Category: Environmental Education and Information
Updated on January 18, 2023
Sea turtle monitoring in Cilento told by one of us
One of the most important topics, among a billion things we do, is perhaps the work in Cilento with turtles. This work gives us a lot of tools to bring to whatever activities we engage in during the …
Updated on January 18, 2023
23rd Young and Mediterranean Meeting : A personal reflection
At the end of November, two of my fellow volunteers (Ons and Andrea) and I had the opportunity to attend the 23rd Young and Mediterranean Meetings in Nice, France as representatives of Project M.A.R.E. and the MPA (Marine …
Updated on December 6, 2022
Posidonia flowering : an event full of hope
Posidonia oceanica is an endemic species from the Mediterranean Sea. This large and slow-growing seagrass develops on rocks and sandy bottoms in clean water from the surface to over 40-meter depth (Hemminga and Duarte 2000). Posidonia constitutes characteristic formations …
Updated on July 3, 2024
Looking for volunteers for the 11th edition of Project M.A.R.E.
Thanks to a strategic partnership with the Italian National Agency, the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of Punta Campanella is offering the opportunity to 5 ocean enthusiasts from all over Europe and partner countries to take part in Project …
Updated on August 27, 2022
Cigarette Butts – a dangerous waste for marine life
While the consequences of consuming tabacco on human health are widely known, the environmental damages caused by cigarette butts thrown away in nature are rarely addressed. As cigarette butts are not biodegradable, they pile up in vast …
