Waste ending up in the world’s seas and oceans continues to be a burning problem, and while the European Union does its best to pass laws to attempt to curb things, at least in part, this issue still reigns the highest of all. The gorgeous Croatian Adriatic sea, a top draw for tourists, is as threatened as any other.
The crystal clear, sparkling Adriatic sea is one of this country’s greatest assets which lures countless visitors from across the world each year, but what would Croatia do if it becomes ruined by waste, particularly by harmful plastic waste that not only takes an incredibly long time to break down, but also poisons marine life, and as such, an enormous part of the typical coastal Croatian diet?
As Morski writes on the 13th of December, 2019, the members of LAGUR FLAG Galeb from the coastal town of Tribunj, together with the students of the Hospitality and Tourism School of Šibenik, were educated on sustainable development and the problems caused by waste finding its way to the sea, with the help of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries and RZ Adria Tribunj.
”At the beginning, we were learning about the SEA-Stainability project and about sustainable development, and from the scientists, Pero Tutman and Dubravka Bojanić Varežić from the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR) we learned about the problem of waste in the sea and its impact on all living organisms,” the organisers say.
The staff of RZ Adria Tribunj, LAGUR/FLAG GALEB and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries introduced the children to the Tribunj fishing port and the way the infrastructure for collecting waste from the sea functions.
As part of the educational programme, the children learned how to monitor waste coming from the sea at Bristak beach, and together they cleaned up an impressive 16.6 kilograms of waste from the beach, analysed the waste and finally conducted an interactive knowledge quiz on the topic.
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