Photo: Eco Vitae, Boštjan Mljač
Ongoing marine litter research efforts in Slovenia Andreja Palatinus, IWRS Dr. Andrej Kržan, NIC WP4 Working Group Meeting on Marine Litter 12th May 2014, Athens Greece The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
• Data collecting activities
• Research & Development activities • Raising Awareness • EU Projects with Slovenian partners
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Data collection • Beach litter assessment
Poster
– Modified Clean Coast Index (Alkalay 2007) 2007 – 2013; 3 locations; additional 2 in 2013 (TG ML Guidance) 36 sampling events 1944 samples 79.228 litter items were collected Analysis going on
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Data collection • Beach litter assessment – Monthly cleaning of state owned coast (cca. 16km (1/3 of Slovenian coast)) – 2009-2014
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Research and development • Microplastics seasurface (University of Nova Gorica) • Plastic debris and microplastics in the marine environment
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Poster
Particles found during Semesters II and III in each sample 2000 1800
Nr.of particles found
1600 1400 1200 1000
Semester III
1891
Semester II
800 600 966
400 594 200
472
389 146 50
0 T10
T11
197
151 T12
T13
T14
T15
T16
Sample The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
T17
Research & Development • Research project with students on inputs of microplastics from washing machines Poster
• Waste water sewage treatment plants and their discharge (2013) The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Research & Development • Microplastic in fish stomachs (Marine Biology Station Piran)
• Aquafil Econyl project (Julon Ljubljana Slovenia) recycling of Nylon-6 fishing nets
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Europan Projects • MARLISCO • MARINECLEAN • DEFISHGEAR • RIVERINE PROJECT FUNDED BY EU
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Raising awareness • Eco Vitae – International Coastal Cleanup (2008-)
• Ecologists without borders – Lets do it Slovenia – Lets do it Mediterranean 2014
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
Thank you very much for your attention Andreja Palatinus Andreja.palatinus@izvrs.si
The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)