October 2018

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6th Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles

Porec, Croatia

 

6th Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles is a unique event that draws participants from around the region, froim accross disciplines and cultures to a common interest and objective: the conservation of sea turtles and their environment. The Conference encourages discussion, debate, and the sharing of knowledge, reasearch techniques and lessons in conservation, to address questions on the biology and conservation of sea turtles and their habitats.

 

http://marine-turtles.eu/

November 2018

08

Plastic Busters MPAs Technical Workshop on Marine Litter Monitoring

Bonifacio, Corsica

INDICIT will participate to Technical Workshop on Marine Litter Monitoring organized by the Interreg Med project Plastic Busters MPAs. INDICIT will be presented during a session dedicated to the Marine litter monitoring initiatives running in synergy with Plastic Busters MPAs.

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Seminar of the French marine turtles group

La Rochelle, France

INDICIT will participate to the seminar of the French marine turtles group, organized in the Aquarium La Rochelle (France) from 12 to 16 November 2018. The project will be presented on the 13th to all participants, and INDICIT will also co-facilitate a workshop dedicated to the ingested litter protocol on the 16th.

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MICRO2018 International Conference

Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain

MICRO2018

MICRO 2018 Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and  Solutions
 
The international conference will take place from 19 – 23 November 2018, in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain.
 
Main topics to be addressed include:

Marine Ecosystems;
Freshwater bodies;
Social change and behaviour;
Human health;
Policy.

While the impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems have been reported in the literature since the 1970s, many questions remain open. MICRO 2018 provides an opportunity to share available knowledge, fill in gaps, identify new questions and research needs, and develop commitments to operationalise solutions; MICRO 2018 will be a chance to reconvene, share what we have learned, and generate momentum for the work that remains to be done.

https://micro2018.sciencesconf.org/

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Local training action

The Azores

December 2018

04

INDICIT dissemination meeting

Athens, Greece

After two years of project, INDICIT dissemination meeting will be the opportunity to present the results, new potential indicators, and protocols developed by INDICIT for the monitoring of marine litter impacts on marine fauna in the frame of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and Regional Sea Conventions (OSPAR, Barcelona, HELCOM).

A discussion panel with experts and international authorities representatives will allow to consider the perspectives of intergation of INDICIT results in the marine litter impacts monitoring programs in the concerned regions.

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