The “SOS Oceans” Project & Beach Cleaning Action / Litter Monitoring is a project to carry out environmental awareness actions aimed at students and teachers of the 1st and 2nd cycle of basic education in...

On June 8, to celebrate the Ocean Day, SOMAR was at the Luz School Centre with the pre-school and primary school classes painting the drawings under the slogan “The sea starts here” in the gutters,...

The 1st edition of SOMAR’s training course took place in June, aimed at maritime tourism companies in Lagos, especially those that organise dolphin and cave watching trips along the Algarve coast. In line with the...

As part of the celebrations of the Environment and Ocean Week, SOMAR was in Santa Maria and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen schools on June 02 and 03 with the pre-school classes with the activity...

INVASIVE PLANTS – PROBLEMATICS AND CONTROL – Online session and practical action SOMAR joins Lagos City Council with the support of APA, A Rocha Association, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Invasoras.pt, Centre...

May 19 is celebrated the Blue School Day and this year SOMAR was invited to participate in this day in an initiative in the city of Lagos with hundreds of students together forming the “Ocean...

On May 5th 2022 our team’s marine biologist, Daniela, took the topic of marine litter to the 9th grade classes of Gil Eanes de Lagos School. The students participated in a talk full of information...

“The Trash Cycle” initiative is the new project of molecular biologist and environmental activist Andreas Noe, better known as The Trash Traveler. This environmental awareness action has as main objective to alert to the need...

To celebrate Earth Day, on April 22nd, the Oceano Azul Foundation promotes Earth Day week, which runs from April 18th to 24th, 2022. Under the theme “The Ocean is our Earth“, we will bring together...

The “Galaxia Electric Boat Show” event was held at Marina de Lagos between April 15 and 18, 2022. One of the aims of the event is to create a new context for boat shows –...

We are pleased to announce SOMAR has joined 1% for the Planet as a nonprofit partner! This partnership is intended to advance our impact as well as involve more businesses and individuals in the environmental...

The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), through the Algarve Hydrographic Region Administration (ARH), has developed in recent years the Environmental Volunteering for Water (VAA) project in collaboration with various entities. This project’s main goal is to...

After a postponement forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, we return to the 1st Portimão Gastronomy Meeting – from the Ria to the Barrocal.On Friday March 25th 2022, the Community Center of Alvor will serve as...

The entity APA-ARH Algarve promotes in the region, since 2019, the campaign ‘Caça à Beata’ (Hunt for cigarette butts). This challenge encourages high schools to organize cigarette butt collects with their students in an urban...

November 16th is celebrated Portugal National Sea Day and to celebrate this date, SOMAR with the support of Lagos Municipality, São Gonçalo Parish Council and Arga Tintas invited the artist Jessica Martins to paint a...

Continuing the participation of SOMAR, invited by the Oceano Azul Foundation in December 2020, in the preparation of a proposal for a Marine Protected Area of Community Interest in the Algarve, on February 5, 2021...

The Portuguese Environment Agency, through the Algarve Hydrographic Region Administration (ARH), promoted the 5th edition of the Education and Environmental Volunteering Initiatives Week (SEIVA), between October 10th and 17th, under the scope of the “Environmental...

On October 16th, 2021, the Oceano Azul Foundation received, at the Lisbon Oceanarium, 75 organizations and entities from all over the country that are dedicated to fighting marine litter and protecting the Ocean. SOMAR, as...

“The Butt Hike” initiative is a project by molecular biologist Andreas Noe, better known as The Trash Traveler. It aims to alert and raise awareness about the impacts of their habits at home and on...

A global movement that aims to preserve and protect our ocean and planet. This is a mobilization that has been growing, with the participation of volunteers from several countries in the campaign to mitigate marine...

With the aim of contributing to the economic recovery process in the Algarve, ANJE, CRIA and NERA have joined efforts in creating the “Algarve RESTART Innovation | Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Roadshow“.  This initiative held...

SOMAR is in the implementation phase of CICAS – Interpretation Center for Cetaceans and Acoustics SOMAR in Lagos, focusing on the areas of environmental conservation/education, ecology, oceanography and bioacoustics. This project is co-funded by MAR2020...

The children’s book “ABC do Mar”, published in July 2021, was specially commissioned by SOMAR to writer and illustrator Irene Prado to celebrate the Decade of Ocean Science (2021-2030).  “ABC do Mar” is written in...

SOMAR was invited by the Lagos Municipality (as coordinating entity) to be one of the partners of the Lagos Nautical Station. The signing of the cooperation agreement between SOMAR and the Lagos Nautical Station Partners...

SOMAR is in the implementation phase of CICAS – Center for Interpretation of Cetaceans and Acoustics SOMAR in Lagos, focusing on the areas of conservation / environmental education, ecology, oceanography and bioacoustics. This project is...