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We eat contaminated fish. Hundreds of fish species contain microplastics, warn world scientists. Our Black Sea, unfortunately, is among the most polluted water basins. A total of 555 species of fish around the world consumes plastics. Most often this happens through the gills. Several organizations in our country are studying the effects of pollution on […]
Investigations, showing how European plastic waste shipped outside the EU to be ‘recycled’ has ended up in a dumpsite on the other side of the world, have made headlines over the last couple of years. This has revealed how the products and packaging we consume in Europe, and the waste it generates, impacts communities and […]
At the invitation of the NGO “Green Strandzha” the Via Pontica Foundation took part in an international conference “Presentation of Good Practices for Waste Management and Reduction in the Black Sea Basin”, under the project: “Marine and River Litter Elimination New Approach” BSB – 139, MARLENA. The project is aimed at uniting the forces of […]
The navigator and president of the association The SeaCleaners Yvan Bourgnon announced Tuesday, January 26 on franceinfo that a giant catamaran “75% autonomous in terms of energy will go to clean up the oceans from 2024” and called to go beyond “awareness, not sufficient to be able to eradicate the problem” pollution of the seas. […]
An underwater view of a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow in the Mediterranean sea that may help catch plastic pollution in the water. Photograph: Jordi Regas/University of Barcelona/AFP/Getty Underwater seagrass appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls”, researchers have found. With no help from humans, the swaying plants – […]
The large-scale scientific publication “Marine Litter in the Black Sea” has become available in Georgia, where the achievements of the project “RedMarLitter BSB 552” are presented. All those interested in the favorable condition of the Black Sea and its coast can get acquainted with the material. Six countries have access to the Black Sea, these […]
Another partnership meeting was organized on November 30, 2020. The event was originally planned to take place in Romania, but due to the situation with COVID-19, it was decided to be held online through the Webex platform. During the event, the 14 participants discussed the progress of the project, the activities implemented in the second […]
University “Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov ”- Burgas and Thracian University – Edirne implement the project “The Cross-border Regions Cooperate for Blue Growth-BLUE GROWTH COLLABs “, which aims to establish research centers for Blue Growth in the cross-border region, as an initiative for scientific cooperation – research institutions in the field of environmental protection and in […]
City of Burgas hosted a working meeting of the National Fisheries Network with representatives of science on “Blue Economy and Blue Innovations”. The forum was held on 19.11.2020 from 10:00 am in the Exhibition Center “Flora”. The objectives of the workshop were: – To present the activities of the Bulgarian scientific community, local fisheries initiative […]
Municipality of Burgas, partner in the project “Innovative Techniques and Methods for Reducing Marine Litter in the Black Sea Coastal Areas” under priority 2.2. “Awareness Raising and Joint Actions for Reducing River and Marine Litter”, Joint Operational Programme “Black Sea Basin 2014-2020” created a film about the project, which is being implemented together with the […]