Author(s)

F. Taveira Pinto, J. Silva & J. Coimbra

Abstract

As usual, as was the case with the M/V Prestige, a serious catastrophe calls for major commitments of different social groups: first of all whose subsistence was directly menaced by the disaster, and then those thousands of anonymous volunteers, military, health workers, ecologists, and scientists. These are actually just a drop in the ocean. As the disaster posed a serious challenge to us all, it also offered a breakthrough for the development of new methods and improvement of existing tools. This paper will stress the main conclusions and recommendations of the Prestige Workshop within the Environment 2010 Conference held in Porto last May. T

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