EU-MOP: Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution

EU-MOP is the acronym for Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution, a 3-year project supported by the EC.
(TST4-CT-2004-516221)

SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY [1.6.2]
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS

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24th January 2008 · Madrid
Final EU-MOP project Workshop "Marine Pollution & New Methods of Counteraction"

23rd January 2008 · Madrid
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Clean-up Operations, Response Methods

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