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INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

“ONLY ONE – One Planet, One Ocean, One Health” – International campaign emphasising the urgency of ecological transition through four pillars: energy transition, food transition, circular economy, and biodiversity conservation (2023/24);

“Blue Jobs: From Underwater Archaeology to Environmental Protection” – Campaign aboard Vespucci, highlighting blue economy opportunities (2018);

“Sea Monster: A Sea of Plastic” – Awareness campaign aboard Vespucci to combat the plastic monster (2016/17);

“Sun, Wind, and Sea” – International idea competition on renewable energy and landscape (2013);

“Mediterranean Freedolphin” – Campaign aboard Vespucci promoting a label for swordfish caught legally, without endangering cetaceans or other protected species (2006/07);

“Motorways of the Sea” – Campaign aboard Vespucci, focusing on environmental, developmental, and sustainability challenges linked to the motorways of the sea (2004/05);

“On Ulysses’ Route” – International campaign observing the Mediterranean’s health aboard Palinuro, exploring the sea’s past and present through Ulysses’ eyes (2002);

“Mediterranean D.O.C.” Rights, Obligations, and Controls for a Quality Sea – International campaign advocating marine environment management rules (2001/04);

“Among the Gems of Mare Nostrum” – Communication campaign aboard Vespucci and Palinuro, promoting Marine Protected Areas as biodiversity conservation tools (1999);

“People of the Sea” – Campaign aboard Amerigo Vespucci, marking the IMO’s year dedicated to seafarers (1997/98);

“Dolphins, Ambassadors of the Sea” – Communication campaign highlighting Mediterranean issues through an in-depth exploration of cetaceans aboard Amerigo Vespucci (1996);

“An Island for a Friend” – Campaign to protect and enhance Italy’s smaller islands aboard the training ship Amerigo Vespucci (1995);

“Agenda 21” Awareness Campaign – Promoting Marine Protected Areas as tools for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation (1994);

Mediterranean Oceanographic Cruise 1992 – Oceanographic campaign aboard the ship Minerva, retracing Cousteau’s route to assess the sea’s health 15 years after the journey of the Calypso;

Posidonia Operation – International campaign for the study, protection, and enhancement of Posidonia oceanica (1991).