As a part of European Green Week, the Blue World Institute organised an educative satellite event entitled ‘Discover the beauty of our archipelago’. The event was designed for children from the small villages on the little islands of …
Read moreWe were informed of two sightings of whales in the vicinity of Vis island! The first sighting was near Greben islet, and the following close to Drvenik. We will try to find them of course, but if you see them or have some information …
Read moreIn a paper published in mid-February in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology researchers tried to identify the processes and factors that led to the emergence of regional population structure in bottlenose dolphins inhabiting the Adriatic Sea and the …
Read moreYesterday evening many eyes were set on the sky where you could see an unusually large and shiny Moon. The movement of this celestial body is predictable so the event of a Moon in perigee was announced earlier …
Read moreWithin the activities of project NETCET –Network for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Sea Turtles in the Adriatic (http://www.netcet.eu/),researchers of the Blue World Institute (http://blue-world.org/) and Cetacea Foundation (Riccione) (http://fondazionecetacea.org/) started a new photo-identification based research of bottlenose …
Read moreWe informed the public there was a sighting of an injured dolphin less than a month ago, on August 23rd 2013. It had a spear gun harpoon embedded in the tissue in front of the dorsal fin, measuring …
Read moreWhile conducting regular research activities in the northern Dalmatia and Kornati archipelago area, the Blue World Institute staff encountered an injured dolphin at 11:30 am, today. The animal was found in near the island of Olib in the …
Read moreOn 19. July 2013. Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović has opened lošinj Sea turtle rescue centre. Predsident has been joined by the advisor to the Minister of tourism Mr Ivo Bašić, Mayor of Mali Lošinj Mr Gari Cappelli, director …
Read moreOn the 19th of July 2013 the Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation will open the new Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Mali Lošinj, Croatia. We are proud to announce that this centre will be opened …
Read moreWithin the framework of “NETCET – Network for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Sea Turtles in the Adriatic” project, co-financed by the IPA CBC Adriatic Programme Blue World Institute, Veli Lošinj, Croatia and Institute for Marine Biology from …
Read moreIn late 2009 he Blue World Institute, in collaboration with partners from University College London, and Dalhousie University, Canada and UNEP organized a working conference “Governance of Marine Protected Areas – getting the balance right” which was held …
Read moreIn the period beween the 2nd and the 10th of May 2011 in cooperation with INA Croatian oil & gas company we organized the visit of Kostrena Elementary School children to Lošinj Marine Education Centre. The school came …
Read moreThe Blue World Institute’s natural-history documentary film “The Open Sea”, filmed and produced in cooperation with Institute for oceanography and fisheries from Split and Croatian Natural History Museum has been aired in the A category of the official …
Read moreOn the session of the City council of Mali Lošinj on tuesday, 29.9.2010., the Council and Mayor, Mr. Gari Cappelli, gave their unanimous support to the proposal of the Blue World Institute to open new Lošinj Marine Education …
Read moreFrom the 1st of August until the 25th of August 2010 the Blue World Institute will be hosting the ‘Out of the Blue’ exhibition in the Losinj Marine Education Centre in Veli Losinj. Please come and visit!
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