Protection of Posidonia Oceanica prairies

-Our main objective is to raise awareness of the public, the users of the sea and the Greek authorities about the urgency of taking action for the protection of the Posidonia Oceanica ecosystems and make people realize their benefit in protecting it, with TV spots, speeches, movies, Posidonia book edition, interventions in schools, associations and ministries.
-Also raising awareness with the once a year Posidonia Festival organized in Rafina, with activities for children and adults, information and training for users of the sea (sailmen, fishermen, ...) and pressure to the ministries for more protecting law for the Posidonia Oceanica.
-Clean Posidonia Oceanica prairies in the waters around Rafina with the ecological "one breath diving" technique, associated with replanting of uprooted Posidonia.
-High Resolution Mapping of the Posidonia prairies with multibeam echo sounder system of an area of 14km2 off Rafina’s shore, in order to gather data for the study of the evolution of the Posidonia prairies.
-Implement the Cyclades Preservation Fund mooring system in order to protect Posidonia prairies for the disaster of anchorsin a designated area of the Port of Rafina.
-Protect the beaches from erosion thanks to the implementation of a environmentally friendly cleaning of dead Posidonia off the shores.
-After the reenforcement works of the banks of the Great Rafina River, the Committee for Sustainable Environement proposes a water filtering system with plants in the Great River of Rafina, in order to reduce the quantity of pollutants coming from the river to reach the Posidonia prairies and destroy them (as it is a very sensitive plant with doesn't react well to pollutants)