Med Sea alliance
The Archipelagos Institute is currently participating in a working meeting in Barcelona of the international network of environmental organizations Med Sea Alliance. With the participation of 16 environmental organisations from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Belgium and the United Kingdom, as well as 2 international organisations, the meeting focuses on the development […]
Local Ecological Knowledge Fourni
On Saturday in Fourni island, our crew dedicated the day to Local Ecological Knowledge and to results that can be achieved through long-term sincere collaboration founded on genuine respect for each place and its people. Local Ecological Knowledge, the accumulated experiential knowledge that local communities hold about their natural environment,was only relatively recently described by […]
The crew of Triton continues its route
The crew of Triton continues its route in the northern Dodecanese, to Arki, Marathi, and the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary in Lipsi. During our stop in Marathi, a small island of the Arki complex, we focused on maintenance work at the Archipelagos research station that has been operating since 2002. As this research station is […]
Archipelagos’ organic gardens
Our fresh produce is the daily reward from our organic gardens. With the research teams of the Archipelagos Institute made up of at least 100 people, both at sea and on land, we collectively win the daily challenge of achieving food self-sufficiency, producing almost all of our nutritional needs from garden vegetables, all year round. […]
Suspicious Activities of 32 Turkish Fishing Vessels in the Aegean and Ionian Seas Over the Past Month
Suspicious Activities of 32 Turkish Fishing Vessels in the Aegean and Ionian Seas Over the Past Month Over the past few weeks, 32 large Turkish vessels, fishing purse seiners and tugboats, have been towing cages with unknown quantities of live tuna. They are traveling from Malta to Turkey and are showing suspicious activity through unjustifiably […]
Small-Scale Renewable Energy: A Success Story from the Aegean
April 18th 2025 Small-Scale Renewable Energy: A Success Story from the Aegean In response to the growing interest in small-scale Renewable Energy Sources (RES), we’d like to share our hands-on experience implementing these technologies at the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary, currently under development on the island of Lipsi. While there are many well-established RES technologies, […]
Devaluation of the Islands – Astypalea: an Island that Resists
April 15th 2025 Devaluation of the Islands – Astypalea: an Island that Resists Returning from Astypalea aboard the Triton, with relatively calm seas, our team is now analysing the data collected from the island’s coastal and deep-sea ecosystems. As we process this valuable information, we are also planning our return—this time with a focused marine […]
Islands of the Aegean – Deteriorating Sustainability Standards
Interdisciplinary Research on the Aegean Islands: Archipelagos Institute – University of Toronto School of Architecture Archipelagos Institute’s planning and preliminary work on the Aegean Islet Conservation Project continues as part of Archipelagos Institute’s collaboration with the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design. The joint research, which began in 2021, […]
If we do not get to know our seas and their unique wealth, it is impossible to manage and protect them!
In the Greek seas we are lucky enough to record unique biodiversity and among many others, 9 species of marine mammals and more than 34 species of sharks. With so many reports in social networks and the media in recent days about the presence of the apparently harmless blue shark in shallow waters, it highlights […]
The Devaluation of the Greek Islands – Read here the main article
By Thodoris Tsimpidis Director of Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation The original article in Greek was published in https://www.efsyn.gr/nisides/246495_i-apaxiosi-ton-ellinikon-nision Translation in English by Jennifer Barclay The Devaluation of the Greek Islands The story of a catastrophe – from autonomy to absolute dependence Have we ever asked ourselves how, within a few years, our islands […]
