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Monk seal and octopus wrestling
From the bustling colonies of ancient times to the present day, Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus populations have been reduced to sad remnants of their once lively past. The species is...
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IDP’s successful crowd funding call
Last 22nd of Nov IDP’s call for support came to an end. BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped us to make possible the success of this crowd funding initiative. Contributions from 95 funders allowed us...
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Great success of THE NATURE of AMVRAKIKOS celebration
As we had announced a few days back, this year the IDP has gone a step further on its public awareness and education initiatives and last Sunday, 11th of August, we held a special event in Vonitsa’s...
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Vonitsa, 11th August. It’s all about Amvrakikos!
At the IDP we strongly believe on public awareness and education activities as an effective way to convey a certain conservation message among the local community. For the last few years we organized...
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What a flashback!
Today we had a flashback. For a couple of hours it felt as if we were back in the early 90′s; as if we were back in those good old days when seeing groups of Short-beaked common dolphins performing...
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100 sightings reported online…THANK YOU!!!
The IDP website came to life about a year ago with the aim of increasing the interest about the conservation of cetaceans inhabiting the beautiful waters of the Ionian Sea. Our idea was to encourage...
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IDP with the future generations
On the 10th of July researchers of the IDP visited KDAP (ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΚΗΣ ΑΠΑΣΧΟΛΗΣΗΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ), Centre of Creative Activities for Children of the Municipality of Vonitsa. The documentary “The...
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IDP in THE IONIAN magazine (July issue)
Do not miss July’s issue of THE IONIAN magazine and the article “Be Dolphin SMART“. The article refers to the initiative we started a year ago about encouraging boaters to follow a basic code of...
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When Animals Mourn
The article WHEN ANIMALS MOURN, by Barbara J. King, has been recently published in Scientific American. Barbara is a professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary. Her studies of...
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Sailors getting Dolphin SMART
The number of recreational sailors, charter boats and flotilla sailing holiday companies operating around the Ionian Islands has steadily increased during the last couple of decades. This increase in...
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IDP collaborates with MOm
MOm (The Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal) was founded in 1988. It is one of the most active and recognized Greek Non Governmental Organization. In acknowledgement of...
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We hit JACKPOT!
Today we did the first survey of the season in the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago. It is always somehow special to navigate the cristal-clear waters around the area of Kalamos Island. This is where...
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IDP in THE IONIAN magazine (June issue)
Do not miss June’s issue of THE IONIANmagazine and the article “There She Blows!”. The article refers to the initiative we started a year ago about encouraging boaters to report their cetacean...
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IDP at THE WHITE PAGES
The White Pages is a Greek/English, black and white A4 paper for the people of Lefkada and the surrounding Ionian Islands to advertise their business, activities, events, items for sale and anything...
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Sea turtles “wrestling” observation
On 12th of May 2013, while monitoring a group of bottlenose dolphins in the Amvrakikos Gulf, the sighting was momentarily interrupted by two loggerhead sea turtles displaying a quite aggressive...
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IDP; the protection of the environment begins at home
Working with whales and dolphins in the context of conservation gives us and added responsibility to protect the environment. By adopting simple actions in our daily activities and behaviours we all...
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(MIS-)MANAGEMENT OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Read this interesting article by Ferdinand Bammer, who participated last year in our project in a volunteers team organized in collaboration with our friends of OceanCare (see video). His article has...
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2012 Sighting Reports; a big THANK YOU!
In 2012 we received 60+ dolphin sighting reports. A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who shared them with us. The map below shows the distribution of those sightings. The most frequently encountered...
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Public awareness goes on at the IDP
Today, friday 26th of April, IDP personnel gave a presentation to 30 students of the Nafplion Secondary School, visiting the region of Aetoloakarnania in the context of their Environmental Program. In...
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Feels good to be back
The IDP has started the 2013 fieldwork season. For the last four days we have been conducting the first surveys in the Amvrakikos Gulf. Ahead of us there are many hours to be spend at sea and numerous...
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