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August 8, 2010
Monitoring of the south-western part of the Black Sea
 Experts of the “Ecological satellite monitoring of the Black Sea” carried out an analysis of satellite data from August 7, 2010 over south-western part of the Black Sea. The analysis identified oil spills length of about 50 kilometers. Likely sources of pollution are oil tankers. The total area of the polluted area is about 35 square kilometers. Pollution is oriented from north-western part of the Black Sea to the Bosporus. Representatives of the project have addressed to governments of the Black Sea region with a request to increase the degree of administrative responsibility for pollution of the Black Sea. In the near future press release from management of our project will be available at www.BlackSea-online.com web-site.
Satellite data (left) show clearly identified ships (bright points), which are the likely sources of pollution, near probable oil spills (dark spots on the water surface)
August 6, 2010
Satellite data(left) show clearly identified ships (bright points), which are the likely sources of pollution, near probable oil spills (dark spots on the water surface)
August 4, 2010
Satellite images (left) shows clearly identified ships (bright points), which are the likely sources of pollution, near probable oil spills (dark spots on the water surface).
June 8, 2010
Presentation of ecological proposals of the BSOISD at the 19th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY"
8 June, 2010 at the 19th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY" (Sunny Beach, Bulgaria) president of the Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development Sergey Osheyko presented report "Ecology of the Black Sea region: threats and opportunities". As informed previously, this report will be cornerstone of environmental cooperation program in the region which has been developing by the Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development with the participation of partners. Presentation is available here. July 22, 2010
New stage of ecological monitoring
20 July, 2010 the Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development has signed agreements with the European Space Agency to continue the “Ecological Satellite Monitoring of the Black Sea” project. Under these agreements provision of limited number of satellite and analytical data will be during the next year.
At the moment there is absolutely not enough objective and reliable information about the ecological situation in the Black Sea region, especially related to the water pollution with oil products, taking into account that transportation of oil cargoes is increasing. The latest data needs to be made available to all concerned people and organizations. The “Ecological Satellite Monitoring of the Black Sea” project (including specially dedicated geo-portal www.BlackSea-online.com) is the first open and objective source of up-to-date and reliable information about the ecological situation in the Black Sea waters.
For information: The “Ecological Satellite Monitoring of the Black Sea” project has been realizing since the end of 2007, the aim of the project is to inform the society in the region about the ecological situation in the Black Sea waters based on reliable, objective and the latest data. In the beginning of December (2009) the “Ecological satellite monitoring of the Black Sea” project got the “National ecological prize”. This is the only award in Russian Federation for the achievements in the ecological context and for the contribution to the sustainable development.
For more information visit www.BlackSea-online.com
February 4, 2010
"Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development"
Team of www.BlackSea-online.com project announces the establishment of an international non-profit "Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development ". The prerequisites for the establishment of Organization are a need to strengthen the socio-economic cooperation between the countries of the region and maintaining a stable ecological situation.
Mission of the Organization is the mutual integration of the Black Sea region in the fields of economy, society and ecology in order to achieve sustainable development initiatives, as well as the creation and strengthening of economic and social ties with stakeholders – non-residents of the Black Sea coast.
It should be noted that the Organization would not affect the political and security issues in the region, but will focus on trade and economic cooperation, social development and integration processes.
Priorities of Organization:
• Creation of an information field for discussion and decision-making in social, economic and environmental spheres of joint activity;
• Promotion of products and services to members and partners of the Organization of the Black Sea region;
• Providing information services to companies and associations of companies doing or planning to conduct its activities in the Black Sea region;
• Establishing links with organizations, including international law in force in the Black Sea region;
• Participation in projects and competitions, including international;
• Saving ecology of the Black Sea region. The organization will also hold international congresses and seminars, an annual international prize "Integration and Sustainable Development".
We invite all stakeholders to dialogue on issues of membership, partnership and the formation of the board of trustees. Contact us:
info@BlackSea-online.com
Tel / fax: 7 (499) 153 89 92, 7 (926) 739 58 93
June 30, 2008
June 16, 2008
A big oil spillage near Romania and Bulgaria  Image from June 6, 2008June 10, 2008
Presentation of www.BlackSea-online.com project at the 17th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY" Expert-advisor of the www.BlackSea-online.com project Dr. Guldariya Nurbaeva presented the project at the 17th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY" on June 10, 2008 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria on the Monitoring of the Black Sea coastline and Water Surface with Remote Sensing. Over 140 participants from 12 countries, including the municipal authorities of Burgas (Bulgaria) and Alexandroupolis (Greece) attended the symposium. The presentation showed a great interest on behalf of the participants, particularly, the municipal authorities from Bulgaria and Greece. Download presentation June 4, 2008
Propable oil spills near Turkey, Ukraine and Russia  www.BlackSea-online.com project have analyzed satellite data from June 4, 2008 which cover eastern part of the Black Sea. Very propable oil spillages have been detected near the coast of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
With high degree of a confidence we can state thah there are oil discharges from ships.We call on the governments and society of the countries of the Black Sea region for actions both to prevention of similar ecological situations, and to operative reaction. November 6, 2007
The last part of the first report to the European Space Agency and the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) was published in "Analytics and Press" section
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An analysis of satellite data from August 5, 2010 showed the presence of possible oil pollution near south-western part of Cyprus. The distance from the oil slick to the shoreline is no more than one kilometer. The length of one of the identified oil spillages is about 15 kilometers. Project experts assume that degree of results reliability is equal to 80%. 
According to the results of satellite monitoring of the Black Sea waters, conducted by experts of www.BlackSea-online.com project, significant oil spills were identified in Bulgarian and Romanian shelf waters, in particular, near port cities of Varna and Constanta. The total area of identified oil slicks is more than ten square kilometers. The distance from oil slicks to the shoreline is about 30 kilometers. Based on type of pollution, experts of the environmental project concluded that oil spills have the character of marine spills. Pollutions are dated by 19 July, 2010.