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ePrix is in full swing!Formula E is a new FIA championship, Drivers and Teams, created to spotlight electrical energy innovations in the car racing sector. This new discipline is created for a new generation of racing fans. Its goal is to boost the electric vehicle market and promote its longevity. Launched in Peking in September 2014, the championship will be run in 10 of the world’s most important cities, on tracks around their emblematic monuments. Ten teams, each with two drivers, will be at the wheel of electric single-person cars able to exceed 225km/h.

The Monaco ePrix will be the 7th edition of the championship. This world premiere in the Principality confirms the Monaco Automobile Club’s commitment to the New Energies sector and Sustainable Development.

The ACM has designed a special version of the Grand Prix circuit for Formula E, incorporating the start/finish lines, the new Sainte-Dévote right bend, the swimming pool area and the famous Rascasse corner.

Scheduled for the 9th of May in the Principality, this 7th edition of the FIA Formula E championship – with free entry to the public – is sure to be enjoyed by fans, as is the track designed for this Monaco ePRIX.

1.76km in length, the circuit comprises 12 bends and covers the majority of the Grand Prix route, which has been used for competitions since 1929. Specifically, the same start and finish lines are used and the location of the stands is the same, but the rise towards the Casino is not included.

“I think it’s a very nice route and of course the location is fantastic,” explains Italian Jarno Trulli, ex-Formula 1 driver and Principality winner in 2004 (Renault). “It’s half of the Formula 1 circuit, but it’s enough for Formula E. I am sure we will outdo ourselves. You’ll be able to see that from the first hairpin bend or towards the tunnel where you really have to slam on the breaks (Bend 3).

After that, we come to the bend at the tobacconists, followed by the series of bends at the swimming pool, which were really exciting in Formula 1. With the Formula E one-man cars, they ought to be a little easier to negotiate, but they will still be a challenge, especially just past the swimming pool where the bend is quite slippery.”

Schedule 06:00

Circuit closed to traffic 08:15 - 09:00

Non-qualifying trials 1 10:00

Group Qualification Ballot 10:30 - 11:00

Non-qualifying trials 2 11:15 - 11:45

Pit Access and VIP tours 11:55

Pre-Qualifier Closed Park (20 cars) 12:00 - 12:10

Qualifier Trials Group 1 12:15 - 12:25

Qualifier Trials Group 2 12:30 - 12:40

Qualifier Trials Group 3 12:45 - 12:55

Qualifier Trials Group 4 13:30 - 14:15

Pit Access and VIP tours13:50 - 14:30

Driver autograph session14:40 - 14:55 Track Parade

16:00 Monaco ePrix race start (1hr race)

17:00 Podium Ceremony

17:10 - 17:25 Press Conference (Top 3 drivers)

19:00 Circuit opened to traffic

Venturi more pluggedinto ePrix than ever!How can we reconcile car racing and sustainable development within a format able to grab the attention of the public, industry professionals and sponsors? In October 2013, on the occasion of SPORTEL Monaco, this magic formula was unveiled to the public: Formula-E (for electric) was launched, and became a reality in September 2014. 10 editions in 10 major cities will see 10 international teams take each other on, each made up of two drivers using standardized one-man vehicles in exclusively in urban spaces thanks to the silent and non-polluting nature of the event!

“This new international circuit will become an outstanding showcase to promote environmentally-friendly vehicles,” enthused the project’s head within the FIA, Alejandro Agag. The major novelty offered by the ePrix events lies in their interactivity with the audience, because fans are able to genuinely support their favorite driver by voting electronically. The results of the votes are key since they boost the power of the engines for a few seconds during the race itself...

Less than two months after the announcement of the launch of this new hi-tech Championship, one phase of which will of course be run in Monaco, the regional team with international ambitions, Venturi, is officially getting involved in this new racing arena.

A militant ecologist called Leonardo DiCaprio

Based in Monaco, the new Venturi Grand Prix Formula E team was co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Gildo Pallanca Pastor, Managing Director of Venturi Automobiles, a pioneering construction company for high-performance electric cars, alongside Bert Hedaya and Francesco Costa. “Our planet’s future will depend on our ability to adopt the most environmentally-friendly or energy-efficient vehicles,” explained DiCaprio. “Venturi Grand Prix has shown itself to be a true visionary by creating an environmentally friendly racing team and I am proud to be involved in the initiative.” Venturi Grand Prix

thus joins the ranks of other major international names like the Indycar outfits Andretti Autosport and Dragon Racing, China Racing, Super Aguri and Mahindra Racing teams in Asia, as well as European teams such as Drayson Racing, e.dams, Audi Sport ABT and Virgin Racing. The Venturi Grand Prix team is centered around Venturi Automobiles, a leading company in the high-performance electronic vehicles sector having won numerous awards, developing a range of electric sports, urban and utility vehicles. Venturi Automobiles holds the world record for electric vehicle speed, having reached speeds of 495 km/h.

Construction to begin next year

The Venturi team has already announced its intention to start constructing its own Formula E single-man vehicles from the second season onward, using the powertrain developed for the record-breaking vehicle 3000 CV - Venturi VBB-3 – unveiled a few months ago in Wendover (Utah) by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. Nicolas Mauduit, Program Director for Venturi, explains that this is an almost natural progression: “Venturi Automobiles has been a pioneer in high-performance electric vehicle manufacture for over 10 years, allowing us to develop genuine expertise in the sector.”

By entering into this new phase of hi-technology investment in electric vehicles, which are now the flagship product of the Monaco company, Venturi is going further in demonstrating the outstanding performance of its electronic cars. “For us, efficiency is the most important issue in this competition. We are determined to develop an efficient powertrain to take on our competitors,” emphasizes Nicolas Mauduit. It is true that Venturi has been designing electric sports cars for over 14 years and has already produced a range of electric powertrains from 200kW to 1MW and, of course, holds the FIA record for the world’s fastest electronic car (495km/h).

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Nick Heidfeld and Stéphane Sarrazin: two drivers with a winning attitude

They face the tough challenge of representing the Monegasque team in Formula E races. Venturi chose Nick Heidfeld (right), a German ex-Formula 1 driver and Stéphane Sarrazin, a French driver involved in rally and endurance championships across the world, not only for their experience on the circuits, but also for their state of mind: both have shown human qualities and a vision in line with the team’s values and spirit.

Nick Heidfeld : “It’s brand new – and new means exciting! It’s a really unique feeling to be part of a project that’s just starting, but which is set to do so much for the future of racing and cars in general. I remember that when I was starting out in karting, sustainable development wasn’t something people thought about. New also means discovery. When you’ve been involved in high-level racing for so long, when you get into a new car, you start comparing it with what you already know. That’s why I’m going to offer ideas based on my experience to help the team achieve the best possible results. We will work as a team to find solutions: what I love is to move forward. Preparing a new car is a really interesting process and it’s very satisfying when it leads to victory.”

Stéphane Sarrazin : “It is an incredible opportunity to be a part of this championship. I am really motivated by the idea of driving a brand new car with innovative technology and to get involved in a new discipline. The urban circuits also promise tight, fierce competition between excellent drivers. Your performance has to be very good to inspire people to dream. It’s a great way of drawing people’s attention to electric vehicles. I have three years’ experience in hybrid car competitions, which introduced the idea of efficiency in terms of energy saving. The FIA Formula E championship is the next step. It’s very important and I want to offer my experience for the good of the team. I am very proud to race for Venturi, a renowned pioneer in electric vehicles. This is the future.”

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Water awareness day: a visit to underground springsa stone’s throw from Grimaldi Forum...In advance of “World Water Day” to be celebrated on the 22nd of March, Grimaldi Forum wanted to find an original way of raising awareness on preservation of the resource among its staff. Indeed, water conservation is the current priority area of its ISO 14001 certification (see summary on following page). Where does the water that we use in Monaco come from? How does it get to the taps of the Grimaldi Forum? Manuel Nardi, CEO of the Société Monégasque des Eaux (Monaco Water Company), provided some basic information on the Principality’s water supply before guiding all of our teams to the very heart of one of Monaco’s springs, deep within an incredible cave… and just a stone’s throw from our building! An unexpected journey to the center of the earth starting at Avenue Princesse Grace...

The Principality has always had a troubled relationship with water due to the territory’s topographical nature, but in the end it has always been well provided for by Mother Nature thanks to multiple springs. Before their discovery all across the country, our challenge was sourcing sufficient water to supply its population, then concentrated in the Rock area, which already comprised several thousand people.

Thus in the 16th century, a tank was fitted in the basements of the Prince’s Palace – groundbreaking at the time, with a capacity of 1,700m3 – to collect rainwater. It thus contained the equivalent to two years’ supply. Later, the so-called Underground tank was created at the location of today’s detention center. Again on the Rock. However, in 1726, a decree limited each person’s water consumption to just two liters.

In total, around ten sources have been identified across Monaco’s territory. In the Vallon de la Noix, water even ran all year round, hence the construction of several mills in the area in the early 19th century. In 1871, the Ténao spring was discovered, whose high-quality water became our primary water source. 60 staff now work with the pumps used to supply the various public springs.

On the 18th of March 1893, the Alice springs were discovered, stemming from a geological fault which

trapped a stratum of water against the impermeable rock of Larvotto. They were made accessible thanks to the digging of a tunnel connecting them to the well of a certain Charles Vaulabelle who would lend his name to the cave where the springs were found. It was there that the head offices of the Société Monégasque des Eaux (Monaco Water Company), virtually opposite the Grimaldi Forum, and hence that was the site of our underground expedition.

In 1907, the Ingram springs were discovered beside the Monte-Carlo Country-Club. And in 1930, to meet the needs of the growing Principality, a water conveyance was built from the Vésubie valley in the Nice hinterland. The same set-up exists today from the Roya valley, behind Menton. It is worth noting that, since 2004, the water from the Vallon de la Noix has been collected to be used to clean public roads and water gardens. Therefore, each year, 35,000m3 are not taken from drinking water reserves.

“The Principality’s water autonomy can reach up to 50%.” According to rainfall measurements, the various Monaco springs can supply between 33 and 50% of the country’s water requirements. Nonetheless, Manuel Nardi a emphasized the importance of the processing and storing phases which as essentially for the safe consumption of this “dietary product.”

The Société Monégasque des Eaux (Monaco Water Company) has opted for sand filtration and disinfection using chlorine dioxide to avoid any bacteriological risks. 25,000m3 are stored at 7 sites within the Principality and in France – hence the need for high-altitude storage sites to better distribute water across the entire Principality – which correspond to two days’ consumption. 800 analyses are carried out per year and 54 parameters are checked.

Through the 110km of pipes and 20km of connections including 300 fire hydrants, almost 5 million m3 are distributed annually. “The good news is that water consumption is falling thanks to new, more water-efficient devices, anti-wastage efforts and awareness-raising campaigns like that led by the Grimaldi Forum…”

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Grimaldi Forum Monaco, a green round-up for 2014 characterized by vigilance Having now been ISO 14001 certified for almost seven years, Grimaldi Forum Monaco endeavors to improve the efficacy of its environmental management year on year. Our results recorded for 2013-2014 across our various priority areas of water, energy, sorting and risk prevention show that our investment and innovation policy is bearing fruit. Keen to involve its teams, contractors, suppliers and – more ambitious – its clients in this economically sustainable approach, Grimaldi Forum has successfully turned its green policy into the strongest link of its company strategy.

Globally satisfactory environmental performance

In terms of water saving measures – currently designated a priority area under our certification – we are pleased to note that over the course of our seven years certified, Grimaldi Forum’s water consumption has fallen by a half! This trend was confirmed in 2014, with our annual consumption level dropping below the 10,000m3 mark: 9,194m3 were used, representing a reduction of almost 14% compared with the preceding year.

Specifically, this reduction is the result of investment in equipment, responsible user behaviors and ongoing monitoring of the functioning on the on-site water network by our teams. These initiatives concerned our ability to intervene in the event of leaks, as well as boosting motivation and raising awareness among our staff working in this key area of Grimaldi Forum’s environmental policy.

In the electrical energy area, the reduction figures on our global consumption are once again significant, in the order of almost 20%, achieved since the Grimaldi Forum’s opening in 2000.

Although in 2013 our overall electrical energy consumption rose to 9.56 million kWh for the building, representing a gross increase of 0.35% compared with 2012, the ratio taking total occupancy rates for the building into account has never been so favorable since its set-up in 2008. Our policy of replacing our equipment with alternatives that lower energy consumption has been realized through the introduction of presence sensors (thermal movement) and a redesign of our lighting systems, particularly in all of the commission rooms and public spaces, a process which is today being extended to the exhibition spaces. Based on average hours’ use of these spaces, this new set-up

has allowed us to assess our annual increase in electricity consumption at a total of 70,000kWh per year, that is 0.7% of our overall energy consumption.

In 2014, gross figures for our electricity consumption once again showed a slight increase of 1.15 %, due to the year’s last trimester’s comprising many major events (Interpol and CIO), resulting in high energy needs compared with preceding years (up to 25% more than the last five years).

Conscientious waste sorting

In terms of waste management, our excellent results for 2013 strongly exceed our set objectives, showing the efficacy of the initiatives implemented at Grimaldi Forum and our investment in a cardboard compacter. Our waste sorting rate has thus leapt forward spectacularly from 44% in 2012 to 52.4% in 2013.

In 2014, this overall figure was maintained above the symbolic threshold of 50%. Worthy of special mention is our local branch of EMR (recall collection bin), which registered its top score since our implementation of waste sorting: + 39% compared with 2013, with almost 20 tons collected in total.

In 2015, following a proposal from the SMA, a specific sub-unit for the weekly collection of brown cardboard packaging has been set up.

Lastly, in terms of raw and consumable material management through our eco-responsible purchasing policy, for 2014 we 100% of our stationery orders were for recycled or FSC- or PEFC-labelled paper and100% of cleaning products used for general maintenance (flooring, hygiene, furniture) were certified and 72% of our lighting fixtures are efficient or low-consumption LED lamps.

In 2012, Grimaldi Forum’s Green Team has set itself the objective of reducing its paper consumption by 2%, a goal roundly surpassed in 2013 (-10%). However, in 2014, its paper consumption shot up by 3% leading to a new awareness-raising initiative among our teams, which is still active today. Vigilance remains key, since, in terms of environmental responsibility and indeed in all other areas, results are never definitive...

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Our new waste sorting signage

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Monaco striving for oceans recovery and protectionAt an event hosted by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Global Ocean Commission, decision makers, scientists, environmentalists and NGO representatives discussed the action required to protect and sustainably manage the high seas and the global ocean.

The high seas – the area of ocean that lies beyond any one country’s national jurisdiction (i.e. beyond its 200 nautical mile limit) – comprise almost half of the surface of the Earth, but remain largely unmanaged and ungoverned, and as such are in a desperate need for protection and management.

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco was joined by representatives of the Global Ocean Commission, including the former President of Costa Rica and Commission Co-chair José María Figueres and fellow Commissioner Robert Hill (former Australian Minister for the Environment and UN Ambassador) who provided a detailed overview of the Commission’s final report addressing the state of the global ocean and the 8 proposals they have presented to restore and protect this vast and valuable resource.

The Commission highlighted that the ocean provides half of the planets oxygen, absorbs half of man-made carbon emissions and is the beginning of the food chain.

They warned that if we are to protect the world’s food supply and biodiversity habitats, swift action is required to combat overfishing, pollution and rising climate emissions.

This event served to inform and enthuse participants on the issues of the high seas and the role they and the public at

large can play in calling for global action, particularly in light of the importance of 2015 when the United Nations will decide on whether to launch negotiations for a new treaty for high seas biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. The UN will also adopt new Sustainable Development Goals that could hopefully include a Specific Goal dedicated to the conservation of the oceans, actively promoted by the GOC and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

The Global Ocean Commission is an independent international commission addressing the principal threats facing the global ocean, and originated as an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, in partnership with Somerville College at the University of Oxford, Adessium Foundation and Oceans 5.

It is supported by Pew, Adessium Foundation, Oceans 5 and the Swire Group Charitable Trust, but is independent of all. It is hosted by Somerville College. A healthy ocean is vital for all life on Earth and provides food, clean air, fresh water and livelihoods.

For more information, including a full list of Commissioners and its report,

visit www.globaloceancommission.org

For full Commissioner biographies, visit

www.globaloceancommission.org/the-commissioners

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“The Pelagos sanctuary deserves more”

An appeal on behalf of the Mediterranean’s most extensive (at least on paper) protected area, covering 4% of the entire basin and home to the fin whale, the sperm whale and dolphins, today addresses the governments which in 1999 signed the agreement for the establishment of the Pelagos sanctuary.Launched today by WWF, the appeal bears the signatures of the Prince Albert II Foundation of Monaco, IUCN and MedPAN along with 17 other French, Italian and Monegasque NGOs including Greenpeace, Legambiente, Tethys, Marevivo. The agreement that established Pelagos 16 years ago is unfortunately legally weak: governance of the area does not allow for the development of a truly international form of management. Resources needed to manage the Sanctuary in an efficient and effective manner are also insufficient.

Promoted throughout the region in French and Italian, the appeal makes two requests of the three governments: that they recover the initial ambition behind the creation of the protected area, providing new impetus with renewed governance and adequate resources; that they move towards consolidating cooperation between the states, respecting international commitments and making of Pelagos an international example for the conservation of marine biodiversity. The NGO signatories to the appeal undertake to give all necessary support to the three governments and to develop common solutions for the effective management of the Pelagos Sanctuary.

The Pelagos Sanctuary is the first Mediterranean transboundary area created to protect marine mammals. France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco share its governance. Its 87,500km2 territory extends beyond the coastal zone of the three countries, making it one

of the largest conservation challenges ever launched in the Mediterranean. The Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI) status, assigned to the Sanctuary in 2002, highlights the importance of the protected area for Mediterranean marine biodiversity. This status is currently being reviewed. In the realistic event of a reconsideration of the status, Pelagos would become a symbol of the three States’ incapacity to come to an agreement and work jointly in order to protect our precious marine capital.

Some facts about Pelagos

The Pelagos Sanctuary includes coastal waters and pelagic environment from the peninsula of Giens to the Fosse Chiarone in South Tuscany. It comprises numerous islands such as Corsica, North Sardinia together with smaller ones off the Ligurian coast, the Tuscan archipelago and the Straits of Bonifacio. The Sanctuary territory extends to 87,500km2 with 2,022 km of coastline. It’s an extremely rich area for pelagic life, one of the most important in the Mediterranean basin. Among the species present in the Sanctuary are the fin whale, the sperm whale, Cuvier’s beaked whale, the long-finned pilot whale, Risso’s dolphin, the bottlenose dolphin, the common dolphin, the striped dolphin and the monk seal. Main threats to the habitat include the possible collisions with cetaceans by the boats navigating in the area, pollution and overfishing. Currently less than 5% of the Mediterranean Sea is protected, despite the international commitment (Aichi Target n. 10 of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Barcelona Convention) to reach 10 % protection of the Mediterranean by end 2020. Without the Pelagos Sanctuary less than 1% of the basin would be under protection.

16 years after its establishment protection is still neither effective or efficient

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3rd International Workshop on the Economics of Ocean Acidification

Main recommendations from the experts:

• Reducing CO2 emissions is the first objective to achieve a sustainable solution but this also requires reducing local stressors and the creation of marine protected areas. • Include the oceans in international negotiations on climate change. • The resilience of ecosystems and societies should be increased by improving the management of fisheries and aquaculture, restoring fish stocks and biodiversity and empowering vulnerable communities. • Continue the search for innovative sources of funding and work to include ocean acidification in the “Green Climate Fund”. • Knowledge and capacity development is crucial including promoting platforms for collecting data and disseminating information. • Social aspects of ecological solutions must be taken into account. • Interdisciplinary cooperation should be encouraged in order to provide solutions to decision makers.

The main conclusion is that the economic, social and cultural impacts of ocean acidification will be mostly negative. Even if the impacts are considered small at this point in time, they will become increasingly important in the future.Among tourism activities, those connected to coral reefs will be the first affected as they are particularly sensitive to ocean acidification and climate change.

Following two and a half days of intense discussions, the conclusions of the 3d International Workshop on the Economics of Ocean Acidification were presented on 14 January at the Oceanographic Museum. This third workshop focused on the impacts of ocean acidification on coastal communities. The workshop brought together 53 experts from 20 countries. This third workshop focused on the socio-economic impacts of ocean acidification on coastal communities and their adaptation options at different levels, with the objective to provide recommendations to policy makers and resource managers. The discussions centered around five major themes: coastal communities dependent on fisheries and aquaculture, coral reef and marine based tourism, modelling of biological, economic and sociological impacts, potential societal action and adaptation and, governance, governments and legislation.

The main conclusions and recommendations of the workshop were presented by David Osborn (Director, IAEA Environment Laboratories) and Denis Allemand (Scientific Director, Monaco Scientific Centre) to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, French government officials, SEM Hadelin de la Tour-du-Pin (Ambassador of France to Monaco), US government representatives, Dr. Libby Jewett (Director, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program), and an audience of members of the Principality government, scientists and officials from environmental organizations.

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Plastic in Mediterranean sea: what solutions?In recent years, a growing number of reports on the “eighth continent” (a gigantic mass of waste generated by human activity which has accumulated in the North Pacific gyre) have been gaining attention. Plastic pollution is visible from our cities to deserted beaches, in the Arctic and in Antarctica.

While the challenge of waste in our seas is well known today, the first reports on the presence of plastic waste in the ocean were published more than 40 years ago. Since then, plastic has gradually appeared in all areas of modern life, and our dependence on disposable products is increasing every year. The Mediterranean Basin has 450 million inhabitants in 22 countries. The sea is partially closed off and is especially vulnerable to pollution caused by human activities. We know that the Mediterranean Sea alone is home to 7.5% of marine fauna worldwide and to 18% of the world’s marine flora, even though it represents only 0.8% of the surface area of the oceans. It is therefore important to undertake concrete actions to reverse the trend of growing plastic pollution and to make a commitment to improve the ecological status of marine environments. Out of the yearly 4 billion tons of waste produced, 1.8 billion are from Europe. 70 to 90% of the waste found in the wild is plastic, and only 20% of the plastic is recycled in Europe. This observation puts forward the urgent necessity to work out a collective solution and the importance of building a constructive long-term dialogue between the different stakeholders in order to break the stalemates in the life cycle management of waste (in the legislative, scientific, political or economic fields).

Yet, the only viable solutions can only be the fruit of a combined approach; this is what is at stake in the dialogue platform suggested through the launch of the think-tank founded by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and its partners. The conference “Plastic in the Mediterranean: beyond observations, what are the solutions?” aspired to gather the plastics stakeholders and had them discuss: those who produced, those who managed recycling, those who suffered from non-recycled waste, those who made assessments about non recycling impacts, or those who looked out for solutions whether they be technical or societal.

From this representative situation in the Mediterranean, the goal of the conference have been to enter into a dialogue between the stakeholders (industrial producers and users, sorting sector managers, consumers, legislators, ecologists, etc.) in order to have them commit themselves to propositions of medium and long-term solutions.

The purpose of this forum for exchange, which was opened by Beyond Plastic Med, was to make a concrete effort to establish the most accurate multi-sectoral diagnosis possible so that durable solutions can be designed for a space as diverse as the Mediterranean Basin. The dialogue initiated during the conference was expected to produce concrete recommendations for action and collaboration with a view to reduce the presence and the impact of plastic waste pollution in the natural environment, in terms of people’s behaviors, societal change, political tools, and technological solutions.Working on the basis of a scientific survey of plastic pollution and its impact on the Mediterranean, participants

identified existing blockage areas with varied perspectives (technical, scientific, regulatory, political, cultural, social aspects). They attempted to draft ideas for solutions and virtuous and collaborative approaches. Finally, in view of the proceedings from the last workshop, novel initiatives, which are beginning to be organized, had been presented and discussed to spark dialogue amongst the stakeholders and to make plans to replicate good practices in the Mediterranean region. To ensure that these goals are pursued, the Prince Albert II Foundation and its partners provided a common and open final declaration describing their willingness to participate in upcoming meetings and in the construction of a framework conducive to the emergence of new ideas and concrete solutions to reducing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean. Beyond this conference, the Government of Monaco has taken decisions in order to set an example:

- Starting next year the distribution of single use plastic bags will be prohibited...

- By 2019 at the latest, foodstuffs such as fruit, vegetables and confectionery will be packaged in bags made of recycled paper or from sustainably managed forests.

- As from 1st January 2020, all disposable plastic kitchen utensils will be prohibited, unless they are made of at least 40% plant-based materials.

As Prince Albert II of Monaco explained:

“Addressing plastic pollution in the Mediterranean does not only involve fighting against a topical, localised and comprehensive issue: above all it involves acknowledging a collective responsibility which is represented in many challenges. Fostering recycling policies, developing a more circular economy, promoting waste sorting, limiting their production: many avenues of which we are aware and know their effectiveness. We can only hope that such decisions become widespread. For this to happen, often the only thing missing is awareness: this will happen, I am sure, thanks to the mobilisation of our contemporaries and our civil society... I am also delighted that the topic broached will be widely discussed far beyond the Mediterranean, as demonstrated by the meeting organised by the Global Ocean Commission and the ISU which will be held next week in Washington. It will focus on the conclusions of our work which will be communicated by the American branch of my Foundation. Our duty is to encourage all these solutions, by every possible means: by political decisions, by scientific research and by the mobilisation of civil society, whether businesses that need to find new profitability or consumers who claim new responsibility. In this respect, the Mediterranean Sea, which brings us together today, maps out perspectives for the entire Planet.”

The Prince Albert II Foundation and its partners call the various stakeholders as ISU and the GOC that demonstrate once again on this day, to join in the work of the Task Force Beyond Plastic Med, created to seek and promote , practical solutions to effectively fight against the influx of plastic pollution in the Mediterranean.

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The Side-event between pedagogy and artistic creation

From Awareness...

Children, future consumers and adults, are stakeholders who need to be made aware of the management and various issues relating to the life-cycle of plastic. Consequently, the organisers took advantage of the Conference organised in Monaco to spread the message in a fun way to Monegasque students as well as to the general public, who were able to gain free access to the exhibition “An ocean of waste”. The village set up in front of the Monaco Yacht Club featured educational workshops so that visitors could understand the extent of the waste issue, by showing them just how prevalent it is in the aquatic environment.

Based on the Conference programme, the aim of “beyond the facts” was to provoke thought on solutions: for the audience targeted by these activities, it was a question of understanding how players in civil society could reduce the impact of waste. Although many of the activities were managed by professionals, visitors were invited to discover on their own the diversity of aquatic waste in order to understand that most of it comes from the sea. The atmosphere was light-hearted as the main idea was not to make the younger participants feel guilty but to generate their enthusiasm for nature conservation.

The Side-event during the conference focused on plastic held at the Monaco Yacht Club on 10th and 11th March 2015

...to Photo Exhibition

In parallel to the Plastic Conference, three artists were invited to share their view of the waste phenomenon. Officially opened on 10th March 2015, the exhibition is freely accessible at the Galerie des Pêcheurs in Monaco until 10th May 2015.

Greff Segal, Tess Felix and Alain Delorme offer us a personal interpretation, whether through direct criticism of our consumption patterns, or through poetry of the potentially aesthetic aspect of waste.

They all share a common desire to inform visitors of this issue, the consequences of which are of much concern and sadly underestimated.

Gregg Segal presents 7 days of waste. Each picture features individuals surrounded by their weekly waste. The spectator can but reflect on his/her own way of consumption.

The visual artist Tess Felix is exhibiting Beaches of plastic. This is a series of portraits created from plastic waste recovered on the beaches of the Pacific coast.

Murmurations by the photographer Alain Delorme feature plastic bags in flight in the natural environment. Although the beauty of movement initially fascinates the spectator, the underlying fragility of our environment prevails.

In addition to these works are some of the visual campaigns of the Surfrider Foundation Europe, carried out in coordination with the Young & Rubicam agency, which provides a different angle, just as artistic but even more militant.

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Cambodge :1st Maritim Protected Area

On Monday 10 November 2014, the picturesque waters of Cambodia’s Koh Rong Archipelago received a Princely visitor. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco caught up with conservationists working to protect the area and secure its designation as Cambodia’s first Marine Fisheries Management Area. The Sovereign Prince of Monaco was visiting in his official capacity as President of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, who, along with the UK Government-funded Darwin Initiative, support Fauna & Flora International’s (FFI) marine conservation programme in the archipelago.

FFI and local partners, the Song Saa Foundation (SSF) and Coral Cay Conservation, have been working with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to establish Cambodia’s first Marine Fisheries Management Area (MFMA). It is hoped the official announcement of the proclamation will be made any day now.

An MFMA is a multiple use Marine Protected Area (MPA), designed to benefit local fishing communities, marine life and the responsible sustainable development of an area. Currently no such large-scale MPA exists in the Kingdom.

Cambodia’s waters support a rich and abundant marine life including coral reefs, seagrass meadows, extensive mangrove forests and key species such as the Critically Endangered hawksbill turtle. Marine habitats face major threats from overfishing and poorly planned coastal development, and the need to protect Cambodia’s waters and the local communities who rely on them has never been so important. The proclamation will greatly increase the area of Cambodia’s coral reefs under legal protection.

Earlier in the day, a delegation including the CEO and Vice-President of the Foundation H.E. Bernard Fautrier, joined HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco on the visit, which involved a boat trip around the Koh Rong Archipelago to get an appreciation of the scale of the proposed MFMA, which covers over 400km2.

Stopping at key locations for informal presentations and discussions of the Cambodian conservation context helped to provide an understanding of the island communities, key habitats, threats and the opportunities for marine conservation in the region. The group then moored at Song Saa Private Island for lunch, and then had the opportunity to view the no-take marine reserve established around the resort.

After lunch the group took a short boat ride to the nearby village of Prek Svay, the largest in the proposed MFMA, which has 162 households, many of which are heavily reliant on fishing. Here they met with members of the local Community Fishery Committee to discuss their efforts to protect fisheries resources. There are three such community-based organisations representing local marine resource users in the archipelago, and these have created the building blocks necessary for an approach founded on small-scale fisheries management, supported by the national and sub-national government and international and national organisations.

With the overall design for the first MFMA, including the establishment of a zoning scheme and management committee, now complete, FFI and SSF continue to work with the FiA to ensure it has the relevant information, tools and training required to effectively manage and monitor the MFMA.

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The establishment of the MFMA will underpin coastal livelihoods and serve as a model for future marine resource management initiatives in Cambodia. HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco highlighted that, “Cambodia’s first Marine Fisheries Management Area makes more than protecting the four hundred square kilometres concerned by the operation. Thanks to this initiative, it is a new way of addressing the fishing issue, namely understanding the age-old and close link that island people have held with the ocean and its treasures. It is bringing into existence a different economic model which generates hope, as it is based on respect and responsibility rather than on the unlimited predation of natural resources. This initiative is proving the value of marine protected areas which enable us to preserve the ecosystems and promote the development of local populations.”Berry Mulligan, FFI’s Coastal and Marine Project Manager added, “We are honoured to welcome HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco to the archipelago. Showing him and his team around has really cemented our pride in what’s already been achieved working with the FiA – and reminds us how working together – not just NGOs and development partners but also private sector, government and of course local fishing communities, is key in achieving successful conservation outcomes. The proclamation of the MFMA will be the result of the hard work of many organisations and individuals.” With support from the Prince Albert of Monaco II Foundation and the Darwin Initiative, as well as commitment from the Royal Government of Cambodia and partners, the future for the new Marine Fisheries Management Area and the Koh Rong Archipelago shines with positive hope.

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The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, together with the Government of Monaco, launched the Wood Charter in the Principality with the primary objective of encouraging companies to promote wood harvested from sustainably managed forests. Internationally, the Foundation supports projects to combat deforestation in major forested areas.Establishing synergy between the signatories of the Wood Charter and the Foundation’s projects in order to create exciting adventures; this was the case between Monte Carlo Beauty, a company which signed the Charter in April 2014 and the Luki Botanical Gardens run by the Canadian Foundation BDA (Biotechnologie pour le Développement Durable en Afrique) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which the Foundation has supported since 2007.

In the Bas Congo region, a few hundred kilometres from Kinshasa, the BDA Foundation is training a new generation of Congolese entrepreneurs with the focus on the cultivation and harvesting of local value-added plants for environmentally responsible agricultural production in line with international quality standards of the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries. A market preparation unit has been built and equipped with a control and quality assurance laboratory so that entrepreneurs can export their produce to international markets. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in particular provides support for the Experimental Botanical Gardens created by the BDA Foundation in the heart of the Luki Biosphere Reserve. The gardens provide an educational and experimental area for trainee entrepreneurs, but they also raise public awareness of biodiversity and transfers scientific knowledge about value-added plants.

MC Beauty & Luki’s botanical gardens,a good example of networking

In the Principality, Monte Carlo Beauty is developing cosmetic skincare products using ingredients very carefully selected for their effectiveness and skin-friendly properties. The products are manufactured in Monaco with Mediterranean active ingredients, at least 97% of which are of natural origin and are suitable for sensitive skins (they contain no paraben, phenoxyethanol, PEG, phthalate, silicon, mineral oil, animal-sourced ingredients, alcohol, synthetic fragrance or colouring). Since Monte Carlo Beauty signed the Wood Charter, the carton used for the packaging is made from sustainably managed forests (FSC certification).

The creator of Monte Carlo Beauty, Vanina Broens, grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, well aware of the wealth of local biodiversity, had always wanted to develop future products using fair-trade raw materials from the Congo: with the Luki programme it is a dream come true.

By joining the BDA Foundation’s BASS Alliance (Botanical Alliance for Sustainable Supply), Monte Carlo Beauty has pledged to purchase raw materials from entrepreneurs trained in Luki as soon as the first harvest is available.

Through its action in Luki, the BDA Foundation is contributing towards the economic, social and environmental development of the region: with job creation, women’s empowerment, the creation of infrastructure, biodiversity protection, sustainable farming practices and reforestation.

Monte Carlo Beauty is glad to be supporting all these benefits for the local population by sourcing their products from young Congolese entrepreneurs trained by the BDA Foundation and supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

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Solar Impulse sets up its Controle Center in Monaco!“In the absence of all certainty, every flight of Solar Impulse 2 is something of a miracle. “For this very first flight of a solar airplane around the world, pilot Bertrand Piccard views this incredible human and technical adventure shared with his friend and business partner André Borschberg with humility. But to realize this endeavor on a daily basis, ever since the date was set for this world tour for the 9th of March, the Swiss duo rely on the work of a team of 40 technicians, scientists and communications staff having been set up at the Monaco-Based Mission Control for the past year. Because alongside the feats achieved by the solar-powered plane, the whole world learned of HSH Prince Albert II’s involvement and that of the Principality in this awareness-raising initiative on the reality of renewable energies, to encourage people’s awareness of these issues to take off more generally.

Beyond its technological performance and potential environmental impact, Solar Impulse 2 also represents a communication operation on a global scale. “It is no doubt there, too, that the interests of the Principality unite with those of Switzerland, which is offering support from its institutions. An endeavor such as this, rooted is sustainable technology and development can only serve to break with some of the clichés that both countries are subject to” explains Connor Lennon, Communication Manager. “Not forgetting the importance of a neutral context, because this is an international project. Our goal is for each host country to adopt it as its own!”

There is also a bond of friendship between Prince Albert II and Bertrand Piccard: “Prince Albert is highly familiar with the project. He has followed the progress of many of the prep and test flights and he was the one to insist that our MC should be based in the Principality, here on the 3rd level of the CCAM. He is part of the team!”

“Every team member plays an important role”

Of course, the 40 German, French, Austrian, Belgian, Irish, English, Canadian, Chinese and Swiss staff overseeing the operation work in the best possible conditions at the Monaco base. They are divided into four main teams. First off, a team of five engineers responsible for monitoring the plane’s telemetry, overseeing all of the flight data including certain medical information regarding the pilot. It is of the utmost importance to monitor the solar generators that determine the batteries’ power. “All of this information is freely available on our website (www.solarimpulse.com), so the public can follow the flight in real-time, with full transparency,” explains Connor Lennon.

The expertise of two meteorologists – one of whom has worked with Bertrand Piccard ever since his flight across the globe in a hot air balloon in 1999 – is essential to determine perfect flying conditions: no high-altitude clouds, wind or rain¼ They constantly synthesize hundreds of weather forecast models from the region in question, but often even that is not enough: “In this area, it’s 30% computer calculations, 30% feel, 30% luck… and 10% unexpected!”

For their part, the four air traffic controllers manage the air spaces and plan the journeys across an ever more crowded sky. “Even though our flight has universal support in the world of air travel, some legs of the journey demand a great deal of work like the landing planned for the 7th of July at New York’s JFK airport. It’ll be magical but it sure is complicated!”

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Indeed, these technicians have already travelled the same route that the Solar Impulse is currently covering several times over, but on their computer screens: they simulate and model every aspect of the flight to determine the best route, based on all of the data from the engineers and weather cycle histories, not forgetting the geopolitical context, using information dating all the way back to 2005! In total, two members of this team have simulated 5 billion virtual flights. The North American leg alone requires the combination of around a hundred possible trajectories, following the rehearsals and repeated flights of the first Solar Impulse.

They know the ideal route by D-4, but they still continue to recalculate it even during the flight itself. “It is a real challenge to fly the plane a year in advance without knowing the exact weather conditions in a year’s time.” Their priority: “completing a world tour in a year using the safest possible route while still allowing them to make enough of a media impact to help pass on the environmental message,” explains the communication manager. Lastly, at the apex of this hierarchy, is the Flight Director. He is the one who gives the go-ahead taking all of the reports drawn up by each specialist into account. Hence the pilots’ lives depend on him… And the final essential element for the mission’s success? The communication backroom allowing the project to garner its full media impact. It comprises a television team with a director and TV studio and a press relations team. Together, they have already organised around forty live interviews with the drivers in the cockpit of the revolutionary aircraft, which constitutes an undeniable bonus for press across the world.

“All of these efforts are designed to inspire people,” explains Connor Lennon, with a hint of solemnity. “Nobody can question our determination. By transforming it into success, we hope that we will raise awareness so that tomorrow, people will be able to save 50% of our energy while covering 50% of our needs thanks to renewable energies.”

And ‘tomorrow’ is next year, since the Paris-based Conférence sur l’Environnement et le Changement climatique (Conference on the Environment and Climate Change) has the potential to lead to a stricter international agreement designed to cease the use of fossil fuels by 2050...

By then, the Solar Impulse experiment is sure to be in the forefront of all of our managers’ minds...

Bertrand Piccard,Project initiator, director and pilot of Solar ImpulseStemming from a dynasty of explorers and scientists having conquered the lofty stratosphere and the deepest of abysses, Bertrand Piccard seemed pre-destined to pursue one of the 20th century’s greatest family adventures. Psychiatrist, aeronaut, lecturer, CEO of the Winds of Hope humanitarian foundation and itinerant United Nations ambassador, he is passionate about the great human challenges of our time. A pioneer of ultra-light aircraft in the 70s, as well as being an airplane and glider pilot, in 1999 he was the first to fly around the world in a hot air balloon with no stop-overs, simultaneously making the longest flight – in distance and duration – in the history of aviation. As project initiator, director and pilot of Solar Impulse, he developed the philosophy behind the project and defined the symbolic and political cope to convince its financial partners. Keen to bring together science and adventure to promote a better quality of life, he shares the company’s reins – and the aircraft’s cockpit – with André Borschberg.

André Borschberg, CEO, co-founder and pilot fo Solar Impulse A mechanics and thermodynamics engineer having studied at Lausanne’s École Polytechnique Fédérale as well as a Master’s degree in Management Science at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), André Borschberg has a robust foundation of experience as a business creator and administrator. After a 5-year stint working as a business consultant for McKinsey, he developed and directed numerous technological projects acting as both investor and entrepreneur. Fascinated by aviation from a very young age, he trained as a pilot at the Swiss Air Force training school. Today, he has multiple professional airplane and helicopter pilot licences and also enjoys aerobatics in his free time. At the helm of the Solar Impulse project alongside Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg offers essential entrepreneurial skills to help transform their vision into a reality. He was responsible for setting up the technical team and oversaw the construction of the first prototype. He was in the cockpit of HB-SIA for the historic night flight of the 7th of July 2010 as well as for the longest flight in the history of solar aviation, from Payerne to Madrid in 2012, a record which would later be beaten by the United States leg of the flight from Phoenix to Dallas in 2013. The FAI has approved 8 world records for these three historic flights.

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- 12 years’ feasibility, design and construction studies

- 50 engineers and technicians

- 80 technological partners

- Over 100 advisers and suppliers

- 1 prototype (Solar Impulse 1, HB-SIA)

The Future is Clean

The movement launched the day before take-off by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Richard Branson, initiated by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, supports the message of Solar Impulse: encouraging people to get interested in energy efficiency and understand that today’s technology can already allow us to make a transition capable of reducing emissions by 50%. Abandoning polluting fossil fuels while maintaining an economic model compatible with our societies appears more within our reach than ever. This message of hope with the power to inspire people and convince company directors as the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP21, looms, uses the www.futureisclean.org platform to rally celebrities and members of the public around a shared vision: achieving concrete solutions for a clean and sustainable future.

- 1 aircraft built for the round-the-world trip (Solar Impulse 2, HB-SIB)

- Solar Impulse 2: 72m wingspan and 2,350Kg

- 17,248 solar cells integrated into wings

- 4 electric engines, each 17.5HP

- 633kg lithium batteries

Solar Impulse in a few figures

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Monaco has always been a dedicated and respected defender of causes in the fields of the environment, ocean protection and sustainable development on a worldwide scale. In this spirit, the Principality’s government, its eco-certified congress centre (Grimaldi Forum) and its entire tourism industry take increasing initiatives to foster all aspects of sustainable development.Protecting our planet is a real driving force in Monaco.

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EVER 2015: Let’s hear from young people! The 11th Monaco Youth and Sustainable Development meeting held in the context of EVER at the Grimaldi Forum set the stage for some verbal jousting between high-school kids. For the finals of these public debates, this year’s chosen themes were “can the use of plastics really form part of a sustainable development initiative” for the FANB students and ”can ecotourism help protect the environment while promoting a country’s economic development” for those Lycée Albert 1er.

Moderator at these meetings, Patrice Drevet emphasized the high quality of the exchanges and the arguments made by the four teams. The first debate offered two different conceptions of the topic of plastics. For one team, “plastic can and does form a part of sustainable development initiatives,” while their opponents argued for the replacement of plastic “in many areas by materials with similar characteristics but which are biodegradable and with a longer lifespan.” The latter team argued that “One of the obvious problems posed by a model that places plastics at the heart of society is the appearance of a new continent in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean which covers an area almost 5 times the size of France.” By contrast, the pro-plastics described “this seventh continent as the result of the impulsive and uncontrolled consumerism of previous generations. Today, there is a project called The Ocean Cleanup which aims to collect all of the waste within 5 years, thus eradicated the seventh continent.” The question of starch as a substitute was also controversial. The team supporting alternatives to plastic described the material as having “useful characteristics particularly in terms of replacing plastic bags, which may well disappear in all of our countries in the coming years.” But the group defending the maintenance of plastics usage said that this would entail “sacrifices in terms of our consumer activity. If you look at Africa, it is clear that it is there that the highest levels of malnutrition are concentrated. We already lack sufficient food to feed the whole planet, so are we to use a portion of the

starch that could also be used as food to make bags? Is that what these populations need?

The second debate asked the audience to consider the issue of ecotourism, defined by the first team, supporting the concept, as “responsible travel to natural environments where resources and the well-being of the local people are preserved.” The opponent group reminded the audience of the sometimes dramatic consequences for local populations: “In your definition you emphasized the fact that ecotourism must be beneficial to the local people. However, many agencies forget this aspect. For example, in Botswana in the Kalahari desert, a tribe of bushmen was living on the territory and one day the government simply ousted them. And that is where the Wild Worldness Safari group set up an ecotourism camp. Now, admittedly, it does have solar panels, rainwater collectors and they have even dug a well at the site and so, effectively, the camp does not appear to have any impact on the environment. Wild Worldness Safari claims that it is a water-efficient camp, but an association called Echoway has shown that the camp actually sources water 100km away with tanker trucks. It thus appears that these tourists are being lied to by the company.

Here, the term ecotourism is used unjustly. It is a rather trendy term, which travel agencies use as a sales pitch to attract tourists who have no idea of the impact on the local population.” The opponent team countered this argument, stating that “in 2002, the bushmen took legal action against the government for the right to return to their land, and won, but the fact that they do not return to this land is due to the lack of water, which is a geological feature of the land. In reality it has nothing to do with tourism.” The pro-ecotourism team demonstrated the advantages of the model, proffering the example of “Yosemite national park, which covers 3,000km2. It represents one of the largest parks in the USA and attracts 4 million tourists each year.

This park raises awareness, while setting up initiatives to protect animal species and the environment. It operates according to the principles of sustainable tourism to create a balance between the circulation of tourists and environmental protection, which demonstrates its ecological success, as well as its positive social and environmental impact.” However, the opponent team saw the issue differently: “you have shown how important it is to protect natural species. But if this is so essential, why expose them to tourism? Is it not by offering people the opportunity to discover these spaces that we threaten their existence?” After commenting on the difficulty of coming to a decision, the judge panel announced the winners. The FANB team was awarded a prize, having argued for the inclusion of plastics in sustainable development initiatives, as was the Lycée Albert 1er team, who supported ecotourism as a factor in a country’s economic development.

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The 2nd life of the Monaco Pavilion Though the future of the Monaco Pavilion designed by architect Enrico Pollini was imagined from the very first stages of the project, today, its re-allocation emerges as a concrete sustainable development and international solidarity initiative thanks to the Monaco and Burkina Faso Red Cross organizations. For the 1st time, a pavilion will be given a new lease of life, rather than being destroyed. Indeed, after the 2015 Universal Exhibition, the Monaco Pavilion will leave Milan for Burkina Faso, where it will be turned into an operational training center from 2017. A project forming part of a series of humanitarian actions led by the Principality on an international scale.

Burkina Faso, classed among the world’s five poorest countries, faces serious challenges. The Monaco Red Cross will support the project until it becomes profitable and autonomous to ensure its longevity. Set up on a 6.5 Hectare plot belonging to the Burkina Faso Red Cross, the pavilion will become both a 1st aid training center (one of the Monaco Red Cross’s missions in Africa), a professional training center and a meeting and conference venue, helping to combat the movement of young girls towards the capital where they are in danger. The center’s general benefits will help various humanitarian challenging the country to be faced.

Partner organization SMEG (Monaco Electricity Company) will install a field of solar panels to reduce the project’s production costs and provide electricity. A use appears to have been found for every element, and each will be re-used on-site. The various disassembled containers as well as equipment will be transported to the town of Loumbila – just 7km from the future international airport of the capital, Ouagadougou – by boat and by road. The containers used to transport the glass roof will be turned into accommodation with around 50 beds. A meeting center will be created with a 150-seater theatre as well as 3 other meeting rooms with 50 seats each.

The Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation is also taking part in the project to create a mini swim school for school-age children whose play area extends into the anti-flood barrier area, to ensure they can survive in the event of falling into the water. This project falls squarely in line with the missions of the Monaco Red Cross organization, whose budget is distributed such that half is devoted to international initiatives, reflecting the Principality’s commitment to international solidarity.

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Putting a stop to food wastage!

In the context of their initiatives* to fight food wastage, the MC2D association and the Monaco city council organized a meeting/debate for the 6th of November, where a booklet illustrated by comic book author Jean Pierre Dirick was presented. Available on request from MC2D or the council, this booklet allows each of us to assess our food wastage behaviors in our daily lives and to follow a few simple tips catalogued into a best practices guide. The test offered in the booklet is also available on MC2D’s website or by following the link: Food Wastage Test.

Readers can also sign the detachable chart inside the booklet and return it to the MC2D organization – a testimonial to the commitment of the Monaco people to fight food wastage.

The meeting on the 6th of November provided all necessary explanation on the booklet and was broadcast to a large portion of households in the Principality, as well as offering an opportunity for a round-up on other initiatives related to the highly topical issue of food wastage.

*It should be noted that two “Green Thursday” conferences were held on this issue in 2013 and that, for the Monacology event in June 2014, a press event had introduced a schedule of concrete actions in terms of communication, discarded food usage and regulatory issues. At this event, the charter was signed by a great many individuals and celebrities, including none other than HSH Prince Albert II.

You can access the Monaco Info report here: http://www.monacochannel.mc/Chaines/Gouvernement-Princier/Videos/ Lutte-contre-le-gaspillage-alimentaire-a-Monaco

Today, one third of all food world-wide ends up in the trash. That’s 1.3 billion tons per year! Every one of us has the power to take action on this issue every day.

Last December, the Monegasque Department of Environmental was granted ISO14001 certification. This title confirms an environmental management system in line with ISO standards. Strong points of this initiative include improved waste management, optimized business travel, injury prevention through work safety training sessions, pollution risk management and natural resource preservation.

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Mare Nostrum project, mission accomplished In collaboration with ACCOBAMS and the RAMOGE Agreement, the Société Nautique de Monaco (Monaco Nautical Company) once again invited two young kayakists, Louis Wilmotte and Douglas Couët to present their adventure through a photography exhibition entitled “Mare-nostrum: a human, scientific and sports adventure,” tracing the steps of their expedition across 12 different countries, covering 8,345km over the course of 400 days’ rowing. This photography exhibition on display at the premises of the Société Nautique de Monaco (Monaco Nautical Society) is open to the public until Thursday the 30th of April. In December 2013, Louis Wilmotte and Douglas Couët, two young kayakists, stopped over in Monaco before a long navigation trip. Having departed from the Strait of Gibraltar, they hoped to reach the Bosphorus on their two-man kayak. Louis and Douglas succeeded in their challenge and arrived in Istanbul on Thursday October 9th, 2014.

New collection points for used batteries, rechargeable batteries, light bulbs and neon lamps In the context of the Princely Government’s waste management and sorting development policy, Urban Planning Management (DAU) and the Monaco Sanitation Company (SMA) are launching new collection points for batteries, rechargeable batteries, light bulbs and neon lamps. Containers specially created for these different types of waste will be available for users in a dozen partner spaces within the Principality.

“Plastic Fishes” ExhibitionPlastic has been a key theme at a number of events organized within the Principality, particularly at the conference organized by the Prince Albert II Foundation, Tara, Surfrider and MAVA entitled “Plastic in the Mediterranean: beyond the facts, what are the solutions?” as well as the “Plastic Fishes” exhibition. The Oceanographic Museum invited the Arsciencia association to tackle the issue of sea and ocean pollution. This association promotes and organizes communication activities on issues combining the Arts and the Sciences. In the “Mare Plasticum” series, artists Wolfgang TRETTNAK and Margarita CIMADEVILA display around thirty works spotlighting the damage caused by uncontrolled human activity on marine species and express a powerful message: “The time to act is now.”

Two new electric motor-assisted bicycle standsThe network of electric motor-assisted bicycle stands continues to develop across Monaco with the installation and launch of two new stands with 15 extra bicycles. The first bicycle stand, “Notari,” whose launch is planned for Tuesday the 7th of April, is found on rue Louis Notari, under the porch near rue Princesse Caroline.

The second bicycle stand, “Carmes,” is due to be launched in mid-April on the boulevard du Larvotto, at the Carmes carpark corner. In addition, as happens every year, the “Sainte-Dévote” bicycle stand will be out of action during the Grand Prix period.

Cleansing and waste removal from Larvotto beach In the context of the RAMOGE Agreement, the “Integrated Management of Coastal Areas” work group, concerned by the issue of waste in the sea, runs waste monitoring campaigns in Liguria, Provence, the Alps, the Côte d›Azur and Monaco. These campaigns use scientific procedures standardized on a European scale. Their goal is to precisely identify waste found on beaches so as to subsequently draft recommendations and take measures to reduce them. To sampling periods were chosen for the RAMOGE zone, one in autumn and the other in spring, when the beaches are less busy and the sea leaves greater quantities of waste on the beaches.

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Monaco Bus: the new mobile application for public transportThe new public transport mobile application from CAM, “MONACO BUS,” is now available on Smartphones. Users can thus find out when a bus will arrive at their stop to more effectively choose their changes, as well as using a map to see their location and find the nearest stop. In addition, users can select their favorite stops in line with their usual journeys.

The “High Quality Whale Watching” label launched in Monaco Following on from France in 2014, the Principality of Monaco has, in turn, introduced the “High Quality Whale Watching” label by way of the Monaco Nature Protection Association (AMPN), a partner organization of ACCOBAMS. Whale Watching is a popular activity in the Mediterranean. When properly managed and controlled, it offers a fantastic tool for educating people on the environment while contributing to the local economy as well as participating on research into cetaceans and their conservation. However, in the absence of such a framework, it can grow in intensity, increasing pressure on the environment and impact on the animals, with the potential to lead to very severe consequences for the populations in question. Thus, with this label, operators have committed to attending training and respecting the whale watching code of conduct, not swimming with dolphins, participating in scientific research and delivering a high-quality message to passengers regarding the whales identified and the activities of the two Agreements.

Monaco’s Ambassador to the United States and Canada participates in a high-level international meeting on plastics and the marine environment On the 18th of March, Her Excellency Maguy Maccario-Doyle, Monaco’s Ambassador to the United States and Canada participated in a meeting held in Washington, jointly organized by the International Sustainability Unit and the Global Ocean Commission. The meeting’s objective was to reflect on immediate measures to counteract the harmful effects of plastic waste in the marine environment. At this high-level meeting bringing together an exclusive list of attendees including HRH Prince Charles, HE Maguy Maccario-Doyle gave a presentation on behalf of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and his Foundation. Specifically, she reminded the audience that, the previous week, following an initiative from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Principality had hosted a two day international meeting on the theme of marine pollution due to plastic waste. The meeting, entitled “Plastic in the Mediterranean: beyond the facts, what are the solutions?” brought together over 200 participants from 16 Mediterranean countries.

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The Principality of Monaco integrates the “RESPIRE” projectThe Principality of Monaco has recently integrated the RESPIRE (RESeau Pour le suivi du Recrutement, Network for Recruitment Monitoring). Financed by the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse (Corsican Rhone-Mediterranean Water Agency) and implemented by the company Ecocean, the project’s goal is to monitor the arrival of small fish larvae to the coastal area, in ecological and scientific terms. The Water Agency hopes to raise awareness on the processes affecting the presence or absence of larvae and juveniles in the ports. Their objective: to assess the ports’ capacity to attract larvae and study the role of port areas in the lifecycle of fish among the world’s busiest port regions. To achieve this, nine artificial habitats called Biohuts*, positioned under pontoons, have been selected out of around forty already set up in Monaco’s ports. In total, around twenty ports on the Mediterranean coast will be fitted with Biohuts specifically set aside for the larvae and juveniles of coastal fish. Regular scientific monitoring will be carried out in line with a specific protocol three times a year.

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