{"id":4094,"date":"2023-06-07T04:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T04:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2023-06-07T04:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T04:20:41","slug":"4094","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2023\/06\/07\/4094\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine debris survey using citizen science approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>know that when we protect our oceans we are protecting our future&#8221; ~ President Bill Cinton ~*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As the Aquatic Students&#8217; Association of University of Sri Jayewardenepura we are ready to celebrate the World Oceans Day this year with a marine debris survey using citizen science approach. Our aim is to provide a better knowledge to the public about critical facts with regard to ocean pollution while educating them about sustainable utilization of marine resources with minimum impacts on the environment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The program will consist of a beach cleanup, marine debris survey, &#8220;Viridu&#8221; session and a street drama to creatively convey a bigger message to the public.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Registration form:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bitly.ws\/HosI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/bitly.ws\/HosI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1686197492179000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kSf9_C7FajoKpMDqvemyT\">http:\/\/bitly.ws\/HosI<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f5d3_fe0f\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f5d3;&#xfe0f;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f5d3;&#xfe0f;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f5d3;&#xfe0f;\" \/>&#8211; 8th of June 2023<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f557\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f557;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f557;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f557;\" \/>&#8211; 8.00 am onwards<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f4cd\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f4cd;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f4cd;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f4cd;\" \/>&#8211; Wellawatte beach ( near railway station)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Join us to make a difference!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>know that when we protect our oceans we are protecting our future&#8221; ~ President Bill Cinton ~* As the Aquatic Students&#8217; Association of University of Sri Jayewardenepura we are ready &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2023\/06\/07\/4094\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marine debris survey using citizen science approach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":4095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}