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...The Pelagos Initiative was launched in 2021 through a collaboration between the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Network (MedPAN). The Initiative is intended to act as a lever to strengthen the protection of the Pelagos Sanctuary, in line with the…
...The Pelagos Sanctuary is the first transboundary area in the Mediterranean dedicated to the protection of marine mammals. Covering 87,500 km2 between France, Monaco and Italy, this area is home to remarkable biodiversity. Particularly rich in plankton, it boasts various species of whales and dolphins, some of which are on the IUCN red list of threatened species. Climate change, heavy maritime…
...Pierre Frolla : Monegasque free diver, author of four free diver world records, three in free immersion (1999 at 72 m; 2000 at 73 m; 2001 at 80 m) and one in variable weight (2004 at 123 m). Davide Carrera : Italian free diver, author of the world record in 2014 at 94 m in constant weight (single fin) and holder of the world record in constant weight freediving in 2016 at 111 m. Claire Dufour :…
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...Call for projects 2024 is now closed.
...Within the framework of the Pelagos Initiative, the UBS Optimus Foundation and UBS Monaco are joining forces with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to support projects within the Sanctuary with a specific focus on climate action. The Mediterranean basin has been identified as climate-risk hotspot by the IPCC, with air and sea temperatures increasing quicker than in other areas, and with…
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April 2024 - March 2027 / 3 years
...The Adapt-Pelagos project aims to promote existing best practices in the blue economy in order to facilitate the adoption of available solutions by local stakeholders in the Pelagos Sanctuary. One of the Blue Plan's main missions is to support the transition towards a green and blue economy. The Blue Plan has recently published several documents on existing good practices in the Mediterranean…
January 2024 - March 2026 / 27 months
...Although islands cover only 5% of the Earth's surface, they are home to 20% of the Earth's species and 600 million people depend on their ecosystem services for their sustainable development. The fact that they are islands is a strength, because the need to use their resources in a finite environment is a fertile ground for technical, technological and social innovation. The islands of the…
January 2024 - December 2025 / 2 years
...The project aims to provide the signatory Parties of the Pelagos Agreement with maps depicting the distribution and quantification of a maritime activity that is rarely mapped and quantified precisely and consistently over a vast territory: pleasure boating.To achieve this, the first step of the project is to mobilize existing data collected at sea and from land, and to identify other existing…
October 2023 - December 2025 / 27 months
...The study comprehensively examines the impacts of a coastal infrastructure construction project on cetaceans within the Pelagos Sanctuary. It delves into various aspects including legislative context, site description, monitoring protocols, implementation of mitigation measures, analysis of acoustic and visual data, interpretation of findings, and discussions on improving mitigation strategies.
September 2023 - November 2024 / 15 months
...The project aims to embark young people on board the training ship of the SOS Grand Bleu association, the "Santo Sospir", to let them discover, for a day or half-day, the biodiversity of the PELAGOS Sanctuary and the basics of navigation on a real "pirate ship". During the sea classes on board the training ship of the SOS Grand Bleu association, young people will be able to discover the beauties…
September 2023 - November 2025 / 27 months
...As a partner of the Pelagos Sanctuary Charter, operator of the Natura 2000 site at Cap Ferrat, and the driving force behind the creation of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Nice, the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur aims to strengthen its commitment to marine mammal protection. This will be achieved through the development and implementation of a local action plan that supports the new management…
July 2023 - December 2025 / 30 months
...The relations between humans and dolphins have varied throughout time and among coastal civilizations. Adored and mythified, the animal has also been perceived as a rival, and has been, and sometimes still is, killed by fishermen for marine resources. The project will retrace, through a dual approach of sociological interviews and cinematography, the different facets that humans construct about…
June 2023 - June 2024 / 13 months
...ABIS project aims to fill some gap of knowledge about cetaceans species that use this area, to find some seasonal trend, and to assess the impact of anthropic noise on marine life, collecting long term acoustic data with a fixed underwater hydrophone-recorder. Acoustic recordings will be done for 365 days, and data will be obtained regularly every 2 months. In addition, the use of a long term…
January 2023 - December 2024 / 2 years
...Photo reportage through several photographic and scientific expeditions in the heart of the Pelagos Sanctuary. These expeditions will enable us to observe, record and document the various species of marine mammals and their food webs. The collection of images and data will enable the publication of a major report to raise awareness of the Sanctuary and take action to preserve it. A vast…
October 2022 - December 2024 / 27 months
...This project proposes to deepen our knowledge of the diet of blue and white dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary and also to contribute to the evaluation of the pressures (waste) exerted on these species by analysing the stomach contents of individuals stranded on the French Mediterranean coast since the beginning of the 2000s, with a focus on the coast bordering the Pelagos…