CLEAN SEA: Local Environmental Consultation through a New Approach to Awareness Raising

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On both sides of the Franco-Belgian border, associations are working to raise awareness among coastal users and to empower them by offering varied, fun and participatory activities. The volunteers of two associations, Horizon Educatief in Oostende and the CPIE Flandre Maritime in Zuydcoote, have decided to jointly develop a cross-border action programme to raise awareness of marine pollution. While the North Sea may be an area rich in biodiversity, certain human activities can generate pollution causing serious harm to marine life. While waste, and in particular plastic micro-waste, is one of the major threats, public appreciation of the issue is sorely lacking. The aim of this project is to explain to coastal users the origin of marine waste, its consequences on marine life and the behaviour to be adopted on a daily basis to reduce it.

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