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OMGR attends kick-off meeting of new Interreg Italia-Malta Project - REVIVE

The Oceanography Malta Research Group (OMRG) within the Department of Geosciences at the University of Malta is proud to announce its involvement in a new Interreg Italia-Malta 2021-2027 Programme project titled REVIVing marine Ecosystems through habitat restoration measures (REVIVE). The OMRG and the Department of Geosciences have a long history of participating within Italia-Malta projects, with the Department currently participating in at least five such ongoing projects. This new project aims to strengthen the protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity, and green infrastructure, and reduce pollution in the cross-border area.

The University of Malta’s participation within the project is led by Prof. Alan Deidun, with the support of Prof. Adam Gauci and the rest of the ; participation within the project will provide a boost to Malta’s growing portfolio of collaboration with renowned European research institutes and universities to further cutting-edge scientific advances in the field of marine biology and oceanography. The project’s kick-off meeting was held last week at the Marina Conference Centre in Palermo, Italy and was attended by Prof. Alan Deidun and research support officers Mr Justin Cauchi and Mr Alessio Marrone.

REVIVE involves a total of 5 Maltese and Italian project partners. These are the University of Malta, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per l'Impatto Antropico e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino, University of Palermo, Ambjent Malta and Istituto Superiore Per La Protezione E Ricerca Ambientale. The scope of the project is to safeguard against habitat and biodiversity loses which are accelerating rapidly in current times by developing effective monitoring tools and conservation measures which are needed to restore ecosystems. This will mainly be achieved by interventions to expand priority habitats through the development of artificial reefs, as well as through the investigation of the role of marine litter and invasive alien species in habitat and biodiversity loss.

This three-year project will run until October 2027. The project website as well as the corresponding social media accounts are still under development but further information about the project will be available in the near future.