NRP Sagres 2020 – Circum- navigation voyage

Portugal (PT)

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Division of Marine Chemistry and Pollution - Hydrographic Institute (IH)(PT)
Bilateral initiative number:
PT-BI030
Initial cost:
€63,169
Initiative Types:
Data collection
Publication
Study
Partners:
Centro de Quimica da Fac. De Ciencias da Univ Lisboa(PT)
FCT- Assoc. para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento(PT)
NIVA- Norwegian Institute for Water Research(NO)
Programme:
Bilateral Fund
Programme areas:
Environment and Ecosystems
Research

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Description

Marine litter presence in the oceans, specially plastics and microplastics, represents a major environmental threat with impacts on marine flora and fauna.The monitoring of marine litter and microplastics in the sea, for the identification of sites with larger occurrence and accumulation of plastic and other wastes, is essential to assess the extension and dispersion of the problem. However, this monitoring requires baseline information (i.e. information of pristine areas), that is lacking due to methodological difficulties and the cost of these evaluations.

NRP Sagres Circum-Navigation voyage

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