Oil spills at sea: can bacteria be the solution? 13 March, Rome Imagine oil spills completely cleaned up by tiny “warrior” organisms who attack and break down the oil soon after a marine accident. It may look like a science fiction movie, but it actually happens in nature! Italian seas are constantly at risk of […]
Read More →Blue biotechnologies – what are the opportunities and challenges for the future? 13 March, Boulogne Sur Mer Les biotechnologies marines, quels enjeux pour demain? The oceans are a gold mine for marine technologies. They host a multitude of marine organisms with surprising properties that are precious resources for numerous applications in pharmacology, cosmetics, agro-food industry, energy […]
Read More →The second round of MARINA workshops – running from January to May 2018 – has just started. These participatory workshops organized in the framework of the MARINA project are part of a Mobilization and Mutual Learning (MML) process composed of two phases at local and international levels held across Europe over the last 12 months. […]
Read More →Under “Policy mobilization” plan of activities, MARINA partners are organizing discussion groups named “Knowledge Sharing Platform Dialogues” (KSPD) aiming at identifying approaches and practices for ensuring a proper inclusion of societal challenges into the research and innovation policy and processes, setting up an interaction between policymakers, scientists and the general public. We asked national and international […]
Read More →Sopot, Poland 5 and 12 March Energy from the Sea: our future or a road to nowhere? Energia z morza: przyszłość czy droga donikąd? The significance of offshore wind energy as an important source of global energy supply is reflected in actions, which different global bodies, such as the United Nations or the European Union […]
Read More →28 February, Athens Ballast Water Management and the Marine Environment “Διαχείρισης Θαλασσίου Έρματος και το Θαλάσσιο Περιβάλλον” Non-indigenous species (NIS) can be transported across regions through ballast water of large vessels and can become invasive (IAS), out-competing local flora and fauna. This can severely damage the environment, human health and economic interests. To prevent the […]
Read More →Constanta, Romania, 6 March 2018 Will the unique character of the Black Sea ecosystem survive climate changes? Va supraviețui caracterul unic al ecosistemului Mării Negre schimbărilor climatice? The Black Sea is the most voluminous anoxic basin and an ecosystem with unique particularities. One of the most intriguing facts about the Black Sea is its depletion […]
Read More →13 March, Copenhagen More value. Collaboration on mitigating climate change in coastal areas by community-driven processes. Merværdi. Samarbejde mellem private lodsejere og kommuner om klimatilpasning i i kystnære områder. Man has lived by the coast for generations. But due to the so-called Anthropocene, the changes have become more fundamental, bigger and severe. Coastal projection is […]
Read More →Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Marina project roundtable 6 February, Brussels Within the MARINA project, we have conducted a desk research on the integration of RRI principles in past and on-going EU-funded projects. Our goal aimed to identify and analyse lessons learned and evaluate how RRI was handled in those projects and to provide recommendations […]
Read More →7 February 2018 Istanbul, Turkey Blue Growth and Sea Transportation in TSS Mavi Büyüme ve Türk Boğazlar Sistemi’nde Deniz Taşımacılığı The Turkish Straits System (TSS) acts as a biological corridor between two distinctly different basins and has a sensitive marine ecosystem. The region also harbors a lot of industrial activities and as well as 1/3 […]
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