Baltic countries are continuing their efforts to look at oiled wildlife issues in the framework of regional cooperation and capacity building. Sea Alarm, who hold observer status at HELCOM, took part in the online HELCOM Response meeting on 29 September…
Search and collection is the first important stage of an operation to actively mitigate the effects of oil on marine wildlife. Rehabilitation takes place in specially designed facilities – but what needs to happen before that to collect and take…
On 7 and 8 October, Sea Alarm was invited by the Estonian Ministry of Environment to deliver a face-to-face national training course about oiled wildlife response as part of the EU-funded Interreg OIL SPILL Project dedicated to the Baltic Sea…
On 21 September, Sea Alarm successfully collaborated with Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) to deliver a webinar for the Mediterranean Oil Industry Group (MOIG) on Tiered Preparedness for Wildlife Response in the Mediterranean Region. Over 25 representatives from Mediterranean oil…
Sea Alarm successfully contributed to a sub-regional online workshop organised by REMPEC between 7 and 8 September 2021 within the framework of its efforts to further develop and harmonise national oil spill response preparedness across Mediterranean countries. This workshop was…
Sea Alarm presented two papers at the 2021 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC), which was held completely online.
During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Sea Alarm developed a new version of the Dutch Oiled Seabird Plan, which is now out for consultation.
Baltic countries are continuing their commitment to improving oiled wildlife response through the HELCOM Expert Working Group on Oiled Wildlife Response (EWG-OWR),and most, recently via an online seminar on the role of euthanasia within oiled wildlife response.
The first half of the year has been promising for the recognition of oiled wildlife preparedness and response as a priority in Europe. In May, Sea Alarm participated in important meetings organised by the Bonn Agreement and REMPEC where this topic was raised.
The first half of the year has seen Sea Alarm and EUROWA-2 project partners make a start on a wide range of activities which will result in big strides forward in European oiled wildlife preparedness.
In July 2021, Sea Alarm and collaborators from Belgium and South Africa delivered presentations on oiled wildlife response at a webinar organised as part of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI-WACAF) webinar series.
Sea Alarm and EUROWA experts team up with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to deliver a series of introductory online training events for countries in the Red Sea region.