One of our MarLitCy team members gave online presentations to schools over these last couple of days. Information on marine litter such as its sources, impacts, and solutions, was presented to the students of American Academy Larnaca on the 19th of April 2021 and to the Pascal English School Nicosia on the 20th of April 2021. We are glad to still be able to convey information to students through the means available to us, despite the COVID-19 restrictions. A big thank you to both schools for hosting us and to the students for their attention and participation! We hope to do more presentations soon and hopefully visit these schools in person!​

On Saturday 17th of April 2021 the MarLitCy partners held workshops for fishermen as part of the fishing for litter initiative. The team gave a presentation to the fishermen and provided them with free gifts and lunch. Overall it was a very successful day and we'd like to thank everyone for participating and making these workshops a successful event!

The fishing for litter workshops are planned for Saturday the 17th of April 2021 and will be done separately with a bicommunal element!

See more info in the press release below:

We are excited to announce the winning logo of the 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 to be nominated to all the coastal businesses around Cyprus that voluntarily adhere to the decalogue of good practice reduce marine plastic pollution.

The winning designer is Kasia, a graphic  designer from Poland, currently participating in an ESC project in Birdlife Malta. At her current work, she managed to connect her two biggest passions nature  and graphic design! She quotes:
" 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼’𝑚 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛! "

Follow her work here: https://www.behance.net/katarzynapacon

On the 29th of July 2020, the MarLitCy partnership in collaboration with the the Exeter University team at Near East University have successfully implemented the webinar 'Marine Litter in Cyprus 'Revealed''. 
Participants from different organisations attended the webinar and discussed with us the issues of marine litter in Cyprus. 
The video of the webinar in now available to watch!

What types of marine litter are on our beaches and seabed? How much is there? Which are the most prevalent and pervasive marine litter items? Which are the main sources?
 
These are all questions that need to be answered if we want to understand the level and type of marine litter pollution on our island and identify solutions to tackle the issue.
 
With this reasoning, the bi-communal project ‘MarLitCy’ (www.marlitcy.eu) and the Exeter University team at Near East University have been implementing beach and seabed clean-ups around Cyprus for the past 5 years, categorising litter and recording scientific data.
 
During the webinar, the data collected from both initiatives will be presented and the topic of marine litter as it relates specifically to our island will be discussed. The webinar aims to raise awareness on marine litter in Cyprus and identify synergies/collaboration opportunities.

Registration  HERE
Registration deadline: 28/07/2020 
Location: Online Webinar – Link to the webinar will be provided after registration    
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 a.m. (EEST)
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AGENDA
11:00 - Welcome and introduction to the Marine Litter for Synergies, Capacity-building and Peacebuilding MarLitCy project – Serdar Atai, Famagusta Walled City Association (MASDER)

​11:10 - Presentation: MarLitCy Beach and Seabed Clean-up Activities and Database – Demetra Orthodoxou, AKTI Project and Research Centre 

11:30 - Presentation: Findings from the Beach Clean-ups around Cyprus – Professor Özge Özden Fuller, Near East University

11:50 - Discussion

12:00 - End of session

View the press release below:

The MarLitCy project is happy to announce its first Participatory Policy Workshop that will take place on the 20th of February 2020! The structure of these workshops is created for specific stakeholders so attendance is by invitation only.

More information can be found in the press release below: