- The initiative “The school travels through the ocean with Natura and Marina” has been launched in the autonomous city, an educational tool that promotes the acquisition of skills and knowledge related to the conservation of the marine environment through research and play.
- It has been aimed at 34 teachers from 11 schools and during this week awareness-raising actions have been carried out with students, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and its Provincial Directorate in Melilla.
- It is part of the training plan for the public administrations responsible for the management of the marine Natura 2000 Network and other users, which is supported by the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP), financed by the NextGeneration-EU funds.
More than 600 students from 11 schools in the autonomous city of Melilla have participated this week in the initiative “School travels through the ocean with Natura and Marina”, which the Biodiversity Foundation has launched with the aim of promoting the acquisition of skills and knowledge related to the conservation of the marine environment through research and play. This action is aimed at primary school teachers, as well as student teachers and other groups involved in school education in order to strengthen their capacities to achieve the involvement of this group in the enhancement of the marine Natura 2000 Network in the school curriculum. After the development of online training for 34 teachers from 11 schools in Melilla at the end of February, the participants put their knowledge into practice with face-to-face sessions aimed at students, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and its Provincial Directorate in Melilla. This initiative is part of the project “Opportunities to green schools with the integration of marine Natura 2000 Network content in the school environment”, which is part of the training plan aimed at the public administrations competent in the management of the marine Natura 2000 Network and other users, initiated with the LIFE INTEMARES project. and it is promoted thanks to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), financed by the European Union’s NextGeneration funds. In this context, a series of educational materials have been published, available on the website of the Biodiversity Foundation, including an informative brochure, a didactic guide and a proposal or didactic itinerary with 20 activities and challenges that will be made available to schools that request them.
WHALE WATCHING
During today and on March 15, two telematic training sessions will also take place for companies in the Cetacean Observation Recreational Activity (AROC) sector authorized by MITECO. These trainings seek to raise awareness among the operators of these companies about the applicable regulations for the development of the activity of whale watching in areas of the marine Natura 2000 Network with the aim of guaranteeing their proper functioning, promoting sustainable tourism and at the same time providing a participatory space for this group to share doubts and opinions regarding the activity and its regulation.
TRAINING FOR MANAGERS AND OTHER USERS
To date, 15 training sessions have been carried out with a total of 835 participants, of which eight have been given in the training plan aimed at managers of the marine Natura 2000 Network, including Environmental Agents of the Marine Environment (AMAS), the maritime service of the Guardia Civil, the Navy, Maritime Rescue and SEPRONA.
