GLISPA Fellow: Ana Carolina Moreira

Location: Santa Catarina Island, Brazil  

The Our Blue Hands project has created a monitoring network for microplastic in the Brazilian Coastal Zone. They started in Ilhabela, then Campeche Island, and now Santa Catarina Island. Ana Carolina and her team empowers communities and citizens who want to engage and contribute to the acquisition of plastic pollution data to create Good Environmental Status (GES) indicators and produce information for decision making. The Blue Hands Project teaches about the impacts of plastic and microplastic on the terrestrial and marine environment, and create reports on this impact, engaging communities and citizens constantly. Today, they monitor the occurrence, abundance and distribution of microplastic in approximately 15 beaches and 5 islands and have successfully replicated this project outside of Brazil, across the Atlantic, in the Small Island Developing State of Cape Verde.

Part 1 of this 2 part series introduces the Our Blue Hands Project. Check out Part II here!

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Learn more about the Our Blue Hands project here: https://www.ourbluehands.org/