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The World Environment Day, on June 5, celebrates its 45th anniversary! The day was instituted in 1972 by the United Nations and this year is dedicated to “connecting people to nature”. The World Environment Day aims to raise public awareness and to inform citizens, businesses, public bodies and those who are in any way connected to the natural environment about the immediate need to protect our planet. Read more “World Environment Day 2017”
The coastal cleanup of Karambournaki in Thessaloniki was successfully completed on Thursday 25th of May at 9:30 am.
The coastal cleanup was an initiative of the volunteer citizen group “My City, Me !! I make it beautiful. AND MY LIFE! “, with the participation of iSea, PROTEKTA Stavroupolis-Pavlos Mela-Kordelio-Evosmos, Epomea Pilea-Chortiatis, Armenizo sailing for people with disabilities in NTH, 1st Primary School of Kalamaria and the support of Municipality of Kalamaria and the Municipality of Thessaloniki. Read more “iSea in coastal cleanup in Karambournaki, Thessaloniki”
On the occasion of the International Day of Voluntary Coast Cleanup, iSea, the Eco- cruising, the Association of the Environmental Society of Preveza and the Parents and Guardians Association of the 5th Primary School of Preveza, on September 18, organized joint actions to raise awareness and sensitize young people.
Read more “Informative, awareness raising and coastal cleanup action in Preveza”
With warm volunteer participation completed the beach cleaning event of iSea on Sunday 14 May at 11:00!
More than 30 volunteers participate to the event, collecting almost 50 kg of marine litter from a small coastal area. Unfortunately, once again plastic particles, plastic bags and mostly particles of EPS boxes were spared among the coastline. Read more “Coastal Cleanup on N. Mixaniona, Thessaloniki”
The beach cleanup of N. Chili, Alexandroupolis was successfully completed for second year and the attendance of the volunteers was increased.
As part of the iSea program Home sweet…beach, keep it clean!!! , this year the cleanups are carried out with the use of reusable bags, in order to reduce plastic waste even in this context. Read more “Second year of the beach cleaning in N. Chili, Alexandroupolis”
We are glad for the opportunity to participate in the 3rd, and last for this year, coastal cleanup organized by the National Park Management Authority of the Axios River Delta, which took place on Sunday, 7th of May at Alykes Kitrous. Read more “iSea in coastal cleanup in Alykes Kitrous”
iSea would like to express its deep concerns following the recurring shark fishing and display incidents that are published in electronic media and social platforms throughout Greece. Sadly, the above publications contribute to an already grave situation, in which rare and threatened marine and terrestrial species face unreasonable and irrational human violence. Unfortunately, the incidents are more than many, such as the wide publicized poaching of the threatened chamois Rupicapra rupicapra in mountainous Pindos, the deliberate killing of Mediterranean monk seal with a shot gun and the decapitations of loggerhead sea turtles in the Cyclades, and the strandings of dead dolphins, bearing wounds irrefutably caused by sharp instruments. Read more “Statement on the recurring incidents of shark fishing and their display in Greece”
Following the widely disseminated incident of the unusual landing of 30 Giant devil rays (Mobula mobular) in Izmir, Turkey, (http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-40391823) and the reported information, that the fishmongers’ intention is to market the catch, mostly to Greece, we would like to express our serious concerns.
Read more “Joint Statement on the 30 Giant devil ray landing in Izmir, Turkey”
In the context of iSea’s program “Alien species”, 2 members of iSea participated in the Workshop on the Lionfish in Eastern Mediterranean Sea: New problems, new solutions: Distribution, Eradication & Utilizationorganised by Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) at 9-10 February 2017, in Antalya, Turkey. Read more “Two members of iSea participated in the Workshop on the Lionfish in Eastern Mediterranean Sea: New problems, new solutions: Distribution, Eradication & Utilization”
ISea, in the framework of the “Home sweet…beach, keep it clean!!!” program, has organized more than 15 cleanups in various places of Greece. An important part of the effort was conducted within the limits of the Axios Delta National Park. The high amount of litter totally collected was particularly worrying as it was exceeding 100 kg in 100m. Read more “Results report of the action “Home sweet…beach, keep it clean!!!” on the Axios Delta”