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What are the international issues addressed during the World Conservation…

7 September 2021

This Friday, September 3rd, begins the World Conservation Congress, organized by the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN). Initially planned...

Watersport activities now forbidden in Guadeloupe

18 August 2021

In Sainte Anne, the river turned into a macabre scene after the discovery of countless dead fishes. Public health and...

Harmful algal blooms : when global warming puts the health…

12 August 2021

A new phenomenon on the Aquitaine coastline Usually living in tropical warm waters, Ostreopsis siamensis is a microscopic single-celled seaweed which is...

Climate change and the Ocean : the alarming conclusions of…

11 August 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has launched on Monday, August 9, the first contribution to its Sixth Assessment...

Surfrider Foundation Europe calls Italy out on its single-use plastic…

9 August 2021

Italy, like every other European Union Member State, had until July 3rd, 2021 to transpose into its domestic law the...

Unprecedent biomedia pollution in Corsica and the mediterranean sea: Mare…

3 August 2021

Last February, Mare Vivu found more than 40 000 biomedia over only a few kilometers square of beach. All in...

Biomedia pollution in water environment: on the beach or on…

3 August 2021

Unprecedent pollution: last massive arrival of biomedia on Mediterranean coasts Since the beginning of 2021, concerned citizens testimonies are...

Brétignolles-sur-Mer: Victory over port project

23 July 2021

Surfrider Europe has been following this project for more than 10 years in the framework of the Coastal Defenders programme....

Pollution in Corsica: why Surfrider Foundation Europe is filing a…

11 July 2021

On June 11 2021, a 35 km long pollution zone was spotted in the Mediterranean Sea during a military air...

Moving on from single use plastics: how are EU countries…

1 July 2021

On July 3rd 2021, single use plastic straws, cutlery and plates, cotton-swabs and stirrers, among others, will be banned in...

The loss of containers will be on the agenda at…

28 June 2021

Just as the X-press Pearl was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, the IMO decided to tackle the problem...

Surfrider Europe x The Little Prince: a new collaboration to…

24 June 2021

Until June 29, the Little Prince’s Target Oceans fundraising campaign is open. The donations received will be entirely donated to...