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Revision as of 16:39, 5 October 2022
Project Q4294649 in Finland, United Kingdom, Norway
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Preventing Oil and Plastics Contamination of Ocean Regions of the North |
Project Q4294649 in Finland, United Kingdom, Norway |
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99,999.95 Euro
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203,846.08 Euro
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49.06 percent
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1 July 2021
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30 June 2022
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University of Oulu
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60°27'6.52"N, 22°15'59.87"E
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58°35'6.76"N, 3°32'27.56"W
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65°3'33.26"N, 25°27'58.86"E
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60°23'1.32"N, 5°19'55.02"E
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The ocean regions of the North face various environmental hazards in the 21st century. Since pollution does not recognise state borders, international cooperation is needed to tackle these threats for the marine environment. POPCORN project brings together three NPA projects from current programme period - APP4SEA, Circular Ocean and Blue Circular Economy - and a Baltic Sea Region project called OIL SPILL, which have focused on how to cope either with oil or plastic contamination of the seas. APP4SEA and OILSPILL have focused on oil spills and Circular Ocean and Blue Circular Economy on plastics, but each one has approached the problem from their own angle and has had an unique take on it. The aim has been to improve the capacity of the local communities to prevent this kind of pollution from happening and to be better prepared to act if they do. The aim of the POPCORN project is now to take these measures, best practices and tools that have been developed in individual projects, to new regions, to new stakeholders, who are not aware of these yet. The project will develop a tool kit based on the outputs of the previous projects, which will be introduced to the organisations and experts working with these issues in a series of workshops. The experts are able to update their knowhow and will be better equipped to master these challenges. This includes organisational cooperation methods and practices, but also concrete tools such as the APP4SEA Smart Map. The map will be updated to contain plastic pollution contents and will be expanded to cover the Baltic Sea region. Also, the general public have their own role to play in keeping northern sea regions pollution free. Various dissemination tools - including podcasts and other educational material - will be used to increase knowledge about these issues. Taking measures on the grass root level will contribute to the solution of this problem, and POPCORN will provide guidance for the communities on how to achieve this. (English)
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