SeaCras Among the Winners in the Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge

SeaCras Among the Winners in the Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge

by | Sep 27, 2024 | news

The World Economic Forum included SeaCras among the top global innovators in the field of blue economy sustainability as part of the Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge initiative!

In competition with 200 shortlisted companies, and after multiple rounds of evaluation, our ‘Coastal Intelligence’ project was recognized as one of the most comprehensive and innovative solutions intended for users in coastal tourism, aquaculture, maritime transport and the energy sector.

SeaCras solution 'Coastal Intelligence' among the winners in the Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge

The participating companies were supposed to offer solutions to problems such as pollution of coastal waters, harm to marine habitats, lack of data on the state of the marine ecosystem, the impact of climate change, uncontrolled maritime traffic, overfishing and restoration of coral reefs.

Coastal Intelligence, as an award-winning project, includes integrated monitoring and surveillance of the state of the coastal waters, a sustainability demonstration application, and the measurement of the performance and recovery goals of the marine environment for ESG reporting purposes.

List of partners of the Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge by UpLink - World Economic Forum

The Regenerative Blue Economy Challenge by UpLink – World Economic Forum is funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Economy and Planning, led by WAVE and Friends of Ocean Action, with contributions by ecosystem partners: Builders Vision, Fauna & Flora, G20 CORDAP (Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform), Global Fund for Coral Reefs, NCECKSA, Red Sea Global, SVCL, OceanX, AVEVA.

The World Economic Forum presented the winning cohort at the Climate Week NYC 2024 in New York.

Needless to say, we’re extremely proud of this recognition and it drives us forward to continue working on integrated development and monitoring of the state of the sea, and ultimately, more effective environmental protection.

SeaCras at the ‘EMODnet Marine Data for the Coastal Tourism Sector’ Workshop

SeaCras at the ‘EMODnet Marine Data for the Coastal Tourism Sector’ Workshop

by | Sep 11, 2023 | Uncategorized

We are honoured to have been invited to present our work at a workshop titled EMODnet Marine Data for the Coastal Tourism Sector (26-27 September), which was co-organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet).

During the session Use cases of open-source EMODnet and wider data and data products to support, optimise, and innovate the coastal tourism sector, our CEO, Mario Špadina, talked about his efforts over the last couple of years in bringing marine data and satellite technologies to coastal tourism in Croatia, with the goal of sustainable marine resource management.

Driven by a scientific mindset, Mario focused on constructive feedback, primarily within our own sector of industry and academia, and explained how integrated biochemical and physical marine data, along with surveillance and anthropogenic activity data, are used to deliver estimates of environmental pressures on coastal and remote areas. We showcased some marine protected areas, natural parks, Natura 2000 sites, as well as urbanized coastlines on islands.

Some of the more pronounced influences on Croatia’s coastal marine environment are nautical tourism and overpopulated coastlines during the touristic season, which add additional pressure on sewage water discharges.

Big thanks to the organisers and fellow presenters — the workshop was highly relevant and essential for the interconnected goals of restoring the marine environment and preserving coastal tourism.