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17 June

There are 59 zero pollution beaches in Portugal – five more than in 2023

ZERO Pollution beaches are beaches with “excellent” water quality and without any trace of microbiological contamination in the analyses carried out on the bathing water over the last three bathing seasons. The environmental association ZERO has identified the Portuguese beaches that, over the last three bathing seasons, not only always had an “Excellent” rating in […]

18 March

Plant a Coral. Did you know that you can adopt a coral and support its research?

Created by the University of the Algarve’s Marine Sciences Center, the Plant a Coral project aims to rescue specimens accidentally caught in fishing nets and increase scientific knowledge about the corals found off the Portuguese coast. A team from the University of the Algarve’s Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) has created “Plant a Coral”, a […]

29 November

Dominica creates the World’s first sperm whale sanctuary — and helps fight climate change

The sanctuary will conserve the resident population of more than 200 sperm whales living near the Caribbean island of Dominica and sequester carbon off the ocean floor. The Caribbean island state of Dominica is to create the world’s first marine protected area for sperm whales off the island. It is one of the few countries […]

18 May

This activist built a house made of plastic bags

Gary Bencheghib decided to build his own house out of plastic bags collected in Bali. According to the activist, this project follows the motto “from trash to treasure” and can help victims of natural disasters. Gary Bencheghib is proof that there are individuals who take activism to another level. The fight against plastic has been […]

11 April

Running and picking up trash – another Plogging Challenge is coming up

The garbage collection challenge lasts nine days and involves 131 plogging actions across the country. The Plogging Challenge Portugal is back between April 15 and 23 for its 3rd edition. For nine days, walks and runs are planned throughout the country (including the Autonomous Regions) that combine physical exercise and conviviality with environmental awareness. In […]

26 March

UN Water Conference. The promises, the commitments, and the new agenda

The United Nations Water Conference has not been held since the 1970s. It ended this Friday in New York with commitments from the 149 participants to protect “humanity’s most precious common good.” The Conference began with the alarming words of António Guterres who stressed in his opening speech, the centrality of water for human survival […]

22 March

The whys and wherefores. Know all about the great Water Conference

The Water Conference at the UN is the most important event on the topic so far. In this article you will learn the most important points of this event that will mark the future of the planet. From March 22 to 24, a Conference exclusively dedicated to Water and its sustainable management is coming to […]

12 March

Plastic in the oceans reaches peak levels – and could nearly triple by 2040

A new study analyzed surface plastic pollution data from 11,777 ocean stations in six major marine regions, covering the period 1979 to 2019. The presence of plastic in the world’s oceans has reached “unprecedented levels”. The conclusion is from a study led by 5 Gyres Institute, an American organization that campaigns to reduce plastic pollution, […]

07 March

Historic Moment: Agreement will protect 30% of international marine areas

The Oceans Treaty signed on Sunday will allow the conservation of 30 percent of the high seas by 2030. The moment is historic. The United Nations has agreed to create a Treaty for Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). After 36 hours of negotiations and almost twenty years of back and forth – […]

10 February

The Arctic is full of garbage and a third of it comes from Europe

The study reveals that from all the trash found in the Arctic over five years, 80% was plastics, much of it coming from fishing activity. A study coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, which was named “Citizen Science,” collected and analyzed plastic wrecks littering the beaches of Svalbard between 2016 and 2021. The results showed […]

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