The “SOUNDSCAPE: Soundscapes in the North Adriatic Sea and their impact on marine biological resources” project includes creation of a cross-border scientific and institutional cooperation which will increase the current knowledge on the underwater noise and the human …
Read moreBlue World Institute is participating in a new project: “ECOSS – Ecological Observing System in the Adriatic Sea: oceanographic observations for biodiversity“. There are 10 partner institutions from Croatia and Italy, collaborating under the leadership of the Italian …
Read moreThe first 3D seismic survey of the sea bed in Montenegro has ended. The ship “Polar Empress” carrying out the survey started from the harbour of Bar on the 16th November around 3pm and the survey lasted 33 …
Read moreOn the European Commission’s call on „Sustainable Blue Economy“, Blue World Institute with partners submitted project „marGnet: Mapping and recycling of marine litter and Ghost nets on the sea-floor“. Project has successfully passed the evaluation phase so Grant …
Read moreAfter accepting the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Agency for nature and environment protection of Montenegro issued in July 2018 a permit for seismic surveying in the Adriatic Sea to Italian-Russian consortium created by ENI and Novatek. The seismic surveying …
Read moreACT4LITTER project co-financed by European Regional Development Fund through Interreg Med program, successfully ended this October. The aim of the project was to facilitate efforts for tackling marine litter in Mediterranean MPAs through the development of effective and …
Read moreDuring this autumn in cooperation with the ACCOBAMS Secretariat Blue World Institute’s education team has implemented the project „Mediterranean Cetaceans in our Schools“ as a part of ASI Small Communication Action. The “ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative”(ASI) is a project …
Read moreThe 6th Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, organised by the Department of Biodiversity of the Univerza na Primorskem / University of Primorska, in collaboration with the Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation was held in Poreč, Croatia, between …
Read moreSouth Adriatic Sea is an interesting yet relatively unknown area when it comes to cetaceans and their use of the area. Fin whales, Cuvier’s beaked whales, Risso’s dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins and sperm whales have all been …
Read moreCroatian company “Break time” and Blue World Institute recently established a cooperation through campaign “Save marine life”. During the campaign customers who are buying Break Time #nauticalbraceletwill be offered to engrave several motives of large marine vertebrates – #dolphin, …
Read moreFrom 22nd to 25th of September the Blue World Institute representatives were participating at the Mediterranean Coast Day celebration in Split organized by PAP/RAC with the support from Croatian Ministry of the Environment and UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan. …
Read moreThe Blue World Institute members and volunteers celebrated the World Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 15, 2018. BWI regularly participates in clean-up actions, and this year as a partner of the European Act4litter project we decided to start …
Read moreA few decades after the common dolphins disappeared from the Adriatic Sea, larger groups are reappearing over the recent years. Researchers at the Blue World Institute recorded the largest ever-observed group of over 50 common dolphins near the …
Read moreeTurtle is a citizen science application aimed at collecting information on observations of sea turtles in the wild. Currently it is available for Android OS and can be downloaded from PlayStore. Sea turtles are globally endangered species and …
Read moreWe are happy to announce that on Sunday, 1st of July 2018 we are celebrating our 26th Dolphin Day with sponsorship from the Tourist Board of Mali Lošinj. Dolphin Day is the Blue World Institute’s main public event …
Read moreThe International School of Marine Conservation Science focuses on the multiple aspects of evidence based conservation in marine ecosystems, including the physical, biological, and human dimension components. The aim of the lectures and workshops is to identify the …
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