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Letter to the Minister for the protection of the Hellenic Trench

Will Greece and its Prime Minister commit to the protection of the Greek Trench during the 9th Our Oceans Conference, which will be held in Athens, Greece? 8 Environmental Organisations once again highlight the importance of the Hellenic Trench, asking for the Prime Minister’s pledge to create a Marine Protected Area in the Hellenic Trench. […]

Webinar Invitation- “Citizens’ participation in environmental policy-making”

As part of the “Learn-Participate-Protect the Environment” project, iSea and The Green Tank invite you to a series of webinars on “Citizens’ participation in environmental policy-making” aimed at enhancing citizen participation in public debates and decision-making on environmental issues. The webinar will be implemented: “Recent developments in tackling marine plastic pollution”, Tuesday, February 20th, 16.00-18.00 […]

Press Release Fishing for Litter

45 professional fishing boats contribute to the mitigation and monitoring of marine pollution through their participation in “Fishing for Litter” project. Within the project, during 2023, the project participants removed more than 50 tons of benthic litter accounting for 45.000 litter items. The majority of these were Single Used Plastics, while 10% of the total […]

New report on Posidonia meadows in the Ionian Sea

The Layman’s report ‘Prioritising Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Ionian Sea’ produced by iSea within the framework of REPOSIDONIA project, stresses the need for urgent decision-making towards their preservation. Posidonia oceanica is one of our most crucial allies in Climate Crisis mitigation and essential component for safeguarding marine life in the Mediterranean. However, less 46% […]

Prosfero in Volos and Pelion

Prosfero project (https://www.ab.gr/el/pg-prosfero), a joint effort of Procter & Gamble and AB Vassilopoulos for cleaner Greek seas and coasts operate in Volos and Pelion. We invite you to become part of the solution for the area, by participating in our cleanup actions that will take place from November 28th, to the 2nd of December. Find […]

obSERVING NATURE Seminar & Bioblitz

In the context of the obSERVING NATURE, iSea in collaboration with the School of Spatial Planning and Developement, invites you to a seminar on the topic of “Citizen Science: Its Contribution to Increasing Scientific Knowledge”, aiming to inform and train future and young scientists in data utilization and management collected from citizen scientists! The seminar […]

Event in Athens for the National Wetlands Park of the Ambracian Gulf

We contribute to the effective management of the National Wetlands Park of the Ambracian Gulf and share with the public our experience and our plans for future actions! iSea, Tethys Research Institute, ARCHELON, Hellenic Ornithological Society and the University of Patras invite you in Athens, at HIGGS on the 14th of November in the event […]

“obSERVING NATURE” 2nd webinar

Updated meeting, updated agenda! The utilization of available tools for monitoring biodiversity by citizens can contribute to filling knowledge gaps regarding protected and threatened species and, therefore, addressing the ongoing challenges to biodiversity. For this reason, as part of the obSERVING NATURE project, iSea invites you to a webinar on: “Introduction to Citizen Science & […]

Meeting with the mussel farmers

With the aim to prevent and mitigate mussel farming related waste in the Thermaikos Gulf, together with local associations and stakeholders we separately collected and recycled more than 20 tons of plastic mussel farming nets and ropes from Loudias estuary and Axios Delta. Towards the active involvement of the local stakeholders, the recycling of more […]

obSERVING NATURE Webinar

The utilization of available tools for monitoring biodiversity by citizens can contribute to filling knowledge gaps regarding protected and threatened species and, therefore, addressing the ongoing challenges to biodiversity. For this reason, as part of the obSERVING NATURE program, iSea invites you to an online seminar on: “Introduction to Citizen Science & iNaturalistGR” with the […]