The UK-based charity GreenSeas Trust, with the support of the Mairie de Cannes in France, recently gave away free pocket ashtrays and leaflets at Midi Plage, just west of La Croisette, to residents and tourists taking advantage of this popular beach and the sunny weather.
A group of GreenSeas Trust volunteers, made up of local residents from the Cannes region and visitors, made a visible attempt to bring awareness by picking up cigarette ends, plastics and rubbish from the sand. The group working together en-masse caught the attention of beach-goers, many of who were surprised to learn that cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate fibres (a plastic), which does not degrade.
The GreenSeas Trust volunteers explained that cigarette butts left extinguished in the sand or carelessly tossed on the beach, upon reaching the sea, release toxic chemicals such as, acetone, ammonia, formaldehyde and cadmium, the active component in battery acid. This Molotov cocktail of carcinogenic chemicals and toxins leak into the marine environment and poison microbes, insects and fish or suffocate marine wildlife. It is estimated there are 4 trillion cigarette butts in the oceans.
The charity was established in memory of Haida Khan who loved the sea with a passion. Her daughter, Fazilette Khan, said, “GreenSeas Trust wants smokers to behave responsibly and put their butts in designated bins or pocket ashtrays. Cigarette butts are the number one item found in coastal clean-ups. Every time we organise an awareness campaign it brings us closer to our goal to ensure marine life and fish stocks are sustainable for future generations.”
The aim of GreenSeas Trust (greenseas.org ) is to educate, promote and implement environmental programs to eliminate plastics and marine debris entering the seas and coastal areas.
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[caption id="attachment_19001" align="alignnone" width="984"] Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director-General, Department of Foreign Affairs opens meeting. Photo: Charlie Gallo/DC[/caption]
From July 3 to 5, Monaco has been hosting a meeting organised by the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Prince’s government, the Monaco Scientific Centre (CSM) and Monash University, of Melbourne, Australia.
In her opening address, Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said that since 2015 the international community has adopted a number of major decisions that will play a role in preserving the Antarctic region. These include Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
The objective of this week’s gathering, which brings together 22 international experts in the fields of law, science, ecology, conservation and ecosystem management, is to identify feasible strategies and action plans that could be implemented by 2020 to strengthen the conservation and protection of biodiversity in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions.
It follows the first edition of the workshop entitled "Antarctica and the Strategic Plan for Biological Diversity 2011-2020: the Monaco Evaluation", held in June 2015 in Monaco. This has been published in the international journal PLoS Biology.
Monday 16 October, 18:30, Variety Theatre
From the measured to the immeasurable - “Michelangelo, the anxious genius” conference by Serge Legat, Speaker at the National Museums, Professor at the Paris-Val de Seine Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture, organised by the Monaco Association for Knowledge of the Arts.
For information, call: + 377 97 70 65 27