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The first battery recycling plant set to open at the Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands)
In a highly symbolic move, the Vice-President of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, has given […]
Canada and the United States: the first “Green Corridor” for cruise ships
The Port of Seattle, the City and Borough of Juneau, Vancouver-Fraser Port Authority, the leading […]
Tarragona (Spain): plan to restore the Prats d’Albinyana
This €1.6m eco-restoration project, which will take 12 months, is a joint effort by the Tarragona port authority and the municipal council of Vila-seca. The Prats d’Albinyana isa natural wetland area, part of the Natura 2000 network and the PEIN, located between the town of La Pineda and the ZAL or logistics platform of Vila-seca. The project includes plans to create a large lagoon with a central island. The lagoon will allow the reintroduction of species such as the Spanish pond turtle, while the central island of around 27,000 m² will provide nesting areas for birds including the Audouin's gull. Around the lagoon, a forest of more than 13,000 trees (poplars, willows) will be created. In addition, over 45,000 local plants and shrubs (rushes, grasses) will be planted.
Celebrating World Environment Day on 5 June
To mark World Environment Day, AIVP invites you to read our White Paper on adapting to climate change, goal number one on the AIVP 2030 Agenda for cities and ports. Published last year, the white paper highlights the measures taken by AIVP members to adapt to climate change and the opinions of various experts on key actions to tackle this challenge.
Mayotte (France): new plan to adapt to flooding in the face of climate change
The south-west Indian Ocean is thought to be the world’s third region most severely affected […]
The port of Saint John (Canada) launches a port education project
Until 31 May, the port of Saint John is inviting applications to promote port education. […]
Europe’s ports rally for a more sustainable blue economy
The European Maritime Day event took place in Ravenna on 19 and 20 May. Nearly 1,500 […]
SUEZ to build a wastewater treatment plant in Senegal
The SUEZ group and its partner Consortium d’entreprises (CDE) will construct a wastewater treatment plant […]
San Diego: the port supports efforts to protect an endangered bird species
The port of San Diego(California, USA) is continuing to provide financial support for the protection of an endangered species of bird (Rallus obsoletus levipes). It has pledged to donate $180,000 over the next five years to the Living Coast Discovery Center, a not-for-profit zoo and aquarium. Studies of California’s marshes show that in 1980 and 1985, the species’ population fell to just 142 reproducing pairs. In 2016, partly thanks to captive breeding programmes, numbers peaked at 656 reproducing pairs. This commitment echoes a similar effort by the port of Quebec presented by its CEO, Mario Girard, at the Solution Hub held in Tangier on “New tools for protecting biodiversity in port cities”.
The White Paper on biodiversity protection is online!
In this white paper dedicated to the 10th objective of the AIVP Agenda 2030 "Protecting biodiversity", we highlight concrete solutions put in place by our members enabling the restoration and protection of terrestrial or aquatic biodiversity in cities and port regions. These initiatives show that, even if there is no miracle solution to preserve and restore the biodiversity of port cities, stakeholders in the industry are mobilising to tackle the problems. The AIVP is proud to highlight these fine initiatives on the occasion of the International Day of Biological Diversity which took place on this 22nd of May. We wish you a fruitful reading!
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World Conference Cities & Ports | Dunkrik
Dunkirk, France
The AIVP World Conference Cities & Ports 2026 will take place in Dunkirk (France) from […]