Day Dedicated to Local Ecological Knowledge in 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 […]
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 […]
The Devaluation of the Greek Islands: Agathonisi
These days, our research vessels Aegean Explorer and Naftilos are operating around Agathonisi island – a marine region of great importance that has been in the center of Archipelagos Institute’s focus for over two decades. The irony however stands to the fact that even in the case of islands as important as Agathonisi, the nation’s […]
Political Science and Environmental Conservation – A multidisciplinary approach with focus on the small islands of Agathonisi, Arki and Lipsi
Department of Political Science – International Relations of Emmanuel College, USA – Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation One of the key aims of the “International School of Sea” of Archipelagos Institute is to bring the Aegean in the international map of applied education for environmental conservation. university studies for the environment, through the cooperation with […]
Sea Diamond – An Abandoned Toxic Waste for 14 years on the seafloor of Santorini
Fourteen years after the Sea Diamond sunk taking with it 3 human lives and after it was abandoned on the sea floor of Santorini, it continues to corrode and release dangerous toxic substances in the marine ecosystems. Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation has been on the side of the local community since the first day […]
