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Latest News on Sailing Trophy — 24 May 2023

Official UNESCO Ocean Decade event

The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy has been named as an official UNESCO Ocean Decade event. The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy has been recognised by UNESCO for it’s efforts in protecting biodiversity,...


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News — 3 May 2023

Partnership with ICRI for The 2023 Ocean Award

The Mirpuri Foundation partners with ICRI for The 2023 Ocean Award, focusing on raising awareness and finding solutions for coral reefs across the globe. The prestigious international Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award...

News — 4 April 2023

UN 2023 Water Conference

The Mirpuri Foundation attended the UN 2023 Water Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on...

News — 29 March 2023

IMPULSE2023: Innovating for a Better Future

The Mirpuri Foundation attended the event IMPULSE2023: Innovating for a Better Future, at Altice Forum Braga. This event organized by Associação Fibrenamics – one of Minho´s University interfaces – brought together...

News — 7 March 2023

World Ocean Summit and Expo 2023

The Mirpuri Foundation attended the 10th annual World Ocean Summit and Expo that took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Featuring more than 180 speakers such as the UN secretary-general´s special envoy for...


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Expeditions — 17 April 2020

Cape Verde Science Expedition

A must-see documentary, portraying the scientific breakthroughs and the richness of marine life of the Sal Island. In the summer of 2019 the Mirpuri Foundation embarked on a Science Expedition in...

Expeditions — 24 August 2019

South Pole talk at famous Gstaad Yacht Club

Mirpuri Foundation President and Founder Paulo Mirpuri gave a presentation to the famous Gstaad Yacht Club in Switzerland, speaking on his recent journey to the South Pole. Paulo Mirpuri, who has...

Expeditions — 8 August 2019

New species discovered on Expedition

The Mirpuri Foundation is organizing a scientific expedition that embarked on a study of the biodiversity in the seas around Cape Verde and that has already identified new genus and species. The aim...

Expeditions — 4 July 2019

The Explorers Club Summit

Mirpuri Foundation President, Paulo Mirpuri, attended the Global Exploration Summit in Lisbon. Established in 1904, the Club, based in New York, brings together some of the world’s best minds, with...


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Events — 9 July 2022

Awards Gala surprises with a fascinating night

The Mirpuri Foundation’s Awards Gala was an outstanding success, with the worlds of Dance, Music and Theatre coming together to honor great talents and personalities at the São Carlos Opera...

Events — 1 June 2021

Sustainability Workshop in Moura

The Mirpuri Foundation’s mission to spread the word on the dangers of plastic to our oceans and human health, especially the poisonous nature of microplastics, has continued with a Sustainability...

Events — 11 October 2019

CIESM 42nd International Congress in Cascais

The Mirpuri Foundation President Paulo Mirpuri addressed the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM) on the final day of its 42nd International Congress in Cascais, Portugal, with the presence of HSH Prince...

Events — 28 September 2019

The Mirpuri Foundation Concert for Peace 2019

The Mirpuri Foundation’s Concert for Peace 2019 has been commemorated by the planting of an olive, known as the tree of peace, by the Mirpuri Foundation President Paulo Mirpuri, Carlos...


Sailing Trophy

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Sailing Trophy — 24 May 2023

Official UNESCO Ocean Decade event

The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy has been named as an official UNESCO Ocean Decade event. The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy has been recognised by UNESCO for it’s efforts in protecting biodiversity,...

Sailing Trophy — 14 April 2023

Mirpuri Sailing Trophy 2023

The fourth edition of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy, one of Portugal’s flagship sailing events, will unfold in the bay of Cascais from the 7th to the 9th of July...

Sailing Trophy — 13 July 2022

2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award

Tainá Fonseca and Maria João Bebianno from CIMA, Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, win the 2022 Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award. The winning project, entitled OneHealth, envisages to identify and better...

Sailing Trophy — 10 July 2022

Two days of intensely close racing

The one hundred and seven-foot superyacht Green Eyes and the professional sailing team on board the VO65 Racing for the Planet walked away with line honours after two days and...

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MF Racing Team — 25 January 2023

A look back to The Ocean Race

A look back to The Ocean Race Leg One from Alicante to Cape Verde, one of the most challenging legs ever sailed on a VO65, where the Mirpuri Foundation supported...

MF Racing Team — 30 December 2022

Mirpuri Foundation in The Ocean Race 2023

The Mirpuri Foundation will play a part in The Ocean Race for the third consecutive time, as its Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team competes for The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup. FOLLOW...

MF Racing Team — 14 July 2022

Victory in home waters

Jack Bouttell victorious in first competitive outing as the new skipper of Racing for the Planet. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team this weekend claimed their first victory with new skipper Jack...

MF Racing Team — 30 June 2022

Raising awareness during the UN Ocean Conference

Yesterday the Mirpuri Foundation’s “Racing for the Planet” V065 racing yacht was commandeered by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) to engage in a voyage designed to bring awareness...

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VOR 2017-18 — 26 April 2019

Winners of BT Sport Industry Awards

The Ocean Race has won two BT Sport Industry Awards, earning recognition amongst some of the world’s biggest sporting brands and organisations by scooping the Cutting Edge Sport Award and...

VOR 2017-18 — 10 December 2018

Global leader in sport and sustainability

The sustainability programme of Volvo Ocean Race with Principal Partner Mirpuri Foundation, created to find solutions to the impacts plastic is having on our seas, came out on top in...

VOR 2017-18 — 22 November 2018

Race data revealed at expert conference

Unique information on the global concentration of microplastics pollution in our oceans has been presented at an international science conference in Lanzarote. The information was collected from seawater samples taken during...

VOR 2017-18 — 28 October 2018

Tribute to Portuguese Sailors

Portuguese sailors António Fontes, Bernardo Freitas and Frederico Melo have been honoured by Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa after they took part in the world’s longest and toughest sailing event,...

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