modulo 4

Threats to the Blue World

This module examines the challenges the Mediterranean Sea faces today, from the threats of anchoring to alien species, from plastic pollution to unsustainable fishing, from climate change to chemical and noise pollution.

Threats to the Mediterranean: human activities

Video
Durata
9 minuti

Human activity is transforming a jewel into something that risks losing its resilience due to the excessive threats and pressures inflicted on the Mediterranean Sea, both directly and indirectly, by humankind. Franco Andaloro, Research Director and Head of the Sicilian Department of the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, presents us with a dramatic picture whose outcome depends entirely on each of our actions.

This video is an excerpt from the lecture Mare Mediterraneo sotto assedio (“The Mediterranean Sea under siege”) by Franco Andaloro.

The full video is available at the following link: oneplanetschool.wwf.it/lezioni/mare-mediterraneo-sotto-assedio-franco-andaloro 

Speaker: Franco Andaloro

Marine Ecologist, Research Director and Head of the Sicilian Department of the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, after having served as Head of the Department for the Sustainable Use of Resources at ISPRA and as a researcher at the CNR. His main areas of expertise are fish ecology, fisheries biology, and marine environmental conservation. On these topics, he has led 80 national and international research projects and published over 200 scientific papers in international journals. He has collaborated as an expert with FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, and the EU, and has taken part in Italian delegations for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Barcelona Convention. 

He serves on the scientific boards of Slow Fish, Marevivo, and WWF—where he is also the delegate for Sicily. He is the author of books on ethno-gastronomy (“Acciughe e Sardine di Sicilia”-Anchovies and Sardines of Sicily, S&B Editore, 2015) and environmental education for children (including “Le storie di Poldo: il Mediterraneo raccontato ai Bambini”-The Stories of Poldo: The Mediterranean Told to Children, Officine Editore, 2009), and is actively engaged in science communication through documentaries he has authored. He has received numerous awards for his work. He is also a diving instructor and a certified Scientific Diver.

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