Nature Conservation Consultants (NCC Ltd)

📣 Exciting news from the #LifeMareNatura Program! 🌊 NCC coordinated and participated in a pioneering mission in the Ionian Sea with the vessel ARTINA. Our team successfully captured amazing footage of #Sperm_Whales in the area! 🐋 Our scientific team and renowned experts recorded 20-30 individuals of Sperm Whales in their natural environment. These valuable observations enhance our understanding of these majestic marine mammals. The mission aims to collect additional data to protect and conserve them as part of LIFE MareNatura's integrated efforts to protect marine ecosystems and vulnerable species in Greece's marine environment, supporting the #30x30 #biodiversity goal. __________________________________________________________________________________ 📣 Συναρπαστικά νέα από το Πρόγραμμα #LifeMareNatura! 🌊 Η NCC συντόνισε και συμμετείχε σε μια πρωτοποριακή αποστολή στο Ιόνιο Πέλαγος με το σκάφος ΑΡΤΙΝΑ. Η ομάδα μας κατέγραψε με επιτυχία εκπληκτικά πλάνα των φυσητήρων #Sperm_Whales στην περιοχή! 🐋 Μαζί με καταξιωμένους ειδικούς, η επιστημονική μας ομάδα κατέγραψε 20-30 άτομα Φυσητήρων στο φυσικό τους περιβάλλον. Αυτές οι πολύτιμες παρατηρήσεις ενισχύουν την κατανόησή μας γι’ αυτά τα μεγαλειώδη θαλάσσια θηλαστικά. Η αποστολή στοχεύει στη συλλογή επιπλέον δεδομένων με σκοπό την προστασία και διατήρησή τους στο πλαίσιο των ολοκληρωμένων προσπαθειών του LIFE MareNatura για την προστασία των θαλάσσιων οικοσυστημάτων και των ευάλωτων ειδών στο θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον της Ελλάδας, υποστηρίζοντας τον στόχο #30x30 #βιοποικιλότητα.

We are excited to announce our involvement in a newly established strategic partnership, the European Renewable Energy & Wildlife Consortium (#ERWC), which was officially launched on Friday, June 21st. This innovative consortium aims to balance the advancement of renewable energy with the imperative of wildlife conservation throughout Europe. #ERWC unites several top-tier ecological consultancies renowned for their expertise in wind and solar energy projects and their environmental impacts. Our partners include Waardenburg Ecology and its subsidiary BESE-products from the Netherlands, Écosphère and its subsidiaries @TBM Environment and @Somme from France and Oikon Ltd. - Institute of Applied Ecology and its co-partner Supernatural - Nature Research & Consultancy from Croatia. Together, we aim to deliver a cohesive and high-standard Europe-wide strategy for renewable energy projects, ensuring rigorous ecological research and effective wildlife protection! For more details, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/dwQaMHC9 Tasos Dimalexis Thanos Kastritis Dalibor Hatić Martijn Waardenburg Vesna Kutnjak Hein Prinsen Charles Vallet Marc Thauront Mathias Delphine Chauvaud Sylvain Wouter Lengkeek Thomas Sauzon Guillaume VUITTON Franck SPINELLI Mirna Mazija @Eelco Waardenburg #Consortium #RenewableEnergy #Biodiversity #WildLifeProtection #Ecology #EcologicalConsultancy

I am very proud that L’Oreal Hellas announced yesterday in a special press event held in The Museum of Cycladic Art , the launch of the first Urban Micro-Forest project (“A. Miyawaki” concept) in Athens, Kypseli (Alepotrypa), in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens and a team of biodiversity and planting experts, and excited to be part of the project leading team. A “Miyawaki” Urban Micro-Forest is a dense, fast-growing forest created in a city area, using exclusively native plant species, to preserve and enhance local biodiversity, and combat climate crisis. Developed by Dr. Akira Miyawaki, these Micro-Forests imitate the growing process of conventional forests from scratch but without any human intervention. They grow 10 times faster, preserve 100 times more biodiversity and absorb 40 times more CO2. The experts study estimates an absorption of 3.300 kg CO2/year on the 10th year of life of the Micro-Forest. Other benefits include the adjustment of the microclimate of the area with up to 6°C decrease in local temperature and reduction of the “Urban Heat Island” Effect, improving air quality, reducing the city noise, and absorbing up to 150 liters of rainwater/m2, hence preventing floods. Plus, making the city greener and more beautiful !! A total of 4.850 plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants with a density of up to 6 plants/m2, will be planted in the next months in a 1.130m2 common space with the aim of reaching 10.000 plants in 10 years, in a forest having the development characteristics of a 20 to 30-year old conventional forest. It is a truly innovative and pioneering project for Greece, with scalability potential in public and private urban spaces including roofs, that can transform our city into a greener one, with richer biodiversity, and therefore improve the Citizens’ everyday lives. Big thanks to the Town Hall - Municipality Of Athens for granting the space and for their continuous support and collaboration ! Special thanks to: Joël TRONCHON, Alessandra Delfini, Dimitra Petridi, Christina Magkouti, Communication Lab team (@Marina Coutarelli, Orestis Stamou, Thodoris Filippas ),  Nature Conservation Consultants (NCC Ltd) team: Tasos Dimalexis, Stefanos Profitis and Sofia Tzouli, and TOPIODOMI LTD team - Kostas Tatsis.   #microforest, #urbanmicroforest #lorealforthefuture #weareloreal #createthebeautythatmovestheworld