Netherlands: Updated response plan out for consultation
During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Sea Alarm developed a new version of the Dutch Oiled Seabird Plan, which is now out for consultation.
Sea Alarm participates in successful GI WACAF webinar
In July 2021, Sea Alarm and collaborators from Belgium and South Africa delivered presentations on oiled wildlife response at a webinar organised as part of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI-WACAF) webinar series.
Sea Alarm delivers expert session at online UK Oiled Wildlife Response Workshop
Three Sea Alarm staff participated in a workshop organised by Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), to explore and exercise various elements of oil spill preparedness and response.
Despite COVID, a productive year for preparedness in the Netherlands
Sea Alarm’s coordination of preparedness building in the Netherlands saw the development of a new national wildlife response plan and further strengthening of the NGO network governance.
Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Encouraging and informing national processes
Throughout its 20 years of existence, Sea Alarm has assisted many European countries by motivating, initiating, informing and facilitating national processes, with the aim of raising awareness and improving response planning and capacity building.
Spanish workshop highlights oiled wildlife response stakeholder cooperation
Spanish oiled wildlife response stakeholders came together on 3 and 4 March 2020 in Madrid at the headquarters of the Fundación Biodiversidad for an oiled wildlife workshop focused on improving processes for oiled wildlife response at the regional and national level.
Sea Alarm’s first 20 years: Sharing knowledge, advocating preparedness
In its 20 year history Sea Alarm has been active across the globe, carrying out numerous activities to advance wildlife response preparedness with a large number of stakeholders.
Sea Alarm assists Shell with oil spill exercise in Denmark
In 2019, Sea Alarm was invited by Shell Shipping & Maritime to participate in a large-scale oil spill response exercise – Exercise Silver Mermaid – in Aarhus, Denmark.
EUROWA equipment stockpile now in Ostend
Recently Belgian authorities approached Sea Alarm with the offer to help to house the EUROWA equipment stockpile. That equipment has now been moved to a warehouse in Ostend.
Netherlands preparedness project moves forward
Work has begun on the oiled wildlife response programme introduced in our December 2017 newsletter.
Training in Arctic Russia
Sea Alarm was invited by the Russian branch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to assist with a unique project that aims to protect the Arctic environment against the effects of oil pollution.
Developing oiled wildlife preparedness in the Netherlands
As of October 2017, the leadership of a five-year (2017-2022) oiled wildlife programme has been contracted to Sea Alarm.