There is growing awareness of the need for lasting approaches to environmental exploitation in Europe.
The biggest hunting pressure is now marine fisheries, many of which are causing direct damage and disturbance to non-hunted species such as whales, dolphins and turtles. Controls on air and water pollution are also beginning to take effect, but could prove too late to counter the increasingly evident effects of climate change, deglaciation and fresh water pollution. Earthwatch is continuing to support projects addressing these issues across this complex continent.
Preserve the unique cultural identity of an Armenian city by documenting historic buildings and artifacts.
Rendezvous:Yerevan, Armenia
$3900
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Help save the cultural treasures of a Roman villa overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea along Tuscany’s stunning central coast.
Rendezvous:Pisa, Italy
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Follow bottlenose dolphins in Mediterranean waters to help scientists understand and combat the main threats to them and their ecosystem.
Rendezvous:Vonitsa, Greece
$2900
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Help find evidence of the first Europeans and learn how they lived.
Rendezvous:Murcia, Spain
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Help preserve Tuscany's rich heritage by finding and restoring neglected cultural treasures along winding country roads.
Rendezvous:Castelfiorentino, Italy
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