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General info 
Project titleEMBLAS
Project acronymEMBLAS
Associated programmeEMBLAS II
Project websitehttp://emblasproject.org
Begin date2014-03-01
End date2018-12-31
Description 
AbstractMarine litter monitoring in Georgian Black sea area is carried out within the EMBLAS II project frames. Surwey of litter on the beaches of Georgia is perform in Kobuleti, Ureki, and Sarpi. The floating litter monitoring is realised on  the 4 rivers: Rioni, Supsa, Natanebi and Chorokhi. For this category of monitoring the special planchet computer application is used. Received data are sended to the RIMMEL data center. Sea surface litter surwey is carry out during the scientific cruise, NPMS-JOSS Pilot Monitoring  "National Pilot Monitoring Studies and Joint Open Sea Surveys in Georgia, Russian Federation and Ukraine, in May 2016.
Coordinator 
Coordinating organisationIv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)
Country of CoordinatorGeorgia
Contact nameDr. Kakhaber Bilashvili
TitleHead of DNA
Contact organisationIv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)
Phone+995 32 253222; +995 32 232293
Fax+995 32 253222; +995 32 232293
Emailwocean@iberiapac.ge
Project partners 
Other partnersScientific, Research Firm "GAMMA"
References 
Publication titleMonitoring of Beach Litter within Georgia's Black Sea Coast
Monitoring of Marine Beach and Riverine Floating Litter within Georgian Black Sea Coastal Area.
National Pilot Monitoring Studies and Joint Open Sea Surveys in Georgia, Russian Federation and Ukraine, 2016. Draft Scientific Report.
Edmerp metadata 
Edmerp id12286
Collating centreIv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO)
Latest update2018-01-16