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Description of the project

Acronym
CleanSea
Title
Towards a Clean, Litter-Free European Marine Environment through Scientific Evidence, Innovative Tools and Good Governance
Summary
CLEANSEA aims to generate new information on the impacts (biological, social and economic) of marine litter, develop novel tools needed to collect and monitor litter and protocols needed for monitoring data (litter composition and quantities) and evaluate the impact of mitigation strategies and measures in order to provide options to policy makers in the EU.
Start year
2013
End year
2015
Funding programme
FP7
Programme Scope
European
Coordinator institution
VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (VU-IVM)
Coordinator email
heather.leslie@vu.nl
Coordinator country
Netherlands
Other institutions involved
CORPUS DATA MINING HANDELSBOLAG, Sweden; THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, United Kingdom; CENTRO MEDITERRANEO DE ESTUDIOS PARA EL USO Y CONSERVACION DE LAS COSTAS, Spain; KIMO NEDERLAND EN BELGIE, Netherlands; EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK, Belgium; denkstatt Bulgaria OOD, Bulgaria; OREBRO UNIVERSITY, Sweden; PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU, Greece; NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING STIFTELSE, Norway; CORPUS DATA & IMAGE ANALYSIS AB, Sweden; CALLISTO PRODUCTIONS LTD, UK; KC DENMARK AS, DK; ECOLOGIC INSTITUT, Germany; WOLTHUIS YVONNE BARBARA, Netherlands; INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE MARINA GRIGORE ANTIPA, Romania; HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH, Greece
Other countries involved
Germany
Greece
Sweden
United Kingdom
Spain
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Romania
Bulgaria
Project Budget (in euros)
3,788,527.71
Website
https://cleanseaproject.wordpress.com/
Other relevant information
Funding Programme: FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
Number of Resources
23

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