The online contest aimed at first and second grade schools “Let’s reduce the marine litter ENSAMBLE” has ended. The idea born in the wake of the educational video created by Legambiente Toscana to spread good practices aimed at reducing marine litter, through awareness-raising, recycling, reuse activities and correct delivery of waste. The contest was attended by 7 schools from Viareggio, … Read More

Tuesday 25 May, the final event of the ENSAMBLE project: methodology, results, impacts, testimonies and future perspectives. From 9.30 to 13.30 on Zoom. This post is also available in: Italiano Français

As part of the ENSAMBLE project, fishermen from Grosseto (Cooperativa San Leopoldo and Cooperativa Spidy), Viareggio (Cittadella della Pesca) and Elba Island have mobilized an initiative dedicated to the sighting of waste in the Tuscan sea. Unfortunately, the materials encountered during this mission were varied and abundant: from masks to pieces of paper, from plastic cups to old abandoned nets, … Read More

Today, at 3 pm, the third participatory meeting of the ENSAMBLE project. This post is also available in: Italiano Français

The “marine litter” emergency has assumed globally alarming proportions, even touching our “small” Mediterranean Sea, which constitutes less than 1% of the “blue” surface of the Planet but which it is also the sixth waste accumulation area in the world, despite being one of the 25 hot spot of biodiversity, The sources from which these materials come are different and … Read More

2nd participatory meeting “The diversification of fisheries in the upper Tyrrhenian Sea: good regional governance practices and aspects to improve”. Thursday 8 April, 11.00-13.00, the second meeting with the stakeholders of the regions of Tuscany, Liguria and Sardinia to discuss the experience of the current programming and identify the criteria to make the new Local Development Strategy 2021-2027 more effective. … Read More

A FARNET report highlighting the actions implemented by the FLAG to increase biodiversity was published last February. The European Union aims to lead Europe on the path of ecological recovery by 2030 with a strategy for the protection of biodiversity that includes, among the key actions, the creation of protected areas and the restoration of degraded terrestrial and marine ecosystems … Read More

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We present the first of the three participatory meetings with stakeholders organized as part of WP5, Incubator services and tourism start-ups, in order to identify innovative actions and themes to increase the Local Development Strategy (CLLD), waiting for the next planning-period of maritime and fisheries policy.More info: ensamble@farmaremma.it; 0564.405252   This post is also available in: Italiano Français

An important step has been achieved yesterday by the official signature of an MoU between WWF and the Interprofessional Group of fishery producers (GIPP), a public body in charge of market regulation, improving the quality and promoting exports in the fishing and aquaculture sector. The agreement consists in enhancing the quality of fishery products from SSF and market chain at … Read More

Last week, as part of Ensamble’s activities, a project (coordinated by the FLAG “Costa degli Etruschi ” which includes the affiliated bodies F.A.R. Maremma and Cooperative San Leopoldo and partners Petra Patrimonia Corsica, Legambiente Toscana, WWF North Africa) encompassing the workshop “Sustainability in fisheries and related activities” took place. The event, held remotely, was intended as a moment of collective … Read More

Next Friday, ENSAMBLE meets local stakeholders to talk about #sustainability in #fishing and in collateral activities. At the end of the meeting, #showcooking organized by Coop. La Granceola and Trabaccolo express! global.gotomeeting.com/join/223002021 Download the programm! This post is also available in: Italiano Français