Webinar on Plastic Pollution by EcoPodcasts expert Dr. Lucia Fanini

Posts & News 13 June 2022

At the beginning of June, Lucia Fanini from our project partner University of Salento participated as speaker in a morning webinar in celebration of the week of the environment, "Webinário Semana do Meio Ambiente". It was organized by the Brazilian University UENF (https://uenf.br/) and the NGOs PraiaComVida (https://www.instagram.com/praiacomvida/) and NichoAmbiental.

The main topic of the webinar was beach ecology (which is one the main focuses of PraiaComVida, whose name literally translates to “beach with life”), and how to protect shorelines. The topic of Lucia’s talk was "Plastic pollution on sandy beaches: research and solutions". In her talk she covered topics such as which types of plastic currently pollute our beaches, why plastic accumulates especially in beaches, how to quantify marine littering, how the litter affects animals and plants that live on the beach, and how to improve the current state of the art research. Other speakers were Prof. Abilio Soares Gomes ("Clean shores, living shores") and Dr. Bruno Masi ("Recifes Marginais da Amazonia brasileira"). The webinar was open to the public and around 90 people attended!

In EcoPodcasts Lucia and her team is responsible for ensuring the scientific soundness of the contents issued by the EcoPodcasts project (especially the podcasts). We are very fortunate to have such renown and passionate experts on the team!

(Note: The image about the event was taken from the Instagram of PraiaComVida.)