marina di Ragusa. The ...

A deep knowledge of our relation to the ocean to better protect it

The decade for the ocean, i.e. the programme “United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” , whose implementation plan will be ...

A new buoy of the National Wave Network (RON) installed off the coast of Venice

On March 15, a new RON buoy was launched about 8 miles off the coast of Venice. The buoy was moored near the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Platform, in order to ...

A New Key Area for Sperm Whales in the Aegean Sea

An important achievement resulting from ISPRA’s activities within the LIFE MARENATURA project, which dedicates one of its Work Packages to studying the ...

A resource not to be wasted: towards a common policy for the integrity of the seabed in the Mediterranean Sea

The objectives of the HARMONY Project are the protection of marine biodiversity by assessing seabed integrity and the presence of nonindigenous species (NIS) ...