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Current Projects Conservation Education – Issue Field Guide Book for the Orchids of Samos
Samos has an abundance of native orchids which face decline and biodiversity changes due to anthropogenic development factors on the island. The local community sees them as a mere curiosity without much value.
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Past Projects Awareness / Conservation Campaign – TORC’15 International Conference on Temperate Orchids Research & Conservation
TORC’15 is bringing together first-in-class scientists and field practitioners from around the world across different disciplines as biology, chemistry, phylogenetics, agronomy, pharmacy, ecology and conservation.
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Past Projects Awareness Campaign – IWIC’14 International Workshop on Island Challenges – Waste Management
Environmental consciousness is extremely low on the Greek islands and a high concern to us. Because of limited resources, but changing lifestyles on islands worldwide, accumulating mountains of waste have no place to go. Expert know-how is urgently sought. Sails-ForScience organized from 01 – 03 October an International Workshop about
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Future Projects Study for the Sustainable Valorization of Marine Plastic Debris
Plastic debris in the sea and coastlines becomes concurrently a tremendous environmental burden and potential risk to human health. The phenomena of microplastics pollution is of particular worldwide concern. This project aims to collect and recycle marine plastic waste, transform into useful innovative products by 3D printing and stimulate thereby
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Current Projects Conservation & Research Study of Ancient Olive Trees
Olive trees are one of the oldest living creatures on our planet. They are unique witnesses of cultural and natural heritage. The olive tree with its fruits and oil plays a central role in the Mediterranean diet with increasing popularity in other regions of the world due to its health
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Current Projects Awareness Campaign – IWIC’15 International Workshop on Island Challenges – Climate Change
Climate change, increasing and more complex waste streams, higher demand for energy, urbanization, the drive for tourism vs. a rapidly declining biodiversity, and quality water shortage impose serious challenges for islands and their environments in a globalizing world. Concepts and solutions need to be scaled to confined resources and remoteness
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Current Projects Environmental Study of Anthropogenic Pollutants on King George Island – Antarctica
We initiated in November our one year Antarctica research program to investigate the degree of man-made pollution on an Antarctic island, relatively densely populated by research stations from several countries as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea and United States.
