An EU funded project consists of 20 partners from 14 countries who joined forces in to stimulate and empower local communities and civil society in general!
@PRO_C0ast in Slovenia: University of Primorska is on fire! 🔥
📱 SRNA app: 300+ records, 16 species
📸 Camera traps: 150k+ images
🎓 Trained citizen scientists (hunters, students, farmers)
📖 Paper in Journal for Nature Conservation
Community + tech + science = real impact. 👏
🌍 @PRO_C0ast Across Europe: 10 Case Studies, One Mission for Coastal Resilience
From the Baltic to the Black Sea, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic – PRO‑Coast is alive and thriving! 🚀
https://t.co/vm79sAwOCQ
PRO‑Coast in Romania: "Vecinii de la Corbu" (Neighbors of Corbu) – a first‑ever awareness campaign for Corbu Beach's biodiversity. 🧒 20+ schoolchildren – hands‑on biodiversity session with PhD biologist
🏨 HoReCa businesses – restaurant & accommodation owners ready to champion
Cities can cool themselves and protect lives.
Through better planning, passive cooling, nature-based solutions, and preparedness, urban areas can act before temperatures peak.
Find out more: https://t.co/bK9qYWhJc0
#NowForClimate#WorldEnvironmentDay
This June, throughout #WorldOceansMonth, @OceanicGlobal Film Festival 2026 invites audiences into an immersive celebration of films that awaken new depths of empathy, imagination, and action for the ocean 🌊
👉https://t.co/cfudzb8E1v
#OceanDecade
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@UniSalento shared @PRO_C0ast results with marine biology students: the Conservation & Human Use Index (CHUI) – developed by @frederick_uni – applied to 10 European coastal sites. 📷 Submitted to Frontiers in Environmental Science. Science → policy → local action. #CHUI
ATU Sligo is leading community-led coastal action at Streedagh Beach 🇮🇪
✅ Wave 2 survey & social campaigns
✅ Marram grass restoration & monitoring
✅ Workshops, beach cleans, farmer meetings
✅ Presented at NAIMed Istanbul
Key outcome: Local awareness up👏
#PROCoast#ATU
🌊 Comino, Malta – A protected jewel drowning in tourists 🇲🇹
Last week, 20 PRO-Coast partners from 14 countries visited Comino Island with Friends of the Earth Malta.
Led by nature guide Annalise Falzon, we saw stunning caves, unique flora, and the famous Blue Lagoon.
DYK Puffins are more than cute seabirds? They’re indicators of ocean health. When puffin populations thrive, it signals healthy fish stocks, balanced marine ecosystems, and a resilient ocean.
Illustration by @littlewarblergoods
The #EUfunded MIGNEX project investigated why people migrate, supporting better informed and more effective policymaking.
Read the article here 👉 https://t.co/ZXg6Gorvyr
#Science4EU
Last month, the ITTO convened its Trade and Markets Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Speakers from the region emphasized the need for targeted capacity building and technical support for smallholders and producer member countries.
🔗 More: https://t.co/EN1UR3WeMi
Much of marine litter sinks to the seabed, where it is harder to find and remove.
Through the EU-funded @seaclearproject, autonomous vessels, drones and underwater robots are being tested to detect, classify and collect litter from the seafloor: https://t.co/iHCNGEv0jT
Tuvalu's PM has announced the country will officially launch its first-ever National Ocean Policy on World Ocean Day
🗣️“The Pacific Ocean's future will depend on the courage of our leadership today and the strength of our collective action tomorrow.”
🔗: https://t.co/t039Rl9Dwy
Mountain gorillas are one of three iconic and endangered species, along with snow leopards and royal Bengal tigers, found in different mountain regions.
UNEP is working with partners to ensure that climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation go hand in hand to protect these species.
Discover how: https://t.co/aGsm1PW7Pp