IN IMAGES - On board the 'Atalante', the ship investigating plastic pollution in the Mediterranean

During the summer of 2024, Juliette Pavy documented the daily life of the oceanographic building whose crew analyses the impact of pollutants at sea. Her poetic series "The Argonauts" was exhibited in London until May 5 as part of the Sony World Photography Awards.

In response to the environmental emergency of plastic pollution in the region, the Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI) launched this Monday, from Mauritius, the regional campaign "Expédition Plastiques Océan Indien" (EXPLOI), supported by the Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Fonds français pour l'environnement mondiale. The project, structured around a scientific, educational and entrepreneurial axis, aims to accompany forty local …