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OPERATION SISO 2019: SEA SHEPHERD RETURNS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN AGAINST ILLEGAL FISHING THANKS TO THE CLOSE COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT OF AEOLIAN ISLANDS PRESERVATION FUND AND SMILEWAVE FUND, SEA SHEPHERD CONTINUES TO PROTECT THE ITALIAN WATERS AGAINST ILLEGAL, NOT STATED AND NOT REGULATED  FISHING IN THE SOUTH TYRRHENIAN SEA. OPERATION...

The collaboration with Healthy Seas and Ghost Fishing goes on although the team left the island. The presence of a large ghost net of about 80 meters recently lost in Vulcano, particularly dangerous for marine life, had been reported. A group of volunteer divers from Diving center La Gorgonia,...

The project Let’s clean up Lipari organized by the local association Magazzino di Mutuo Soccorso started. Thanks to the support of the Aeolian Islands Preservation Fund the students are involved to cleanup the beaches of Lipari and to reach the most hidden bays by kayak. Little environmentalists grow up!

The Healthy Seas initiative together with Ghost Fishingjust departed from the small island of Lipari in Italy, together with over 5 tons of ghost nets which they removed during their 6-day World Oceans Day mission. They did however leave something back: Awareness. The event was co-organised by the Aeolian Islands...

This summer the project Let’s clean up Lipari grows. Until September, twice a month, the local Association Magazzino di Mutuo Soccorso will take care of the island of Lipari freeing beaches and paths from waste, involving the students and organizing cleanups by kayak to reach the most hidden bays.

The Aeolian Islands Preservation Fund (AIPF) works to preserve the exceptional natural beauty of the Aeolian Islands, by promoting a sustainable approach to tourism and development through a number of sustainable initiatives across 5 main areas: Marine Conservation; Landscape Conservation; Sustainable Agriculture; Waste Management; Renewable Energy. LATEST PROJECTS Marine conservation Working...