Teachers Corner of the European Atlas of the Seas
The European Atlas of the Seas is a publicly accessible web-based tool, providing interactive and diversified information in a comprehensive way to a broad public. It is composed of a collection of maps with reliable data on natural and socio-economic features in the coastal regions of Europe. The data come primarily from the European Commission and […]
New blue curriculum: a toolkit for policy-makers
To achieve the ambitious goal of including ocean education in school curricula by 2025, UNESCO unveiled a common repository of educational content for policymakers and curriculum developers. It gives them all the keys needed to integrate ocean education at every level of the educational chain: from the drafting of national curricula to the preparation of […]
An ecosystem approach to determine the value of coastal marine environment
The coastal marine domain is characterized by physical and ecological conditions that favor and determine a spatial overlap between the different human uses of natural resources. Considering that the Natural Capital analysis is indeed a valid emerging management tool for marine conflicts resolution, an ecosystem approach aims to propose a methodology to quantify the compensation […]
Ecosystem-based approach towards the sustainable management of coastal engineering: the Civitavecchia harbour
Training course in Split
On January 26, 2021, ATRAC held a one-day training course “Basics of accidental oil pollution on the sea” for twelve employees of the company “Cian d.o.o.”, a leading response contactor in the central and southern Adriatic. The aim of the training was to provide operational staff responsible for field cleaning operations with a complete overview […]
Training course “Basics of accidental marine pollution”
On January 21-22.2021, ATRAC held a two-day training course “Accidental Marine Pollution”, which is in line with the 1st level of the IMO OPRC course model. The course was attended by twelve employees responsible for field cleaning operations from the companies “Dezinsekcija d.o.o.” from Rijeka and “Ciklon d.o.o.” from Zadar, two of the leading companies […]