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PRESS OFFICE 2007-11-28 Final Conference On December 6th the final conference of MAPRES will be held at Muvita, in Arenzano GE. For further information, please check the agenda of the conference. Want to know more on Muvita? www.muvita.it 2007-11-15 EXERCISE IN SICILY On November 28th at 08:30 a.m. the exercise scheduled in MAPRES activities will take place in the Sicily Channel. A simulation of an emergency by a spill will take place, using a ship and airplanes of the Italian Capitaneria di Porto. For more details, please click on this link. 2007-07-19 Meeting about MAPRES On July 19th , 2007 a meeting about MAPRES will be held at the Institute of Geography (University of Edinburgh). ARCHIVES | MAPRES is a pilot project which concerns the cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution, in particular the main activity relates to “Marine Pollution Monitoring and detection by aerial surveillance and satellite images”.
Large spills of oil and related petroleum products in the marine environment can have serious biological and economic impacts. Around 20% of oil transported by sea traverses the Mediterranean Sea, amounting to an annual flux of 350 million tons of crude oil and refined products. Most of this maritime traffic travels across the Malta Channel, the coastal zones near Sicily Island and Genoa City. North Sea is also a region threatened by this type of pollution. Public and media scrutiny is usually intense following a spill, with demands that the location and extent of the oil spill be identified. Remote sensing is playing an increasingly important role in oil spill response efforts. Through the use of modern remote sensing instrumentation, oil can be monitored on the open ocean around the world. With a knowledge of slick locations and movement, response personnel can more effectively plan countermeasures in an effort to lessen the effects of the pollution. An operating manual on methods, techniques, sensors and procedures for remote sensing and Oil Spill detection, on Hydrodynamic Numerical Simulations for spill propagation forecasting and mitigations procedures, will be the deliverables of the project. An exercise on these procedures will be devoted to the crew members of Coast Guard and aerial surveillance aircrafts and personnel working in the field of Satellite Imageries valuation. MAPRES is a project cofunded under the "Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution" Programme, European Commission, DG Enviroment. The MAPRES implementation is supported by Capitanerie di Porto, Italian Coast Guard The Coordinator is CONISMA Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, with two Local Research Unit: - L.R.U. 1 “Dipartimento di Ingegneria Idraulica ed Applicazioni Ambientali (D.I.I.A.A.)” – University of Palermo - L.R.U. 2 “Dipartimento per lo studio del territorio e delle sue risorse (DIP.TE.RIS.)” - University of Genova The other Universities involved in MAPRES are: - University of Malta - International Ocean Institute –Malta Operational Centre - The University of Edinburgh - School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute The responsible for Project Management and Dissemination activities is Lattanzio e Associati in collaboration with the Municipality of Genoa Dear visitor, please consider that this website is actually under construction: detailed information on MAPRES project will be soon avaliable. For any clarifications please contact mailto:info@mapres.eu |
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