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WORKSHOP: EXPLORING BLUE CARBON FINANCING MECHANISM TO PROTECT MEDITERRANEAN SEAGRASS: THE CASE OF POSIDONIA OCEANICA
TECNICAL WORKSHOP MARSEILLE (FRANCE) 6th-8th NOVEMBER 2023 Whitesand Solutions, as part of the MPN leadership team, was able to participate in an interesting blue carbon workshop held in Marseille (France) on November 6, 7 and 8, 2023. La Office français de la...
LUCAS AND THE GUARDIANS OF THE MEADOWS OF FORMENTERA
A MORNING TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF POSIDONIA In recent months the German production company ARD Mediathek & Das Erste filmed the young Lucas to show the work that has been done in the last 10 years from the island of Formentera to protect Posidonia oceanica....
WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP IN IBIZA 2023
A NEW EXPERIENCE UNITING HEALTH VALUES IN SPORT AND CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, IT WAS CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING AND MOTIVATING WAY TO CONTINUE EXPLORING In the second week of May of Whitesand Solutions he was in the World Triathlon Championships in Ibiza. This sporting...
WORKSHOP ON POSIDONIA AND MEDITERRANEAN FISHES
MARINE WORKSHOP FOR CHILTERN UNITED FOOTBALL PLAYERS On Wednesday 25th October, Whitesand oceanographer Aleida Escandell Westcott gave a workshop on Posidonia and its associated ecosystem to the players of the English club, Chiltern United. During the explanation, the...
CETACEANS, TURTLES AND BEACH CLEANING ON THE ISLAND OF ESPALMADOR
A DAY WHERE SPORT AND NATURE WENT HAND IN HAND On Tuesday 6th June, together with the players of the Cosmitos Deportivo Club and the players of SD Formentera enjoyed a trip aboard the Formentera Star catamaran to the island of Espalmador Where we made a waste...
ROADMAP OF THE MEDITERRANEAN POSIDONIA NETWORK, A REAL STEP TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
ALL TOURIST DESTINATIONS MUST PRESERVE THEIR SURROUNDINGS In March 2023, Whitesand Solutions participated in the meetings held in Brussels together with other executive members of the Mediterranean Posidonia Network (MPN) to propose concrete measures in the future Law...
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS IN BEACH LOTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT CALA SAONA BEACH During two consecutive weekends, environmental education days were held for young people and adults of the island on the beach of Cala Saona. Through Whitesand Solutions, 4 campaigns were carried out: Campaign to publicise...
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR FUTURE FORMENTERA’S GUIDES
FORMENTERA GUIDE COURSE The Formentera Insular Council's Tourism Area has carried out a training course for tour guides. In this course, assistants have been able to acquire knowledge of the culture, history, landscape and biodiversity of the Island of...