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04 October 2024

ANERIS Project Milestone: MINKA Surpasses 200,000 Marine Observations

A significant achievement within the framework of the ANERIS project is that the MINKA Citizen Science Observatory has now surpassed 200,000 verified marine observations on the Catalan coast. This rem...

23 August 2024

More Citizen Science Activities at the BioMARatona Norte in Portugal

The last weeks saw a number of exciting citizen science events on the Portugese coast, part of the bioMARatona Norte. The events encouraged participants to record and share biodiversity observations, ...

27 May 2024

Three BioMARathons will Engage Citizens in Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Supported by ANERIS in 2024

After the great success of 2023's BioMARathon in Spain, this year (read here), ANERIS is supporting three BioMARathons in Spain, Portugal and Italy, the first two of which kicked off their f...

14 May 2024

ANERIS Participates in the City Nature Challenge 2024

Through the collaborative effort of ANERIS, GUARDEN, MINKE and ECS, the Barcelona metropolitan area joined the 690 regions worldwide which contributed to the City Nature Challenge 2024 between the 26t...

08 March 2024

ANERIS and MINKA Platform doing Citizen Science in Mersin

Another exciting citizen science event took place, facilitated by ANERIS. After the success of the Ancona (Italy) event in February, this time it was in Mersin (Turkey). The event was jointly organise...

05 March 2024

ANERIS and MINKA host citizen science workshops and present their activities at a conference in Ancona, Italy

On the 15th and 16th of February, ANERIS was presented during a conference cycle in Ancona, Italy and held two side-event workshops on the topic of Citizen Science. On Thursday 15th the conference ...

01 March 2024

Despite the cold waters, FECDAS keeps on diving and found the Aneris Nudibranch!

This January, the Federation of Subaquatic Activities in Catalonia has carried out several actions within the framework of the ANERIS project and has coordinated the first observation surveys of 2024. ...

23 January 2024

The ANERIS-Supported 2023 BioMarathon Collects over 60 000 Citizen Science Observations

The summer of 2023 saw the exciting start of the BioMARathon along the Catalan coast in Spain. Over 300 volunteers joined the event from the 1st of May until the 15th of October, collecting more than ...

15 November 2023

Diving Activities 2023 Closing Conference by ANERIS

The closing conference for this year’s ANERIS diving season was held in Cadaqués with the diving centers and clubs associated with the Catalan Federation of Underwater Activities (FECDAS) that partici...

28 August 2023

Citizen Science Activity on Intertidal Biodiversity (Portugal)

Last Sunday (20. 08. 23), the BIOPOLIS team carried out a citizen science activity alongside the Vila do Conde Center for Science Communication. A group of 20 participants of all ages ventured to the ro...

31 July 2023

ANERIS took part in an engaging citizen science event in Portugal

The rocky beaches in the North of Portugal are not just picturesque landscapes, but they are also home to diverse marine organisms of immense ecological, economic, and socio-cultural importance. Howev...

03 July 2023

Citizen science: a key piece for marine conservation

Rosa Arias, CEO and founder of Science for Change, recently emphasised the vital role of understanding the state of our oceans to implement effective conservation measures. During the latest episode o...