Ocean Literacy across the Mediterranean Sea region in the Era of 2030 Agenda and the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)

Koulouri, Panayota; MOGIAS, ATHANASIOS; Gerovasileiou, Vasilis

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“…The pioneering aspect of this work is the promising but complex theme of microbial pollution and bathing water management (topics of the projects) around which we raise awareness among a young audience consisting of people of different ages. Differently from other more attractive issues, such as plastic pollution [28], marine flora and fauna [29] and/or ocean literacy and the Mediterranean Sea [1], coastal water pollution could appear less "exciting".…”

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“…All activities were designed and realised in order to explain/introduce the ecological issue (i.e., seminars, lessons, promotional project materials, guided tours), to "touch" the problem (i.e., laboratory and sampling activities) and to elaborate and make the issue their own (i.e., "Art & Science" project). Laboratory activities, sampling activities and the "Art & Science" initiative constituted pivotal steps, obliging students to evolve from a passive public into an active public aware of the ecological problem (e.g., [1]).…”

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“…The transfer of knowledge from science and research to the general public (e.g., kids, schools, stakeholders, citizens) is an everyday challenge requiring specific communication Water 2022, 14, 1843 2 of 14 skills and methodologies [1]. In the field of environmental protection, it is a step of paramount importance to raise people's awareness about the role that everyone can have in environmental issues, considering their impact on our lives.…”

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ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

Baldrighi

Muzlovic²,

Annibaldi

et al. 2022

Water

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The transfer of communication and knowledge from science and research to the general public is a paramount step to raise people’s awareness about environmental issues and their negative and positive impacts on each of us. Many projects and initiatives seek to raise awareness among citizens, with particular attention to young people, about the importance of maintaining clean and healthy oceans. With this paper, we aim to present the successful communication initiatives developed during two Interreg projects, AdSWiM and WATERCARE, with schools and educational organisations on the local and national levels in Italy and Croatia. Both projects make a special effort to realize dedicated communication strategies with the objective of raising the awareness of environmental topics and issues among young people (i.e., students of different school grades) and teachers. The promotion of ocean literacy among students is crucial, as children and young people represent the future citizens and consumers who will develop attitudes and make decisions that will inevitably affect the environment.

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ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

Baldrighi

Muzlovic²,

Annibaldi

et al. 2022

Water

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“…Three of the fishes recorded were caught by professional or recreational fishers, using various types of fishing gear (e.g., gillnets, longlines, and spearfishing) or were media recorded (video) in their natural habitat, so completely without any impact on the specimens (Gymnura altavela and Gymnothorax unicolor). At least ten records (one of them dating back to 2019, that would have remained unknown to the scientific community without the occurrence of the 2022 citizen science initiative) resulted from the interactions between scientists and recreational divers or diving clubs, video makers or fishers, highlighting the importance of communication between scientific community and all the sea users, as well as citizens' involvement (Tiralongo et al, 2020) and Ocean Literacy (Koulouri et al, 2022) for accurately concur to update the occurrence and abundance of marine life and set the baselines for future assessments.…”

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New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (July 2023)

GRECH,

ASCIUTTO,

BAKIU

et al. 2023

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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This Collective Article presents new information about the occurrence of 23 marine taxa that belong to five Phyla: two Chlorophyta, one Annelida, six Mollusca, three Arthropoda, eleven Chordata (one Ascidiacea, one Elasmobranchii and nine Teleostei) and extending from the Western Mediterranean to the Levantine Sea. All these records were reported from nine countries from the western to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, with a broad biogeographical coverage as follows: Spain: first records of the sacoglossans Cyerce graeca and Placida tardyi for the Alboran Sea and first records of the nudibranch Marionia gemmii for the Mediterranean waters of Spain; first records of nudibranch Algarvia alba in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy: First report of the long-legged crab Paragalene longicrura, a further new Mediterranean record of the rare offshore rockfish Pontinus kuhlii, first documented record of the spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela in Sardinia (Tyrrhenian Sea), new record of the red‐spotted wrasse Lappanella fasciata from the Messina Strait, first documented record of the rarely observed brown moray Gymnothorax unicolor in the Ionian coast, first record of the colonial ascidian Botrylloides israeliensis, first record of the Morocco dentex Dentex maroccanus, first record of mottled shore crab Pachygrapsus maurus and of an adult specimen of barracudina Lestidiops sphyrenoides in the Adriatic Sea, and further new Mediterranean records of Ross worm Sabellaria spinulosa along the same coast. Tunisia: second record of smalleye squaretail Tetragonurus cuvieri from the African Mediterranean coast. Slovenia: first records of the sea slug Trapania graeffei and Melanochlamys wildpretii, with the last one also representing the northernmost finding of this species. Croatia: northernmost record of the endangered twaite shad Alosa fallax in the Adriatic coast. Albania: first records of the Mediterranean spearfish Tetrapturus belone. Türkiye: first record from the Aegean coasts for Türkiye of the green macroalgae Cladophora battersii and Valonia aegagropila. Israel: first record of the skeleton shrimp Caprella acanthifera in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Syria: first record of the Smooth grenadier Nezumia aequalis from Syrian marine waters.

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“…Marine ecology and industry face many problems. Effective measures must be taken to coordinate the development of marine resources and the protection of the ecological environment to promote the sustainable development of the marine ecological economic system (Koulouri et al, 2022). On the basis of analyzing the ecological, economic and social importance of global coastal areas, Martıńez et al (2007) proposed that to achieve sustainable development of coastal areas, marine ecosystem assessment should be strengthened.…”

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Marine ecological security assessment from the perspective of emergy ecological footprint

Wang¹,

Lin²,

Liu

2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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IntroductionMarine ecological security assessments are considered as a basis for coordinating marine economic development and ecological protection.MethodsWe propose an assessment method based on the emergy ecological footprint which first measures the emergy of the natural and economic elements of the marine ecosystem. Considering the role of economic, social and waste discharge factors in the marine ecosystem, an ecological security evaluation index is constructed, and a dynamic evaluation is conducted based on long time series data to characterize the change trend of ecological security.ResultsThe Guangxi marine ecosystem was selected as the case study, and the ecological security dynamic evaluation was conducted by collecting data from 2008 to 2020. The results show that Guangxi's marine ecosystem has always been in an ecologically secure state, but since 2010, the emergy ecological footprint intensity has been increasing, indicating ecosystem deterioration. Therefore, some targeted suggestions are put forward.DiscussionThis method provides a new assessment tool for marine ecological security evaluation and offers guidance for the sustainable development and utilization of marine ecosystems.

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Ocean Literacy across the Mediterranean Sea region in the Era of 2030 Agenda and the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)

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ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (July 2023)

Marine ecological security assessment from the perspective of emergy ecological footprint

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