The 1st Meeting on Marine Litter of the South Atlantic took place in Itajaí (SC) and had the participation of national and international experts such as the professors Alexander Turra and Paula Sobral, the sailors Amyr Klink and Vilfredo Schurmann, environmental groups such as Project Route and Monitoramento Mirim, among other events.
Images of the 1st Meeting on Marine Trash of the South Atlantic, in Itajaí (SC), which happened on October 02, 2017.
8:00 – 8:45 Accreditation.
8:45 am – 9:00 am Opening of the event. Greetings to the participants, presentation of the ECO Sailing Boat, the program and objectives of the meeting.
LECTURE SERIES:
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 p.m. Paula Sobral, FCT-UNL (Faculty of Science and Technology – New University of Lisbon) and MARE (Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences) Lisbon-Portugal: “The problem of Microplásticos and Lixo Marinho”
9:20 – 09:40 Marcio Gerba from Route Project: “Modern consumerism and the impact on the oceans”
9: 40-10: 00 Miguel Bahiense Neto, President of Plastivida: “Sustainability and strategies of actions in the plastics sector – I’m Green”
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 p.m. Alexander Turra, Oceanographic Institute (USP): “Actions to combat marine litter: national and international strategies”
10:20 a.m. 10:40 p.m. Hugo Sarmento from UFSCar and TARA Expeditions Foundation: “The Tara Sailboat and research on biodiversity, marine pollution and environmental awareness”
10:40 a.m. – 11 p.m. Zelinda Andrade Leão, UFBA – Federal University of Bahia – “Abrolhos: from Charles Darwin to the Marine Waste”
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch break
14:00 to 17:00 Environmental Film Show PLANETA.doc Zero Waste
Parallel session: Expert-only workshop (1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Construction of mental maps, in the following groups: Government, Enterprise, University, Civil Society
Elaboration of the Charter Charter ECO – Itajaí 2017:
Proposals for cooperation between the study / work groups to submit projects;
Formation of a transAtlántic network of research on the problematic of the MARINE GARBAGE;
Establishment of Environmental Education Program nationwide focusing on local leadership training.
17:20 – 18:00 Coffee / tea and sharp talk
18:00 – 19:00 Special Session – Roundtable
Experience with Navigation and Problems of the Marine Trash – Guests: Commanders Amyr Klink and Vilfredo Schurmann.
To bring together the main players of academia, government and the private sector, with an interest in developing solutions to mitigate the impacts caused by LIXO MARINHO, defining strategies for changes in different levels of production, consumption and disposal of plastic materials and studies related to monitoring and control of marine pollution
To carry out education and environmental awareness actions with audio-visual presentation during Sample Short Films on the topic of sustainability in the sea;
To structure a research network focused on the South Atlantic to identify and implement initiatives for the conservation of marine life;
Define work groups by topic that may develop scientific, technological and innovation research projects, focused on the main problems related to marine litter, using the ECO Sailboat as a research platform;
To develop authorial audiovisual material during an event to disseminate knowledge related to the Lixo Marinho theme, through environmental education programs.
The problem of plastics in our seas and in our food has been pointed out, along with acidification of the oceans, as one of the most serious problems that can irrevocably affect the life of a healthy planet.
With the goal of reversing this critical scenario, which points to the trend of more plastics in the oceans than fish, the United Nations for Environmental Protection (UNEP) launched the Clean Seas campaign (#CleanSeas) on 23/02/17 as an initiative the public sector and the private sector to establish concrete measures to mitigate the problem of water pollution.
In this context, #VeleiroECO and its team of researchers organize this event with the theme LIXO MARINHO DO ATLÂNTICO SUL / Marine Litter in the South Atlantic, to raise awareness and mobilize the community together with the formation of a research network and mitigation initiatives and prevention of marine litter.
