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SCOPRITARTA - The success of the closing day

The second and last edition of the Scopri-Tarta environmental education programme ended with a large participation of pupils and teachers of the winning classes.
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TartaLife participates in the 48th Congress Organized by SIBM

The Congress will take place in Rome on 7-9 June. The theme will be "Ecosystem services, natural capital and environmental accounting. Role of marine biologist "
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Save the date: 25-26 of MayTartaLife participates in Tipicità in Blue

TartaLife participates in Tipicità in Blu, hosting at the institute of the CNR-ISMAR of Ancona 4 schoolchildren.
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SCOPRITARTA - The second edition ends!

On May 30 will be the award ceremony of the Sicilian schools winners of the environmental education programme "Scopri-Tarta", coordinated for Sicily by the Free Consortium of Agrigento in the framework of the E3 action of the Tartalife project.
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NATURA 2000 Day Celebration at Asinara National Park

May 21, 2017 is the day the EU has designated as a 'Natura 2000 Day' to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Habitat Directive and European LIFE Programming. To celebrate the Natura 2000 Day, Asinara's National Park and Marine Protected Area has organized, on Sunday 21 May, the release of a turtle rescued and cared for in the Marine Animal Recovery Center of the Park.
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TartaLife at 3° Seminario di Ecologia Costiera MAV - Caorle (VE)

The preliminary results of TartaLife project will be presented on Thursday 4th of May
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The day after Easter with Giulio and Petunia

17th of April wonderful release of two sea turtles in Riccione thanks to Fondazione Cetacea
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Regionals Network meeting

On March 10, the Cetacean Foundation, in collaboration with the CNR, organized the meeting of regional networks for the preservation of the marine turtle
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TartaLife meets the circolo Velico Codigoro

TartaLife activities have been shown by Fondazione Cetacea
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TartaLife attends the 37th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 15 - 20 April 2017

The conservation of Caretta caretta, a priority species included in App. II/IV of the Habitat Directive and protected in various international Conventions, has been representing a strategic issue for the whole Mediterranean basin, with professional fishing being the main threat for the survival of marine turtles: every year about 130000 turtles can be accidentally caught accidentally in the Mediterranean.

The project TartaLife, involving all 15 Italian regions overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, aims at reducing:
- bycatches caused by pelagic longline, bottom trawl and fixed nets by disseminating technical innovations of the fishing gears;
- post-capture mortality through trainings for fishermen and strengthening the marine turtles First Aid/Rescue Centres

TartaLife project

Life+ programme

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental policy and legislation by co-financing pilot or demonstration projects with European added value.

LIFE began in 1992 and to date there have been four complete phases of the programme (LIFE I: 1992-1995, LIFE II: 1996-1999, LIFE III: 2000-2006 and LIFE+: 2007-2013). During this period, LIFE has co-financed some 3954 projects across the EU, contributing approximately €3.1 billion to the protection of the environment.

Life+ programme