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Marine Conservation online education with a primary school from Sidirokastro, Serres
This week, the Archipelagos Institute offered free environmental education classes (in-person and online) to schools across Greece and the world. The children of Sidirokastro Primary School expressed their love for the marine environment and their concerns about its future. Although they live far from the sea, they already understand the importance of these waters to their country and are eager to protect them.
It is essential that children are offered the opportunity to expand their knowledge and gain the skills necessary to protect their environments. Despite this, there is an absence of environmental education classes in the curriculum of Greek schools.
#environmentaleducation #raisingawareness #conservationeducation #marineconservation
🍃An image of spring from beneath the ocean's surface.
Let it remind us once again that in order to sustain the ability of our seas to provide us with food, it is imperative that we manage marine resources.
🌊It is ever more urgent to realize that our seas can no longer persist being the ultimate recipient of destruction.
#archipelagos #wearearchipelagos #savetheaegean #greece
#mediterranean #marinelife #researchforconservation #saveourseas #marineconservation
🪸Squid eggs on an experimental artificial reef!🪸
Archipelagos’s marine ecology research team monitors almost daily our experimental artificial reefs.
They are made exclusively of natural and biodegradable materials and are environmentally-safe.
The deposition of squid eggs and the intense colonisation by various fish species is promising, in seas that are being destroyed by human activity.
#biodiversityconservation #aegeansea #marineconservation #protectbiodiversity #wearearchipelagos #savetheaegean #oceanconservation #marinescience #marinebiodiversity #archipelagosinstitute #marineecology #conservation #reefs
*PhD Opportunity*
🎓 Essex University, UK in cooperation with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, offers a joint scholarship for a PhD program entitled, “Ecosystem function of key marine habitats in the Mediterranean: shallow seagrasses to deep coralligenous reefs”
⛵️ This PhD will be largely field-based, working as part of the Archipelagos research team in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Research will be assessing ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, as well as the quantification of the factors that threaten these important ecosystems.
📆 For more information: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/ecosystem-function-of-key-marine-habitats-in-the-mediteranean-shallow-seagrasses-to-deep-coralligenous-reefs/?p154832
#archipelagos #weararchipelagos #conservation #aegean #greece #archipelagosinstitute #researchconservation #researchforconservatin #essexuniveristy #phd #mediterranean
Mass stranding of 12 Cuvier’s beaked whale on the North-West coast of Cyprus.🐋
Twelve Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) have been found stranded, one after the other in recent days on the northwest coast of Cyprus.
According to the US oceanographic agency NOAA, and based on many international scientific publications, probable cause for standing and death of Cuvier's beaked whales is frequently due to the intense underwater noise pollution caused by the use of specific sonar frequencies during naval exercises.
At the time of their strandings, a Navtex had been issued for Russian naval exercises in the area of the Anaximander Seamounts north of Cyprus. Additionally, the press announced plans for a joint exercise involving the US and Cypriot navies from 4-26 February in the south of Cyprus.
This marine area of Cyprus supports significant populations of cetaceans and other important marine protected species. Many of these species have not been subject to extensive research and therefore represent significant gaps in scientific knowledge. Despite this, the same waters are regularly damaged by the naval exercises of various countries.😔
The navies of these countries themselves are responsible in many ways, but the fundamental duty lies with the states themselves. It is the governments of Cyprus, Greece and neighboring countries who have to set the conditions under which activities such as naval exercises are carried out.
Incidents such as the recent mass strandings of the 12 whales make us wonder whether the governments of the countries in the region are capable of comprehending the extent of this problem. In just a few decades, species that have survived for millions of years will be in danger of extinction. The responsibility for this is shared by all of us without exception.
#cuvierwhales #strandings #marineprotection #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos #environmentalknowledge #aegean #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation
#researchforconservation
Our past week of silence across social media amounts to a small sign of respect for the tragic disaster experienced by our fellow citizens and neighbors in Turkey and Syria. 🙏
In the face of this disaster, resulting in the loss of many thousands of lives, and the hardship awaiting all those who survived, let’s at least move forward with a bit more knowledge than before.
For many decades human arrogance and selective memory has perhaps become our biggest fault. We have ignored the fact that we reside on a living planet which continues to evolve every day with its own pace and rules.🌍
We continue to think that we are stronger than nature and that we have control. It is a paradox to believe that such devastation will never happen to ourselves but only those afar. With the same arrogance we destroy the air we breathe, the water we drink and so much more.
Though we will never be able to regain all lost in the tragedy, we hope you will stand by us and support in any way we can the survivors, and to go forth having drawn knowledge and respect for the living planet we all share.✊
#earthquake #turkey #humanitarianhelp #Syria #HelpTheVictims #helpturkeyandsyria #prayforturkey #prayforsyria #deprem #gaziantep #adiyaman #helpturkey #protect #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos #environmentalknowledge #aegean #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation
#researchforconservation
Sustainable Management of the Golden Jackal population at Samos Airport. 💫
Over the past years, an innovative effort has been underway to monitor the Golden Jackals population within the Samos airport, Aristarchos of Samos. ✅
The Archipelagos Institute cooperates with Fraport Greece and has joined forces for the sustainable management and safe removal of the jackals from the airport area. 🤝
#aegeanislands #terrestrialanimal #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos #savetheaegean #Samos #greece #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #environmentalknowledge #aegean #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#terrestrialconservation #researchforconservation #goldenjackals #jackals #terrestrialspecies #sustainablemanagement #samosairport
Through the heart of winter, the Archipelagos International School of the Sea continues dynamically. 💙
Across 22 years, over 20,000 people from 46 countries, graduate and postgraduate students as well as young scientists of various specialties have been a part of the institute's field research venture. 👩🎓
We believe that The International School of the Seas is our greatest investment in protecting our seas.🌊
#aegean #seaspecies #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos#savetheaegean #aegeansee #Patmos #Lipsi #greece #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #school #environmentalknowledge #agean #seaspecies #backtosea #marinelife #marineconservation #boat #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#marinemammalresearch #researchforconservation #oceancreatures
We have visitors! 🤩
Our underwater gardens of Posidonia seagrass are frequently visited by green turtles (Chelonia mydas)! 🐢
The green turtle is one of the three species of sea turtle found in the Aegean Sea. They are the only herbivorous species of sea turtle with a diet mainly consisting of algae and seagrass.
They can live up to 70 years, but are increasingly threatened by human activities including ship strikes, plastic pollution, by-catch and entanglement.😓
#aegean #seaspecies #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos#savetheaegean #aegeansee #Patmos #Lipsi #greece #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #school #environmentalknowledge #agean #seaspecies #backtosea #marinelife #marineconservation #boat #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#marinemammalresearch #researchforconservation #turtle #oceancreatures
Protecting Aegean Coralligenous! 🪸
The research for the conservation of the coralligenous habitats of the Aegean Sea in the deep waters continues aboard the Aegean Explorer.
Corals that survive here may exceed the age of 7000 years. 🤩
However, they are a well-kept secret in the depths of the Aegean.
Τhey are being destroyed by towed fishing gear (trawlers) that can reach these depths.
Let’s continue contributing to their conservation! 🌊
#aegean #seaspecies #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos#savetheaegean #aegeansee #coraltransplantation #coral #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #reeflife #environmentalknowledge #seaspecies #trawlers #marinelife #marineconservation #coral #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#marinemammalresearch #researchforconservation #oceancreatures #diving #divinginseaworld #divinggreece #divingresearch
Coastal ecology researchers from the Archipelagos Institute. 🤿
Over the last few years, the Archipelagos Institute has been experimenting with many artificial reef designs made of various biodegradable materials. Results are already optimistic!
But artificial reefs are a last resort. Our priority should always be to effectively protect marine ecosystems from increasing human threats. 🌊
#aegean #seaspecies #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos#savetheaegean #aegeansee #coraltransplantation #Lipsi #coral #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #reeflife #environmentalknowledge #seaspecies #backtosea #marinelife #marineconservation #coral #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#marinemammalresearch #researchforconservation #oceancreatures #diving #divinginseaworld #divinggreece #divingresearch
Abandoned Fishing Gear Over a Coralligenous Reef 🪸
The deep-sea research conducted by the Archipelagos Institute uncovers not only unique biodiversity but also immense destruction!
The distressing state of our seas today is the result of decades of destructive human activities that continue to take place. 😓
There is an urgent need to implement and enforce effective management measures to halt destructive fishing practices.⏳
#agean #seaspecies #archipelagos #wearearchipelagos #savetheaegean #aegeansee #greece #MarineLitter #pollution #plasticpollution #environmentalknowledge #agean #backtosea #marinelife #marineconservation #boat #ArchipelagosInstitute #Conservation #Greece #ResearchConservation #SavetheAegean
#marinemammalresearch #researchforconservation #Coralligenous #coralligenoushabitat #coralligenousreef #oceancreatures
